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BLUE CHEER VS. IRON BUTTERFLY ......?
Which band is your favorite of the two ?
BQ: How many of the following 11 artists have you listened to (at least one track) ?
Atomic Rooster
Bang
Randy Holden
Lucifer's Friend
Budgie
Neon Rose
Walter Rossi
Taste
KAK
Captain Beyond
Moxy
I'm really blessed with all of these answers .....
@Andrew , great bands that I know all about them , some I have albums and some I just know some tracks .....
@ Smiley ..Hi there my friend .. I though that you forgot all about Zeppelin 911's humble questions .. hehe ... Just remember that bands like Charlee (Walter Rossi) you are the one who told me about them .. thanks to you SMILEY ...
I'd call it a draw. Both bands were great, and along with several others, influenced much of what was to come during the 70's in terms of hard rock/proto metal.
In the case of Blue Cheer, their first couple albums were quite heavy...but by 1969/70 they had moved into a much different direction (mellowed down a little). This was mainly due to personnel changes...the departure of Randy Holden & Leigh Stephens...and addition of Gary Yoder. See "KAK", as they had a similar sound to the latter Blue Cheer, and also featured Gary Yoder.
I suppose that I enjoyed both the heavy and mellow phases of Blue Cheer about equally though.
As for Iron Butterfly...their first album was nothing special IMO...but by the time of their 2nd LP "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968) they'd pretty much won over many fans, including myself. Though oddly enough my favorite album is "Metamorphosis" (1970). The addition of two new guitarists ( Larry Reinhardt and Mike Pinera) really seemed to help broaden their sound. "Metamorphosis" was in many ways, a precursor of what was to come with "Captain Beyond", as this early 70's hard rockin' supergroup also featured two former Iron Butterfly members; Larry Reinhardt (guitars) and Lee Dorman (bass).
BQ:
I still own everything these bands released on vinyl, and CD. Been a fan since day 1 
Of the bands in your list, this is the first time I've seen "Neon Rose" mentioned within R&P...great Swedish band...reminiscent of mid 70's UFO in a way I suppose.
Walter Rossi is one of my favorite Canadian guitarists. And as Bealte points out, his band "Charlee" was outstanding!
Here's a couple of my videos by "Charlee" uploaded to Youtube in which I feature two cuts from their self titled (and only) album...
"Lord Knows I've Won"...
"Just You And Me"...
Here's a couple Walter Rossi videos uploaded by R&P reg Greeneyes...
"Sniffin The Breeze"...
"Soldiers In The Night"...
Edit @ Beatle...
Arthur Brown was never part of Atomic Rooster. His original "Crazy World" keyboardist Vincent Crane was though
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