Fav old-school hard rock outfit
 

To qualify, band must have been in existence by the late-70's(no 80's hair metal bands)...

Priest and Sabbath should be excluded, as they are metal. Metal not being a sub-genre of rock, this would disqualify them from contention.

(Okay, really early Judas Priest was hard rock.)

Me being a metal fan, I adore Sabbath and Priest, but to answer the question truthfully, I prefer Aerosmith when it comes to late 70's hard rock.

Zep's No. 1 for me.

But I also am a big fan of Deep Purple, and I also like Rainbow. And Bad Company, do they qualify?

Rush of course! I do like the Scorps a lot too. Aerosmith is a sellout, they should not even be on the list.

If you are going to mention sellouts then Kiss has to top that list. They have been selling out since day one. Selling out clubs, arenas, and stadiums. Most of these bands have sold out in one way or another. If Sabbath and Priest are on here then I would like to nominate Iron Maiden too. What about Punk Bands? The Ramones? The Clash?

Yep Kiss had three good records-after that they sucked. Maiden rules!! Up the Irons!

This is pretty easy.

MOTORHEAD

Their first 4 albums, with the original lineup of Phil, Eddie, and Lemmy, are easily the best hard rock group of all time.

I like KISS' early stuff. And Aerosmith's problem was "Done With Mirrors".

They quit drugs and immediately started sucking.

Can you edit the title so hard rock/heavy metal outfit, so that some of these bands can apply? (Preist, Sabbath, Maiden, Motorhead = heavy metal)

Yeah Motorhead is rockin but AC/DC w/ Bon Scott is some of the rockinest shit ever.

Trying to put every genre of rock music in a bubble will just kill it.
oops nevermind its already dead.

AC/DC without Bon Scott = shit.

I have everything they did up until he died. Brian Johnson came in and the whole thing went to hell, I can't even stand to listen to "Back in Black"...

Hard rock strictly from the 70's? Lynyrd Skynyrd.

You should get the stuff AC/DC pressed outside the US w/ Scott.
The High Voltage Aussie pressing is fantastic.

We got together this weekend and worked on some tunes...we added "Walk All Over You" to the playlist...

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