Procol Harum existed for the lifetime of founder Gary Brooker and maintained a huge following right up to his recent death. The Zombies became Argent (with Russ Ballard) and Colin Blunstone pursued a successful solo career. Later, Argent and Blunstone reunited and toured as the Zombies again for many years. Both bands were far from "Vanished Without A Trace".
@@tonyhonour665 It's probably over now, considering Argent's health, but they were performing even a year or so ago. And it was the original guys until a few years ago. Collin's voice is stronger than ever! Isn't that weird?
@mjemigh3304 pretty much, sadly. Colin is definitely still going strong although the concert was probably the shortest I've ever been too. It started at 7.45 pm and was over by half nine, including a considerable interval. He is in his eighties though so fair play to him.
@@tonyhonour665 I saw the Zombies in Connecticut, USA a few years ago mostly because The acoustic Strawbs were opening. The weather was horrible and I arrived at the 300 seat Historic theater late, only seeing 3 Strawbs songs. But the Zombies were fantastic! Even a couple Argent songs! So happy to see them!
Know all these groups - pretty much the undercurrent soundtrack of my teens. I saw The Association in concert in 1971 at college. The Time of the Season & Incense & Peppermint instantly transported me back to HS 🤩 I’m a die-hard Beatle fan of course, loved the Who, the Stones, et al, but these ‘forgotten’ bands really bring my youth back 🤩
No-one promises you a career in music, and to have even brief fame or commercial success is by far the exception rather than the rule. I consider myself to have been successful because I managed to make a living for a few years as the bassist in a college/university circuit band. I don't regret my band breaking up because by that time I had other agendas that weren't compatible with constant touring, and frankly, I never want to work that hard ever again ! There are MANY former pro musicians who feel exactly the same.
In HARD DAYS' NIGHT, Ringo talks about HIS future - "We may have a year left, but I'm hoping to open a (beauty parlor) salon." That was his goal for 1965. I don't know if he ever owned or set up salons.
@Cbcw76 He was being totally realistic about it and knew there's no such thing as "job security" in the music industry. Coming out of it with less money than you started with is what usually happens. If you stay sane, it's a bonus. Ringo's hope to make enough money to open a salon would have made him a winner compared to most musicians.
In Jonathan Cain's book, "Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song that Inspired Generations", he mentioned that his previous band, The Babys, wallowed in massive debt for years. That had to be a heavy weight on John Waite's shoulders.
@@VoxLesPaul I've heard too many times about bands getting an advance from a record company to go & make an album, then either spending it on fast cars & "recreational substances" because they'd never had so much money, and not realising that the advance was a loan they had to pay back whether the album sold or not. I know for a fact that Roxy Music were still deep in debt a year after publishing their first album despite it being a commercial success. Many, many bands were less fortunate !
The Left Banke are my favorite band, Michael Brown formed Montage and The Stories and did far more great baroque pop into the 70s. Nice trivia: they were offered Sunday Will Never Be the Same, which was Spanky and Our Gang's biggest hit.
Footnotes: 5:02 Ed King (bottom right in photo) from S.A.C would eventually end up as the "city slicker" in Lynyrd Skynyrd, author of the iconic guitar work in "Sweet Home Alabama". He also would leave Skynyrd a year before the plane crash that took the lives of and maimed several band members. 6:48 RE: "...the group eventually disbanded", keyboardist Paul Revere would later revive the act with a new line-up and create a tight music/comedy act that existed for years, playing Vegas, Branson and theme parks. 9:43 Rod Argent would eventually launch a new eponymous act with Russ Ballard on vocals, with hits like "Hold Your Head Up", and "God Gave Rock and Roll to You"
Well let's see. Procol Harum produced blues ledgend Robin Trower who continues to tour. The Zombies are in the RRHF and Rod Argent became a prog staple. Almost all of the American bands on this list did not play their own instruments on the recordings. That task was given to LA studio aces the Wrecking Crew.
Are you kidding? Gary Brooker kept Procol Harum going right up to his death. He leaves with us HUGE output of recordings. Others, like The Turtles, The Zombies, The Raiders and my late friend Rob of The Grass Roots never stopped entertaining audiences for decades. Oh, and learn how to pronounce odyssey.
All of these bands are pretty well known. A more interesting video might be to discuss some really obscure bands that were the origins of later famous bands, such as the Syn and Mabel Greer's Toyshop, who morphed into Yes, or Giles, Giles and Fripp, who were the predecessor to King Crimson, or 1-2-3, an organ based band that influenced Keith Emerson and David Bowie.
I think you mean "Circus stands." (Where the audience sits. People in the stands drop stuff like soda pop and popcorn so you wouldn't want to spend any time under the stands - Hence the phrase, "under no circus stands.")
Ed King guitarist of the Strawberry Alarm Clock was so destitute living in Nashville that when Ronnie Van Zant asked him to join Lynyrd Skynyrd he didn't even have bus fare to make it to Jacksonville Fl. Ronnie drove up and picked him up himself and Ed King composed "Sweet Home Alabama" and other songs for them. The Zombies broke up years before their music hit in the States so the guys in ZZ Top toured as a fake "Zombies" band without a keyboard player. They told people that he was in jail for marijuana possession
I hate the inclusion of so many long-performing bands that, true, didn't place Top 10 singles - but Paul Revere and later versions of The Raiders were house-bands in Vegas for DECADES. The Turtles became fixtures on seasonal Combo Tours where 2-3-4-5 other 'one-hit wonders' could create 2-3 hours of those hits and more. What a great idea. Like Ringo's ALL-STARR BAND shows.
It is HARD (impossible?!!) to take any video serious when their AI voice JUNK can't fix "Odessa -EE" into the proper "Odyssey". Sheesh. There video-producers are showing their lack of intelligency OR interest in doing something correct. How can the rest of the info be trustworthy. IT CANNOT, and IS NOT. That's why so many comments complain "This band still toured for years..." and "That band, too... and that and that one, too." SIMPLY NOT BELIEVABLE. Other commentors easilyl rattle off handfuls of truly-lost-to-time performers.
VANISHED? They left singles that have not aged over the years. We call them Classics. Bands that played in the 60's, which was sixty years ago, would have members aged in their 70's or 80's. The Rolling Stones are one of the few exceptions of bands that are still around.
Two of the members of The Turtles were in Frank Zappa and the Mothers and then they became Flo and Eddie. The rest of the band disappeared but not those two.
And they had the unique pleasure to play in LA, when Lennon, Mc Cartney and Harrison showed up in the club to see the Turtles play. Can it be any better? A once in a lifetime thing.
Every decade from the 50s through the 80s saw a wholesale turnover of names that got radio promotion. Radio always wanted to move on to the next big thing and leave the stars of the previous decade behind with few exceptions. Bands could stick around and play their old hits as long as they could find work. But their time on the charts and on TV was over. That changed in the 90s since music has been stuck in a rut for the last 30 years.
Your pronunciation of "Odessey" is completely wrong. It's an accidental misspelling of Odyssey by somebody in the printing department at the record company at the time (check this out on the web and Wikipedia), but it is still pronounced as "Odyssey". Once they printed the the record cover it couldn't be changed for financial reasons. The band members themselves and rock music historians always pronounce it as "Odyssey" while also pointing out the misspelling (and probably having a laugh as well). This fact is well known - except by this narrator!
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not a chance.
I liked every one of those bands. Great memories.
I liked the Grassroots.
Procol Harum existed for the lifetime of founder Gary Brooker and maintained a huge following right up to his recent death. The Zombies became Argent (with Russ Ballard) and Colin Blunstone pursued a successful solo career. Later, Argent and Blunstone reunited and toured as the Zombies again for many years. Both bands were far from "Vanished Without A Trace".
The Zombies released an album in 2023. I picked up a copy at Colin Blunstone's excellent solo show last year.
@@tonyhonour665 It's probably over now, considering Argent's health, but they were performing even a year or so ago. And it was the original guys until a few years ago. Collin's voice is stronger than ever! Isn't that weird?
@mjemigh3304 pretty much, sadly. Colin is definitely still going strong although the concert was probably the shortest I've ever been too. It started at 7.45 pm and was over by half nine, including a considerable interval. He is in his eighties though so fair play to him.
@@tonyhonour665 I saw the Zombies in Connecticut, USA a few years ago mostly because The acoustic Strawbs were opening.
The weather was horrible and I arrived at the 300 seat Historic theater late, only seeing 3 Strawbs songs. But the Zombies were fantastic! Even a couple Argent songs! So happy to see them!
@@mjemigh3304Argent only retired from touring but is working on new music with Colin, so he is still an official member of the Zombies
Know all these groups - pretty much the undercurrent soundtrack of my teens. I saw The Association in concert in 1971 at college. The Time of the Season & Incense & Peppermint instantly transported me back to HS 🤩
I’m a die-hard Beatle fan of course, loved the Who, the Stones, et al, but these ‘forgotten’ bands really bring my youth back 🤩
No-one promises you a career in music, and to have even brief fame or commercial success is by far the exception rather than the rule.
I consider myself to have been successful because I managed to make a living for a few years as the bassist in a college/university circuit band. I don't regret my band breaking up because by that time I had other agendas that weren't compatible with constant touring, and frankly, I never want to work that hard ever again !
There are MANY former pro musicians who feel exactly the same.
In HARD DAYS' NIGHT, Ringo talks about HIS future - "We may have a year left, but I'm hoping to open a (beauty parlor) salon." That was his goal for 1965. I don't know if he ever owned or set up salons.
@Cbcw76 He was being totally realistic about it and knew there's no such thing as "job security" in the music industry.
Coming out of it with less money than you started with is what usually happens. If you stay sane, it's a bonus. Ringo's hope to make enough money to open a salon would have made him a winner compared to most musicians.
In Jonathan Cain's book, "Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song that Inspired Generations", he mentioned that his previous band, The Babys, wallowed in massive debt for years. That had to be a heavy weight on John Waite's shoulders.
@@VoxLesPaul I've heard too many times about bands getting an advance from a record company to go & make an album, then either spending it on fast cars & "recreational substances" because they'd never had so much money, and not realising that the advance was a loan they had to pay back whether the album sold or not. I know for a fact that Roxy Music were still deep in debt a year after publishing their first album despite it being a commercial success. Many, many bands were less fortunate !
The Left Banke are my favorite band, Michael Brown formed Montage and The Stories and did far more great baroque pop into the 70s. Nice trivia: they were offered Sunday Will Never Be the Same, which was Spanky and Our Gang's biggest hit.
Ed King wrote and played riffs for Skynard
Footnotes:
5:02 Ed King (bottom right in photo) from S.A.C would eventually end up as the "city slicker" in Lynyrd Skynyrd, author of the iconic guitar work in "Sweet Home Alabama". He also would leave Skynyrd a year before the plane crash that took the lives of and maimed several band members.
6:48 RE: "...the group eventually disbanded", keyboardist Paul Revere would later revive the act with a new line-up and create a tight music/comedy act that existed for years, playing Vegas, Branson and theme parks.
9:43 Rod Argent would eventually launch a new eponymous act with Russ Ballard on vocals, with hits like "Hold Your Head Up", and "God Gave Rock and Roll to You"
The Monks, The Fugs, The Shaggs and Blue Cheer.
Syndicate of sound .. little girl
Procol Herum released their last studioalbum 2017. They don t vanished.
Well let's see. Procol Harum produced blues ledgend Robin Trower who continues to tour. The Zombies are in the RRHF and Rod Argent became a prog staple. Almost all of the American bands on this list did not play their own instruments on the recordings. That task was given to LA studio aces the Wrecking Crew.
Are you kidding? Gary Brooker kept Procol Harum going right up to his death. He leaves with us HUGE output of recordings. Others, like The Turtles, The Zombies, The Raiders and my late friend Rob of The Grass Roots never stopped entertaining audiences for decades. Oh, and learn how to pronounce odyssey.
All of these bands are pretty well known. A more interesting video might be to discuss some really obscure bands that were the origins of later famous bands, such as the Syn and Mabel Greer's Toyshop, who morphed into Yes, or Giles, Giles and Fripp, who were the predecessor to King Crimson, or 1-2-3, an organ based band that influenced Keith Emerson and David Bowie.
I think I saw a few may have been victims of circus pants.
I think you mean "Circus stands." (Where the audience sits. People in the stands drop stuff like soda pop and popcorn so you wouldn't want to spend any time under the stands - Hence the phrase, "under no circus stands.")
@ROGER2095 Watch again for the then trendy styles that most would be embarrassed by later on in life.
Ed King guitarist of the Strawberry Alarm Clock was so destitute living in Nashville that when Ronnie Van Zant asked him to join Lynyrd Skynyrd he didn't even have bus fare to make it to Jacksonville Fl. Ronnie drove up and picked him up himself and Ed King composed "Sweet Home Alabama" and other songs for them. The Zombies broke up years before their music hit in the States so the guys in ZZ Top toured as a fake "Zombies" band without a keyboard player. They told people that he was in jail for marijuana possession
I hate the inclusion of so many long-performing bands that, true, didn't place Top 10 singles - but Paul Revere and later versions of The Raiders were house-bands in Vegas for DECADES. The Turtles became fixtures on seasonal Combo Tours where 2-3-4-5 other 'one-hit wonders' could create 2-3 hours of those hits and more. What a great idea. Like Ringo's ALL-STARR BAND shows.
It is HARD (impossible?!!) to take any video serious when their AI voice JUNK can't fix "Odessa -EE" into the proper "Odyssey". Sheesh. There video-producers are showing their lack of intelligency OR interest in doing something correct. How can the rest of the info be trustworthy. IT CANNOT, and IS NOT. That's why so many comments complain "This band still toured for years..." and "That band, too... and that and that one, too." SIMPLY NOT BELIEVABLE. Other commentors easilyl rattle off handfuls of truly-lost-to-time performers.
VANISHED? They left singles that have not aged over the years. We call them Classics. Bands that played in the 60's, which was sixty years ago, would have members aged in their 70's or 80's. The Rolling Stones are one of the few exceptions of bands that are still around.
The Hollies, the Zombies, Deep Purple are all still working
The zombies have recently been inducted into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame.
Two of the members of The Turtles were in Frank Zappa and the Mothers and then they became Flo and Eddie. The rest of the band disappeared but not those two.
And they had the unique pleasure to play in LA, when Lennon, Mc Cartney and Harrison showed up in the club to see the Turtles play. Can it be any better? A once in a lifetime thing.
I saw Flo and Eddie, cool
Owe Dess e ?
The Turtles were screwed over by their manager and record companies. Such a shame that groups still experience the same shafting!!
"Uh-Dess-sey and Or-a-kul"? Yikes. Might lose me right there after 12 seconds.
Every decade from the 50s through the 80s saw a wholesale turnover of names that got radio promotion. Radio always wanted to move on to the next big thing and leave the stars of the previous decade behind with few exceptions. Bands could stick around and play their old hits as long as they could find work. But their time on the charts and on TV was over. That changed in the 90s since music has been stuck in a rut for the last 30 years.
When will AI learn to pronounce words correctly?
Was this put together by a 10 year old?
Your pronunciation of "Odessey" is completely wrong. It's an accidental misspelling of Odyssey by somebody in the printing department at the record company at the time (check this out on the web and Wikipedia), but it is still pronounced as "Odyssey". Once they printed the the record cover it couldn't be changed for financial reasons. The band members themselves and rock music historians always pronounce it as "Odyssey" while also pointing out the misspelling (and probably having a laugh as well). This fact is well known - except by this narrator!
oh-DESS-ee? Check, please, I'm out.
Please teach your text to speech engine how to pronounce Odyssey. Your listeners will thank you.
You need to do a little research.
O'dessy? Is english really that hard?
@@grene1955 that's AI for you.