Huge 1970’s touring band’s who vanished by 1985

[ParaDime77]

There were a fair amount of very popular band’s in the early 70’s that had a very nice run of sort in the decade before the group hitting the skids completely by 1985.

Who vanished by the mid 80’s?

[EzyRider]

FOGHAT seems like the poster child for this predicament

ELP too

[Sleek]

ALL of the disco bands...

Grand Funk.
Steppenwolf.
Frampton.
Zeppelin.
Allman Bros
Queen (in the U.S.)

[LAglamrocker]

Thank God- those bands would have ruined my childhood dealing with those old f*cks around 1987
D- generation
D- fans

Queen was only one that was tolerable - not overrated but far far from great

[Dave Muffstaine]

Uriah Heep is the first one that comes to mind

[Sleek]

Black Oak Arkansas

[Anthrax442]

Uriah Heep is the first one that comes to mind

Were they ever a huge band though? I've got them down as a one hit wonder.

[Black Stuff]

BTO

[HueyRamone]

BTO

Funny you say that, because they were playing stadiums in 1986.


Yes it's cause EVH picked them to open, but still...

[kytepunches]

Wasn’t old Uncle Teddy Pedo. Trying to be an actor by this time ?

[inextrem]

Uriah Heep is the first one that comes to mind

Were they ever a huge band though? I've got them down as a one hit wonder.

Well, they had 4 Gold albums in the 70's in the U.S.A., that's not a one hit wonder.

[EzyRider]

I'm adding Blue Oyster Cult to the list. They didn't vanish, but they fizzled hard in the 80's, going from the infamous Black and Blue Tour in '80 to getting dropped by their label in '89

[ijwthstd]

Wasn’t old Uncle Teddy Pedo. Trying to be an actor by this time ?

Opened Aerosmith's 1986 Done With Mirrors tour and was still playing mid-size venues as a headliner. Guns N Roses opened the Santa Monica Civic show.

Then toured with KISS 1987/1988 and did another run of mid-size venues with various openers including Lita Ford.

His career was in decline but never really disappeared.

[TheDeadBastard]

Dr. Hook

[cowpins]

The original, and only, KISS

[Bono Nettencourt]

BTO

Funny you say that, because they were playing stadiums in 1986.


Yes it's cause EVH picked them to open, but still...

And they were as huge as ever...

[Sleek]

Humble Pie.

[Bono Nettencourt]

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[Love_Industry]

Alice Cooper was relegated to guesting on Twisted Sister records in 1985, but then he pulled off a late 80s comeback.

Honorable mention to Meat Loaf who just had one big album and tour in the 1970s and his comeback was even later, in the 90s.

[cowpins]

And one of the reasons they "hit the skids"? MTV + ugly as fuck people = band go bye bye. In the 70's their fan base was older and in the mid 80's with MTV they were bands that their parents listened to. Applies for every decade.

[Love_Industry]

I'm adding Blue Oyster Cult to the list. They didn't vanish, but they fizzled hard in the 80's, going from the infamous Black and Blue Tour in '80 to getting dropped by their label in '89

Didn't they also self destruct in the meantime and had to re-record the former drummer's rejected solo album with guest musicians to fulfill the contract or something like that? I wasn't into BÖC at the time (I am now) but I recall Imaginos started as their drummer's solo album.

[Hatchets Molly]

Deep Purple

[El Vampiro Blanco]

ELO?

[Tyketto Meniketti]

Blood, Sweat & Tears

[woblinweebles]

Deep Purple

They had a big reunion in 84 and I saw them headline a stadium over the Scorpions, Nugent, Night Ranger, Bon Jovi, and Grim Reaper at the Texxas Jam.

I'll throw in Grand Funk Railroad.

[Hatchets Molly]

Deep Purple

They had a big reunion in 84 and I saw them headline a stadium over the Scorpions, Nugent, Night Ranger, Bon Jovi, and Grim Reaper at the Texxas Jam.

I'll throw in Grand Funk Railroad.

A few years ago, when Kulick was GFR, they played a flatbed stage at an educational rally (wife is an educator). We did not stay.

[TravisBicklesMohawk]

Aerosmith. Thank you Run DMC.

[HueyRamone]

Deep Purple

WHAT THE FUCK DUDE


(Perfect Strangers) was a commercial success, reaching #5 in the UK charts and #17 on the Billboard 200 in the US. Perfect Strangers was only the third Deep Purple studio album to be certified platinum in the United States, following Machine Head (1972) & Burn.[6] The tour was so successful that the band had to book many additional dates to the U.S. arena tour, as tickets sold out very quickly. Their U.S. tour in 1985 out-grossed every artist that year except Bruce Springsteen.[7]

[ijwthstd]

Deep Purple

WHAT THE FUCK DUDE


(Perfect Strangers) was a commercial success, reaching #5 in the UK charts and #17 on the Billboard 200 in the US. Perfect Strangers was only the third Deep Purple studio album to be certified platinum in the United States, following Machine Head (1972) & Burn.[6] The tour was so successful that the band had to book many additional dates to the U.S. arena tour, as tickets sold out very quickly. Their U.S. tour in 1985 out-grossed every artist that year except Bruce Springsteen.[7]

One of my favorite things to start saying when it comes to reunion era albums is they can't all be Perfect Strangers or No Exit (Blondie 1999)

[Hatchets Molly]

Deep Purple

WHAT THE FUCK DUDE


(Perfect Strangers) was a commercial success, reaching #5 in the UK charts and #17 on the Billboard 200 in the US. Perfect Strangers was only the third Deep Purple studio album to be certified platinum in the United States, following Machine Head (1972) & Burn.[6] The tour was so successful that the band had to book many additional dates to the U.S. arena tour, as tickets sold out very quickly. Their U.S. tour in 1985 out-grossed every artist that year except Bruce Springsteen.[7]

What the fuck? I don't follow DP. I know them as a 70s band. No interest in their output. Sorry I don't do thorough research before lobbing a name on a hair band message board. Chill the fuck out man. I surely wasn't listening to Deep Purple my freshman year in college and tracking box office receipts. It never ceases to amaze me what triggers people. Xanax can be prescribed.