Your Favorite Classic Arena Rock Band

[77Rumours77]

So whats your favorite 70's arena rock band?
I know some people here have a strong dislike to these bands but I dont, so ya know.

[amber]

Welll, I don't really know them all, but More Than a Feeling is one of my fave songs by an Arena band...who are they, anyway, besides Mac?
Boston
Journey ?

I'm not really sure who all is considered to be the Arena bands.

[77Rumours77]

THIS IS ALL BESIDE THE MAC! THE DON"T COUNT! LOL

[amber]

Originally Posted by 77Rumours77

THIS IS ALL BESIDE THE MAC! THE DON"T COUNT! LOL

sorry, didn't see the poll before. ok. der.

[xdreamsunwindx]

I hate all of those bands. Heh. I do enjoy the crazy arena rock Kinks, though. That was fun. And, I dunno if Petty's considered arena rock or not.

[Moony]

I HATE STADIUM/ARENA ROCK BANDS!

[GypsySorcerer]

I love Journey. I can't help it. I also like Foreigner and Styx.

[macfanken]

I'm not a big fan of any of these bands now, but I'll admit that the first record I ever bought (20+ years ago) was a Journey record. I think it was Escape.

[markolas]

Arena rock bands. blech. And no, Petty's not considered arena rock. Not by me, anyway. He's good.

[xdreamsunwindx]

Originally Posted by markolas

Arena rock bands. blech. And no, Petty's not considered arena rock. Not by me, anyway. He's good.

Heh. I would agree. I just hear people say that he's arena rock, so yeah.

[wondergirl9847]

I love Journey! Don't care for the other bands that much. Maybe a song or two here and there.

[chiliD]

I don't "HATE" Arena Rock bands, I just dislike 'em a lot!

Well, it depends on what ERA of those bands...

I love the pre-Steve Perry Journey...couldn't stand 'em after he joined (other than "Don't Stop Believin'")

I love the first four Foreigner albums, but then they kinda dropped off a cliff quality wise.

Styx, I just never have had time for, but I heard their recent live cover of the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus" and was pretty impressed.

Boston?!?! Blech! Although, as a guitar player, I'm VERY glad that Tom Scholz tinkered with effects & such in his garage like he did. So, as an inventor, I like HIM, the band, to me, sucks.

.38 Special...hmmmm, if these guys are considered "Arena Rock", what about: Lynyrd Skynyrd?
Molly Hatchet?
Blackfoot?
Doobie Bros?
Sanford-Townsend Band?

Do you consider THEM Arena Rock bands?

[estranged4life]

Just about all the bands listed were in my Mother's cd collection (Excluding Journey, Styx & .38 Special), Especially Foreigner, Who she literally played the **** outta on 24/7 basis back when I was just a punky 7-to-9 year kid...God bless my Mom, her music collection is making me nostalgic

[David]

Originally Posted by Moony

I HATE STADIUM/ARENA ROCK BANDS!

Me too although it's unfair to characterize all the stadium/arena rock bands this way -- these guys in the poll are all the bland, corporate AOR rock bands. Going back earlier, you had truly great live bands like Zep & the Who as being stadium/arena rock

As a live act, the Who wipes the floor with all these numbskulls

In general, follow David's Principle: the more keyboard hardware is onstage, the worse the band is.

[David]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

Just about all the bands listed were in my Mother's cd collection (Excluding Journey, Styx & .38 Special), Especially Foreigner, Who she literally played the **** outta on 24/7 basis back when I was just a punky 7-to-9 year kid...God bless my Mom, her music collection is making me nostalgic

Brian I do remember I used to groove to "Urgent" pumping from the radio.

As for Journey, it's fun to go see Escape the Journey tribute band