There are many bands and artists thatt were around at some point in 1977, here is a pretty detailed list of the biggest names:
The Clash (release debut album The Clash)
Rolling Stones (release live album Love You Live)
Fleetwood Mac (release their most successful album Rumours)
Sex Pistols (release only album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols)
Bob Dylan (release single “Rita May”)
Pink Floyd (release tenth album Animals)
Santana (release partially live album Moonflower and eight album Festival)
Elton John (announces he would stop performing)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (release fifth album Street Survivors and disband three days later after plane crash kills three members)
Bruce Springsteen (wins lawsuit against manager, Mike Appel to end hiatus)
Grateful Dead (release ninth album Terrapin Station)
Kiss (release sixth & first album with Ace Frehley at lead vocals, Love Gun)
Led Zeppelin (major North America concert tour that sets attendance record)
Elvis Presley (found dead on August 16)
Alice Cooper (release tenth album Lace and Whiskey)
Billy Joel (release breakthrough and best received fifth album The Stranger)
Aerosmith (release fifth album Draw the Line)
Bee Gees (release 8th best selling album of all time, Saturday Night Fever)
Elvis Costello (release debut album My Aim is True)
The Animals (start brief comeback, after 6 years of disbandment, for 5 years
Def Leppard (band forms)
Dire Straits (band forms)
The Police (band forms)
ZZ Top (start 2 year hiatus resulting in Gibbons & Hills iconic beards)
Sammy Hagar (release 2nd & 3rd albums Sammy Hagar and Musical Chairs)
Jethro Tull (release tenth album Songs from the Wood)
Kinks (release sixteenth album Sleepwalker)
Peter Gabriel (release first solo album Peter Gabriel)
Cheap Trick (release debut & 2nd album Cheap Trick and Heaven Tonight)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (release last album with Bachman, Freeways)
Journey (release third album Next)
Foreigner (release debut album Foreigner)
The Band (release eight album Islands)
AC/DC (release fourth album Let There Be Rock)
The Beach Boys (release 21st album Love You)
Supertramp (release fifth album Even in the Quietest Moments)
Van Morrison (release ninth album A Period of Transition)
The Beatles (Beatlemania starts on Broadway)
Genesis (release EP Spot the Pigeon and live double album Seconds Out)
Peter Frampton (release fifth album I’m in You)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (release fifth and first album without Neil Young, CSN)
Neil Young (release eight album American Stars ‘n Bars)
Styx (release seventh album The Grand Illusion)
James Taylor (release eighth album JT)
David Bowie (releases eleventh and twelfth albums Low and Heroes)
Meat Loaf (release second album Bat Out of Hell)
Queen (release sixth album News of the World)
Blue Oyster Cult (release fifth album Spectres)
Rod Stewart (release eighth album Foot Loose & Fancy Free)
The Ramones (release third album Rocket to Russia)
Eric Clapton (release fifth album Slowhand)
Neil Diamond (release twelfth album I’m Glad You’re Here With me Tonight)
Jackson Browne (release live album Running on Empty)
ABBA (release fifth album ABBA: The Album)
Eagles (release single “Hotel California”)
Bob Seger (release single “Rock and Roll Never Forgets”)
T. Rex (disband after founder/singer/songwriter/guitarist Marc Bolan’s killed)
Adam and the Ants (band forms)
INXS (band forms)
Toto (band forms)
Moody Blues (start reunion after 4 years apart, they have yet to break up)
Steve Miller Band (release tenth album Book of Dreams)
The J. Geils Band (release ninth album Monkey Island)
Yes (release eighth album Going for the One)
Doobie Brothers (release seventh album Livin’ on the Fault Line)
Hall & Oates (release sixth album Beauty on a Back Street)
Donovan (release fourteenth album Donovan)
Foghat (release live album Foghat Live)
Rush (release fifth album A Farewell to Kings)
Chicago (release eleventh album Chicago XI)
Steely Dan (release sixth album Aja)
Kansas (release fifth album Point of Know Return)
Some rock bands you may enjoy are bands like:MetallicaToolPapa RoachAvenged SevenfoldThree Days GraceSkilletREDGreen DayStonesourHollywood UndeadDisturbed.
Yes, there are rock bands with members that are still living and touring. Some of these many rock bands include:Papa RoachThree Days GraceSlipknotAvenged SevenfoldCreedSeven DustGreen Day.
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In some cases, rock videos have led to certain bands being labeled as 'rock bands', despite being more of a pop genre band at best. In other cases, rock videos have served to create a more serious tone when viewing their respective bands, leading back to the golden age of hard rock. TL:DR, Pro: serious tone Con: non-rock bands being called rock bands
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Some examples of loud instruments commonly used in rock bands are electric guitars, drums, and bass guitars.
There are very many bands that perform alternative rock songs. Some well known bands are Reliant K, Box Car Racer, Paramore, Flyleaf, Taking Back Sunday and Nirvana.
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