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Bands of the 1970s

507 bands
BandFormed / startedSplit up / endedNote
Liverpool Echo1973——
London19761978—
Lucy19761978—
LudusAugust 19781984—
M19781984—
Madness1976—English pop/ska band
Magazine1977——
Magnum19727 March 2024Birmingham UK melodic rock band
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band1971——
Manufactured Romance1979——
Marillion1979—British progressive rock band
Mark–Almond1970——
Marseille19762019—
Matchbox1971——
Matching MoleOctober 1971September 1972—
McGuinness Flint19701975—
Menace1976——
Metabolist1977——
Metropak19791980—
Michael Moorcock & the Deep Fix1975——
Misspent Youth1975——
Mo-Dettes19791982—
Models19771978—
Modern English1979——
Monument1970——
More19791983—
MotörheadJune 197528 December 2015—
Mr. Fox19701972—
Mungo Jerry1970——
Murder the Disturbed1979——
Music for Pleasure19791985—
Musical Youth1979——
National Health19751983—
Necromandus1970—Uk Doom Metal from the 70ies
NEO19771979—
Nine Below Zero1977—UK blues group
Nuclear SockettsApril 1979——
On Parole1979——
One Way System1979——
Orange Juice19761984—
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark1977——
Original Raving Fatties19791979—
Pagan Altar1978——
Paice Ashton Lord19761978—
Paralex1977——
Patto19701973—
Pendragon1976—UK progressive rock
Penetration1976——
Pilot19731978—
Pink Fairies19701988—
Planet Gong19771979—
Plummet Airlines19731977—
Pneumania1979——
Praying Mantis1974—UK rock/metal band
Precious Little19761981—
Prefab Sprout1978——
PretendersMarch 1978—English‐American rock band
Public Image Ltd1978——
Pulp1978——
Punishment of LuxuryDecember 1976——
Quartz19742011—
Quasar1979——
Queen27 June 1970—UK rock group
Quiet Sun19701975—
Q‐Tips19791982—
Radio Stars19771979—
Rainbow1974—UK hard rock/heavy metal band
Raven1975—UK metal band
Raving Fatties19791979—
Red Alert1979——
Rema‐Rema19791980—
Renaldo & The Loaf1979——
Repulsive Alien19791980—
Richard & Linda Thompson19741982—
RitualSeptember 19731995—
Rock Goddess1977——
Rockpile19761981—
Ronnie Lane’s Slim Chance1973——
Roxy Music1971——
Sailor1973——
Salem1979——
SamsonSeptember 19772002NWoBHM band
Satan1979——
Savage1978——
Saxon1976—English heavy metal band
Scars1977——
Schoolgirl Bitch19771979—
Scissor Fits19781979—
Scritti Politti1978——
Second Layer1979——
Section 251977——
Seventeen19771981—
Sex PistolsOctober 197514 January 1978—
Shag Nasty1977——
Sham 691975——
Shiva19791986—
Showaddywaddy1973—British pop group
Shrinking MenSeptember 1978——
Simple Minds1977—Scottish rock band
Siouxsie and the BansheesSeptember 1976April 1996—