Most Influential U.S. Hard Rock/Metal Band Of The Seventies..."Dudes Talkin' Metal"

As a child of the 70's I gotta agree with Kiss being the most influential band because they were everywhere and they were like superheroes for a while. If the question was guitar players then Eddie wins hands down, imo.

Now watching, I love Martin! Legend!

Martin always has amazing stories

This series is fire 🔥 Before watching, I like Aerosmith and although I don't care for Kiss, I value them.

Love the new show .

Good video. Love the show!

Hey is it me does any think Bad Company sounds American? And forget they are English? Just a silly kinda random thought…

Kiss for sure, aerosmith and nugent Martin nailed it. I lived it and they are the ones. At least for me

Cool story Martin and I would say Kiss for me for sure.

Kiss is the band the made me a lifelong rock/ metal fan when I was a boy in the 70s, but I have to agree that Van Halen’s sound was more influential in the long run. Bands still take visual or theatrical cues from Kiss, but nobody tries to sound like them.

Kiss, Aerosmith & Ted Nugent had very little influence in the UK. I’d say over here the biggest influence of US hard artists bands would have been Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Halen & Alice Cooper. & surprisingly Suzi Quattro.

As a kid in the 70's an older neighbor boy first showed me the KISS stuff. I thought they looked frightening and the music wasn't very good. I give them lots of credit for being so popular but they took it from Alice Cooper and I always liked his music better. Final thought, best KISS was with Vinnie Vincent, and they didn't have any ego space to share with him, unfortunately.

Ace Frehley influenced lots of people to be guitarists,many who became technically more proficient than him,yet not many actually had the unique style nor longevity.

That guy that popped in for a cameo, who is that does he have a channel?

Led Zeppelin for over the pond

I am a late 70's early 80's kid! My first music was given to me by a family friend gave me a vinal of KISS Alive 2 & D-Platinum albums. Since then I have Always Loved KISS when they are Live and Not in Studio! When I grew a few years alder I heard Alive 1 and was totally Blown away! 🙂 But still hearing the studio tracks I feel are boring, and blagh.. "HTH" is decient though.. Weird for me though.. Van Halen I first heard in 84. But I did not apprecieate them until the 90's. I ONLY Like the Roth rears though, before Eddie sold out and became the backstabber that he was. A Great guitarist, but quite overrated as well, R.I.P. though! A Great Loss he is though. Classic VH is Important!

have you seen Elder live yet Lair?

What about Mountain? Way before the ones you guys mentioned. Leslie West was a very influential guitarist 👍 and Heavy

Kiss...? OMG. So overrated band, music for the children.