The seventies were calmer and more individualistic then the sixties. The first British invasion had run its course-the Beatles had disbanded and the who were between projects. Pioneering guitar kings Clapton and Hendrix had given up their thrones, Clapton to heroin and Hendrix to the grim reaper. But Eric Clapton along with the Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper and Kiss continued to score commercial success.
The pop music scene was a jumble of styles from earlier days plus new styles and artists. Many people say that the mainstream styles of popular music in the seventies were generally dull and unimaginative while there were more interesting things happening in the "underground" and progressive movements.
Rock continued to move in several d
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