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Molly Hatchet

937,268 plays (127,476 listeners)

Molly Hatchet is a Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1975 , known primarily for their hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" from the album of the same title.

Sammy Hagar

1,169,245 plays (182,613 listeners)

Sammy Hagar, popular in the early- mid 1980's for fast paced, guitar-driven, hard pop-rock with a masculine, lets-go-party attitude, joined the band Van Halen as lead vocalist after David Lee Roth's departure from the group. (Before joining Van Halen he sang lead vocals in Ronnie Montrose's classic rock band Montrose.

Blackfoot

641,893 plays (89,814 listeners)

Blackfoot are a southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, United States. They were formed in 1972 and were contemporaries of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but with a harder rock sound.

Montrose

267,209 plays (45,164 listeners)

Montrose was the original Californian hard rock band, pioneering the kind of short and punchy songs that would be a template for later and more successful bands such as Van Halen.

UFO

3,205,291 plays (287,335 listeners)

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) UFO is a British hard rock/heavy metal band that was formed in 1969, with lead singer Phil Mogg, guitarist Mick Bolton, bassist Pete Way, and drummer Andy Parker. UFO was a transitional band between the rock of Led Zeppelin and the metal to come in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Krokus

1,032,922 plays (106,622 listeners)

Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland. Krokus was founded in Solothurn, Switzerland in 1974. Although their line up has frequently changed since the band's inception, the current line up is once again the Headhunter era line up of Chris Von Rohr (bass), Marc Storace (lead vocals), Fernando Von Arb (guitar, vocals), Mark Kohler (guitar) and Freddy Steady (drums).

Quiet Riot

2,498,295 plays (337,354 listeners)

Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, whose 1983 chart topping success helped pave the way for the glam metal scene's next decade of commercial prominence. They are best known for their Metal Health album, which displaced Michael Jackson’s Thriller album from the #1 chart spot.

Pat Travers

270,973 plays (49,738 listeners)

While most bluesy hard rock acts of the '70s and '80s hailed from the United States (the south, to be exact), there were several exceptions to the rule, such as Canadian singer/guitarist Pat Travers. Born in Toronto on April 12, 1954, Travers first picked up the guitar just prior to entering his teens, after witnessing a local performance by the great Jimi Hendrix.