10 Forgotten 70s Rock Bands Worth Rediscovering

Those who were around (and buying records) in the mid-70s might well remember the flash-in-the-pan phenomenon which was Phantom's Divine Comedy.

Opinion is still decidedly split as to whether the band and their music represents a cheap and shallow cash-in on the (then) recently-deceased Jim Morrison, or were a legitimate outfit who produced some very decent work. A few seconds of listening to the band's 1974 debut, Phantom's Divine Comedy, Part 1, will be enough to illuminate what the fuss was, and is, all about.

As much as it might sound like it, this is not Jim Morrison singing, or anything to do with the other members of The Doors. Many critics and fans at the time, however, were not so sure.

To this day, partly due to the dearth of available information, there are some out there who believe Phantom's Divine Comedy, Part 1 to be the work of Morrison. The album's producer Gary Gawinek, has since asserted that the anonymous singer was in fact, one Arthur Pendragon.

Whatever the truth, it's a record which can stand on its own merits, and is best appreciated as something wholly original.