Which late 70's artist

I love the late 70's especially the punk and post-punk scenes which revitalised music entirely. I prefer the post-punk vein more than any other veins (although I'm in love with Dire Straits), but that's my opinion. Just drop us the name of the band and why you love them so much.

I have two honestly who were both far ahead of their time.

Joy Division. Why? You just listen to that band and they're just so intense. There's emotion in not only Ian Curtis' voice but also in the music as well. Alot of people will go and point out "Ian Curtis sounds like a [cabbage] singer." That may be true, it may be not. But you can't deny Curtis one thing. His voice and lyrics were him. He wasn't a poser. He gave himself away during shows and in the writing process. You can't help but feel in awe of Peter Hook's bass (personally I believe he was a pioneer in making bass an important instrument that was part of the collective sound in music instead of some monotonous support system for the drums). Then of course there's that drumming from Stephen Morris. He wasn't a flashy or showy drummer but he was one of the greatest precision drummers of all time I think. And don't forget Bernard Sumner. Inventive guitar riffs with not very typical playing. I sometimes wonder if they'd have been all big and huge or if they would have been a typical post punk band. Changing into new wave or sticking to their sound. Either way fading from memory. I find it incredibly depressing that Ian Curtis committed suicide but maybe he saved their music from becoming irrelevant. We'll never know.

Reccomended Joy Division songs: Disorder, Insight, Dead Souls, 24 Hours, These Days, A Means to an End

Gang of Four. Why? The guitar. You could have a [cabbage] bassist, drummer, and vocalist and Andy Gill's guitar would have annihilated still. Thankfully, there is nothing [cabbage]ty in Gang of Four's first two albums which are arguably their best. The vocals of Jon King perfectly sneer about the shortcomings of society, the bass and drums make an excellent infrastructure to support the sound, but Andy Gill's guitar is the true shining aspect of their music. Gill was ahead of his time as was the whole music of the band. You think to yourself "Man, this guy could have been born today and his guitar playing would still be groundbreaking." He doesn't play the guitar really. The guitar is just an extension of himself. Even his purposefully dissonant riffs and solos are strangely awesome sounding. In short though, this band is one of the few bands that was completely in sync and just groundbreaking with their first album. In terms of everyday listening, one of my favorite bands of all time.

Reccomended Gang of Four songs: 5-45, Natural's Not In It, Damaged Goods, I Found That Essence Rare, He'd Send in the Army, At Home He's A Tourist