My high school years were in the second half of the 70's so the music i grew up listening to were of course all the big British Bands but also 60's Acid Rock along with what people today call Classic Rock from the 1970's.

You guys have already named a lot of great bands.

The Allman Brothers Band was pretty good. RIP Duane Allman. Live at the Filmore was a really good LP. I saw the original Lynyrd Skynyrd a few times back then....great live shows. RIP Ronnie Van Zant

God there's been so much good music over the years it's hard to just come up with a few. And of course the further back you go to guys like Chuck Berry, and all the original blues guys such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, BB, and the list goes on and on. Those were the guys that influenced alot of the big British Bands like Led Zep, Clapton, Cream, The Stones etc etc.

Of course Jimi Hendrix but he had to go to London before he really became famous. I think it was Chas Chandler who might of originally brought Hendrix to London where he teamed him up with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding to form the great "Jimi Hendrix Experience" Band.

Now some of the younger guys here probably have totally different lists of great bands. Most people like the music they grew up listening to.