Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Free were together for 5 years and put out 6 studio albums and one live, I think thats a good output!!! The albums "Tons of Sobs" "Fire and Water" and "Heartbreaker" are their three standout albums. The material was superior to that of Bad Company, as was the melodic hard rock sound they put out and of course they had Paul Kossof on guitar, one of the greatest guitarists to have ever come out of Great Britain. The bassist of the group was Andy Fraser and as you probably know he went with Rodgers to Bad Company.

Bad Company on the other hand, were a supergroup that were very much a blander version of Free and apart from the debut which is a good album, the rest of their output is largely run of the mill rock that sold by the bucketload, and the band were seriously treading water by the end of the 1970's.

I was a big fan though of Mick Ralphs, and I love the song he wrote when he was in Mott The Hoople "Ready For Love" which actually features on the Bad Company debut.