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Jefferson Airplane was an American Rock band that was formed in San Francisco and was considered as a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. The band was able to lead the way for popularizing the psychedelic music scene in the mid-60’s San Francisco. They also achieved a lot of firsts for the growing number of psychedelic acts back then. Jefferson airplane was the first psychedelic band from San Francisco to sign a contract with a major record label. They were also the first band of their kin…

The Scorpions is a hard rock band that was formed in Hanover, Germany that became widely popular all over the world in the 80’s. The band was known for their popular hits such as the 80’s rock anthem “Rock You Like a Hurricane”, “Wind of Change”, “Still Loving You” and “Send Me an Angel”. In their fruitful career, the band was able to sell over 70 million albums worldwide.The Scorpions was first formed when rhythm guitarist Rudolf Schenker set out to form a band in 1965. The first band was compo…

Van Halen is an American rock band that became famous in the late 70’s and the 80’s. It was first formed in Pasadena, California in 1972 by the Van Halen brothers, guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex, as a three-piece band along with Mark Stone on bass. This initial line-up was then known as Mammoth. The band went on to recruit singer David Lee Roth as frontman to help keep Eddie to concentrate on playing the guitar. Mark Stone was then replaced by Michael Anthony on bass. The band went to play in …

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a short lived band that was formed in 1966 composed of American front man Jimi Hendrix and English bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The band was considered highly influential in the development of the rock and roll genre, most notably because of the famous guitar work by their legendary front man, Jimi Hendrix. The band was formed when Jimi Hendrix went to England in 1966 accompanied by his manager Chas Chandler and moved to find musicians to play …

Jethro Tull is an English rock band that was formed sometime between 1967 and 1968. What they offered was a unique style of rock marked by a distinctive vocal style, eclectic influences, elaborate song construction as well as incorporating the flute as the trademark for their songs. The band was formed when Ian Anderson’s previous seven piece band called the John Evan Band went home to Blackpool just as they relocated to nearby Luton in search for more bookings. Anderson, along with the band’s b…

Fleetwood Mac is an Anglo-American band that was formed the August of 1967 in London, England. They were a highly successful and influential band that went through quite a number of personnel changes during their career as a band. The original members composed of Peter Green on guitars, Mick Fleetwood on drums, Jeremy Spencer on slide guitar and John McVie on bass, came out with a no nonsense self titled blues debut album that enjoyed relative success in 1968, this despite not having any singles…

The Eagles is an American rock band that formed in 1971 in Los Angeles. They were known as one of the most successful bands in the 70’s, coming out with such hits as “Hotel California”, “Desperado”, “New Kid in Town” along with a host of other huge hits. The Eagles is also credited of having the best selling record in US music history, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) which have sold over 29 million copies. The Eagles first met as a back-up band for Linda Ronstadt. The line-up of guitarist Glenn …

The Doors was a popular American band during the 60’s that was known for being one of the most controversial bands to come out of that era. They were controversial in way due to their iconic front man, Jim Morrison’s unpredictable stage persona as well as the cryptic lyrics of their songs. The band is composed of Morrison on vocals along with Ray Manzarek on keyboards, John Densmore on drums and Robby Krieger on guitar. The band had its beginnings when Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek first met whi…

Black Sabbath was an English rock band that formed in Birmingham sometime in 1968. The band is considered to be, along with Led Zeppelin, as the pioneering force behind the birth of the heavy metal music scene. The original line-up is composed of Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, Tony Iommi on lead guitar, Terence Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums. There has been a number of line up changes through the years that they ruled the airwaves, but it was this original line-up that contributed to the immens…

The Clash was an English punk rock band that formed out of West London in 1976. They were considered as part of the original wave of punk rock bands to come out of UK in the late 70’s. They were also known for being one of the first bands to incorporate their type of punk music with a variety of other styles, most notable reggae, rockabilly, dance and jazz. The Clash was also known for their passionate, left-wing political idealism that they incorporate into their songs. The original line-up of …