Boston is an American rock band that was popular during the 70’s and the 80’s. Their songs became a staple of rock radio play lists. Some of there famous hits include ” Something About You”, “More Than a Feeling”, “Amanda”, “Foreplay/Long Time”, “Don’t Look Back”, “Smokin'” and “Peace of Mind”. Boston was initially formed by Tom Scholz who was an MIT engineering graduate then working for Polaroid. Scholz, along with some musician friends Barry Goudreau on guitars, Jim Masdea on drums, and vocali…
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…
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…
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 …
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 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 …
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 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…
The Police is an English rock band that became popular in the 80’s. The band is composed of Sting on vocals, Andy Summers on guitar and Stewart Copeland on drums. They were one of the first bands to play a style of rock that was influenced by jazz, punk and reggae music. They became a critically acclaimed and multi-awarded band that became popular not only in the UK but in the US as well. The Police was formed by American-born drummer Stewart Copeland in early 1977 in order to join in with the g…
How can a commercially unsuccessful band be regarded as one of the most influential and important bands to come out in the history of rock music? Although achieving little commercial success as a band during the late 60’s and the early 70’s, the Velvet Underground has been considered as one of the most influential bands ever to come out from their era. This distinction may have made them a highly regarded band by other band that came out after them. The Velvet Underground was an American rock ba…