The 1960s British Blues-Rock Scene Jimmy Page Forms the New Yardbirds Led Zeppelin I-IV "The Biggest Band in the World" Bonham's Death and the Break-up of Led Zeppelin Legacy Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions How did Led Zeppelin get their name? Lead guitarist Jimmy Page gave the...
where the smell would make you sick if the wind was in the wrong direction, and a shipyard, so you couldn’t hear the teacher half the time because of the rivets going into the ships
* Eric Clapton--Without downgrading the importance of the Yardbirds and Cream, both of which made an immense contribution to rock in the mid-’60s by demonstrating the liberating qualities of sheer instrumental power, Clapton has had an even more distinguished career since he left those groups, ...
Def Leppard, British rock band that was one of the prime movers of the new wave of British heavy metal in the 1980s and remained popular in concert into the 21st century. Their hit songs included ‘Photograph,’‘Rock of Ages,’ and ‘Pour Some Sugar on
Pink Floyd is a British rock band that was at the forefront of 1960s psychedelia and popularized the concept album for mass rock audiences in the 1970s.
Cream was formed in 1966 while Clapton was still the lead guitarist of the prominentBritish bluesbandJohn Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. Before that he had been the lead guitarist ofthe Yardbirds(Jeff Beckand Jimmy Page [later ofLed Zeppelin] would follow him in that position). Clapton was approached...
Established rock bands also began to introduce psychedelic elements into their music—notably theBeatleswith such albums asRevolver(1966),Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band(1967), andMagical Mystery Tour(1967), theBeach Boyswith the expansive, hauntingPet Sounds(1966), and theYardbirdswith “...
Jonas Brothers, American soft-rockbandnoted for its combination of optimism, catchy tunes, and cover-boy good looks. The members werePaul Kevin Jonas II(b. November 5, 1987, Teaneck,New Jersey, U.S.),Joseph (“Joe”) Adam Jonas(b. August 15, 1989,Casa Grande, Arizona), andNicholas ...