the Yardbirds
Maybe we’ll never know who wrote the book of love, but when it comes to bluesbased guitar crunch rock ’n’ roll, it was definitely the Yardbirds. Laying the groundwork for heavy metal, the Yardbirds, formed in London in 1963 (Keith Relf: vocals, Chris Dreja: guitar, Jim McCarty: drums, Paul Samwell Smith: bass, Anthony Topham: guitar, and Eric Clapton: lead guitar), are often rumored to be the missing link between the early '70s rock and soul and the dawn of psychedelia.
the Yardbirds
Maybe we’ll never know who wrote the book of love, but when it comes to bluesbased guitar crunch rock ’n’ roll, it was definitely the Yardbirds. Laying the groundwork for heavy metal, the Yardbirds, formed in London in 1963 (Keith Relf: vocals, Chris Dreja: guitar, Jim McCarty: drums, Paul Samwell Smith: bass, Anthony Topham: guitar, and Eric Clapton: lead guitar), are often rumored to be the missing link between the early '70s rock and soul and the dawn of psychedelia. Although they couldn’t always hold on to their guitar players, the group managed to spawn three of the most famous ever: Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Between them, they managed to create just about every technical fuzz and feedback sound imaginable.
