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The Yardbirds

Origin
London, England
Genre
Rock
Formed
1963
The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band's core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Shapes of Things", and "Over Under Sideways Down". Originally a blues-based band noted for their signature "rave-up" instrumental breaks, the Yardbirds broadened their range into pop, pioneering psychedelic rock and early hard rock; and contributed to many electric guitar innovations of the mid-1960s. Some rock critics and historians also cite their influence on the later punk rock, progressive rock, and heavy metal trends.

Origin London, England
Genres Blues rock, psychedelic rock, rhythm and blues
Years active 1963–1968, 1992–present
Labels Columbia (UK), Epic (US)
Associated acts Led Zeppelin, Renaissance, Box of Frogs
Members Jim McCarty, Kenny Aaronson, John Idan, Godfrey Townsend, Myke Scavone
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Blues rock group with hits such as "Shapes of Things" and "Over Under Sideways Down" that helped launch the careers of guitarists like Eric ClaptonJimmy Page and Jeff Beck.

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The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and were ranked no. 89 in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."

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The Yardbirds Category.. Freakbeat - Freakbeat is a loosely defined subgenre of rock and roll music developed mainly by harder-driving British groups, often those with a mod following, during the Swinging London period of the mid-to late 1960s. The genre bridges British Invasion R&B, beat and psychedelia.. Swinging London - The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London as its centre.. Jimmy Page.. Eric Clapton.. British Invasion artists.. Charly Records artists.. English blues rock musical groups.. British rhythm and blues boom musicians.

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