AC/DC was formed in 1973 by brothers, Malcolm and Angus Young. The two boys weren’t strangers to the music business, their older brother George, was a part of the most successful 60′s band in Australia, The Easybeats.

After both had been members of a few unsuccessful bands, Malcolm decided to form his own band. Malcolm’s vision was a hard rocking band with an image of stack heeled boots and long hair!

The name AC/DC fits so well with the bands electrifying performances. It was suggested by two of the members sister, she’d seen it on a label on the back of a vacuum cleaner. The band did their first performance on New Year’s Eve in 1973, at a small club called Chequers in Sydney, Australia.

Right from the start Angus was determined to make a lasting impression on the fans. He had tried on several costumes before the gig and … Read the rest

Black Sabbath has it’s origins in Aston, Birmingham, England. The original members of the band were Terence “Geezer” Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzie Osbourne and Bill Ward. In 1968 the band was going by the name Polka Tulk Blues Company. A short time later they changed their name to Earth.

Did you know that Iommi actually left Earth for a short time to go on tour with Jethro Tull?

In the beginning their music was a combination of jazz, blues and rock. Their main fare were cover tunes of songs by Jimi Hendrix, Cream and the like. Ozzie has always said that he was influenced by the Beatles.

The sound and feel of Earth began to change after Geezer Butler started getting interested in occult subjects. In fact, Butler was the one who wrote the song Black Sabbath. According to Butler he wrote the song after he experienced a vision in … Read the rest

Within four short years Creedence Clearwater Revival had accumulated more than 13 Top 10 hits. But, that was only the beginning of the timeless legend that is CCR!

They’ve became one of the best examples of classic American rock! They’re one of the greatest rock bands to come out of the 60′s and are indeed rock legends!

John Fogerty, Doug Clifford and Stu Cook formed the Blue Velvets in 1959 while still in junior high in El Cerrito, California. They played cover songs at the local dances. They also backed up John’s older brother as Tom Fogerty and the Blue Velvets on albums and at live gigs. John had seen Fantasy Records on TV and contacted them and in 1964 the band had a signed with the label.

Without the bands knowledge, Max Weiss who co-owned Fantasy Records changed the bands name to the Golliwogs before their first release. It … Read the rest

At 16, Steven Tallarico formed his first serious band, called The Strangeurs they soon changed their name to Chain Reaction due to name conflicts. The bands were active from 1964 through 1968. At 18, Steven entered the studio for the first time and recorded two of only four singles ever released by Chain Reaction.

Chain Reaction performed opening acts for bands such as The Beach Boys and The Byrds, but even with the recording contract the band saw very little success. And, by the summer of 1970 the band had disbanded!

That same summer, Steven had ran into Joe Perry, lead guitarist for the Jam Band. The Jam Band had also broken up and Steven and Joe collaborated on a joint venture that produced the creation of Aerosmith!

Late in the fall of 1970, Aerosmith made it’s public debut at the Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon MA. The performance … Read the rest