06/07/2024
🎵 Who are we?🎵
We formed in London in 1967, and our name came from a mix of the drummer's and bass players' names, as the lead guitarist wanted to keep himself out of the spotlight.
Beforehand, our drummer was a window cleaner, and the bass player was training to be a tax inspector. Our drummer has also kept toilet chains as a momento since 1965 and wears them on stage hanging from his belt for good luck.
In 1970, we were joined by a keyboardist who later married the bass player. Then, due to band members leaving, on New Year's Eve in 1974, we asked a lead guitarist to join, but he stated he and his girlfriend were a package deal, so both were invited. So began our "classic" line-up. We released our first album together in 1975, and it gave us immediate chart success, but the album from 1977, which was born out of the inner turbulence happening within the band, became the 6th biggest-selling album of all time, earning us a Grammy in 1978.
We have never appeared altogether on any of our studio album covers, having only one or two members photographed.
Although there have been 18 members through our band's doors, the classic line-up from 1974 to 1987 is the most recognised, and in 1998, we were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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