Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin was one of the most influential acts of the 70's. The English rock band, Led Zeppelin, was formed in 1968 by : Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham. Led Zeppelin are known for their much heavier sound, and blues influenced hard rock.They're regularly cited as the grandfathers of heavy metal and hard rock. The band has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. Led Zeppelin are ranked number one on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock''.

The band released the following albums throughout the years : Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), Houses Of The Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), The Song Remains The Same (1976), In Through The Out Door (1979)

John Bonham passed away in 1980, and since then the band released one last studio album : Coda (1982)

The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin

The Who

The Who are an English rock band, they're known for their amazing live performances and crazy shows which often lead to the smashing of their instruments... The band was formed in 1964 by Pete Townshend (guitar), Roger Daltrey (vocals), Keith Moon (drums) and John Entwistle (bass). To date, The Who has sold over 100 million records in the UK and the United States alone. Their debut album My Generation was released 1965.

The Who later released : A Quick One (1966), The Who Sell Out (1967), Tommy (1969), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who by Numbers (1975), Who Are You (1978).

The Who was getting to the top of the UK charts and rose to fame with these albums, and created a new sound of classic rock and roll.

Sadly in 1978, Keith Moon passed away at the age of 32 and The Who would change forever.

They released 2 more albums after Keith Moon's death : Face Dances (1981) and It's Hard (1982) before breaking up in 1983. Although they still played some occasional live performances, and actually released a final studio album Endless Wire in 2006

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, they are known around the whole world as one of the most commercially successful acts of popular music of all time. The band formed in the early 60's with the original members consisting of : Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best. Stuart left the band 1961, and Pete was eventually replaced by Ringo Starr. The band rushed to create a debut album, "Please Please Me" was released (1963).

The Beatles went on to make : With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale, Help! and Rubber Soul. Releasing 6 albums in a little over 2 years, these albums are looked back as some of the greatest albums in music history and have influenced tons of bands... As of today, The Beatles have sold more albums in the United States then any other artist.

Creating 7 more albums before finally breaking up, The Beatles created : Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles (The White Album), Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be.

Let It Be - The Beatles

Pink Floyd

Pink floyd was way ahead of their time in rock music, they were one of the most influental psychedelic rock bands of all time. The band was formed in the 60`s with their debut album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" that came out (1967). Pink floyd has sold over 200 millions albums worldwide... The original members of the band are : Roger waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and Syd Barrett. They we`re all students at university. Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour later joined the band in 1968 as the fifth member, eventually replacing Syd Barrett...

Pink floyd went on to make : A Saucerful of Secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother and Meddle. These albums are considered to be the vintage pink floyd sound, in which the band became experimenting with different sounds and a new approach to writing their music. In these albums, pink floyd's style changes slightly from psychedelic to progressive rock.

Moving on, Pink floyd's giant success came threw their next four albums, The Dark Side of the Moon (My personal favorite), Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall. 

Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - Pink floyd