Ten Years After is a British blues rock band formed in 1967 by Leo Lyons , Ric Lee , Chick Churchill and Alvin Lee.
Members
History
Formed in, 1967, the band received an invitation to play at the Windsor Jazz Festival , which led to a contract with Dream, a child company of Decca - the first band so signed without a hit single.
After touring Scandinavia and America, Ten Years After released their second album, Undead , which included the hit single "I'm Going Home." This was followed by Stonedhenge , a British hit. In 1969, they appear at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event to which rock bands were invited. In August, Ten years After performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock.
During 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man," their first hit single in the UK. They are also featured in the documentary Woodstock, edited by Martin Scorsese.
In 1971, the band released the album A Space In Time, which featured their biggest hit, "I'd Love To Change The World ", a hippie anthem of sorts, protesting the Vietnam War and possibly even capitalism itself. At this point in time, Ten Years After were in their heyday: at the beginning of their twelfth US tour, they played to a sold out Madison Square Garden to 20,000 fans.
Taking the second half of 1973 off to pursue side projects, news of a band breakup ran rampant, but the album Positive Vibrations was still recorded and released in 1974. After a tour of the UK, and their last tour (number 28) in the US, Ten Years After broke up.
Ten Years After reunited in 1983 for a tour of the UK, and in 1988 for several American concerts and a single album, About Time (1989).
Discography
Studio and Live Albums
- Ten Years After (1967)
- Undead (1968)
- Stonedhenge (1968)
- SSSH (1969)
- Cricklewood Green (1970)
- WATT (1970)
- A Space in Time (1971)
- Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
- Recorded Live (1973)
- Positive Vibrations (1974)
Compilations
- Double Deluxe (1970)
- Ten Years After (1971)
- Classic Performances (1976)
- Goin' Home (1977)
- Greatest Hits (1977)
- Profile (1979)
- Ten years After (1980)
- Timewarps (1983)
- The Collection (1985)
- At Their Peak (1987)
- Universal (1987)
- Portfolio (1988)
- The Collection (1991)
- Essential (1991)
- Pure Blues (1995)
- I'm Going Home (1996)
- Premium Gold Collestion (1998)
- The Best of (2000)
- Very Best Ten Years After Album Ever (2001)
- Ten Years After Anthology (2002)
External Links
Last updated: 10-14-2005 14:18:04
