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Performers. Short-lived but influential, the Yardbirds blazed a trail for new genres and gave some of rock’s best guitarists their start. They started as a blues cover band, but their rave ups and innovations in feedback and distortion shaped such diverse genres as psychedelic rock, prog rock and punk. Chris Dreja. Eric Clapton.
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The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Nearly all the surviving musicians who had been part of the band's heyday, including Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, appeared at the ceremony (original lead guitarist Top Topham was not included). [ 58 ]
- Genre-bending. Rhino’s Greatest Hits Vol 1 (1964-66) featured liner notes by US music freelancer Parke Puterbaugh who positioned The Yardbirds alongside groups like The Animals and The Rolling Stones, "creating hard rock out of standard 12-bar blues, doubling the tempos and whacking the amps up to 10."
- The singles. From 1964’s I Wish You Would and Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, it was For Your Love / Got To Hurry which reached number three in 1965 that put the group firmly in the pop consciousness.
- The albums. The Yardbirds issued some albums with different titles in the UK and the USA. Like most other groups the albums were mixtures of singles (hit or not) and other tracks.
- The gigs. More Zeppelin. Hear the only known soundboard recordings of Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks and The Wanton Song. There are few surviving records of the gigs that The Yardbirds did together.
The Edge of U2 inducts the Yardbirds into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the 1992 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.Looking for more Induction Ceremony ...
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Apr 26, 2015 · Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja returned for a lengthier reboot of the Yardbirds following their early '90s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. McCarty and original guitarist Top Topham ...
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Since the birth of the band from 1963 to 1968, to its 1992 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Yardbirds have been revered for the legendary guitarists who have contributed to the band's history including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page all ranked in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time (#35, #5, and #3 respectively).
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Jul 13, 2016 · Yardbirds still in flight 53 years after taking off Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the legendary English band soldiers on with just one original member and a heart full of soul
