The other band members included Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, Paul Samwell-Smith, and Keith Relf. Relf, who was the lead vocalist ...

“It’s a shame the Yardbirds have no image,” opined Herman’s Hermits’ Peter Noone bluntly in 1966, “because they would be the Number One group in England.” It’s true that the Yardbirds—whose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Yardbirds in 1966, l-r, Jim McCarty, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf, Jeff Beck and Chris Dreja - Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Chris Dreja ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. During their initial years together, The Yardbirds scored several ...

The first time was in 1964, when Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky had asked Page to temporarily replace guitarist Eric Clapton because he was going on holiday. Page, who was friends with Clapton, ...

For English-speaking fans of Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni, Blow-Up (1966) must have felt like a gift from above. For his picture (based on a Julio Cortazar story and set in Swinging London), ...

The Yardbirds did not achieve the commercial success of its British Invasion peers. The band had hits, but by and large, it is seen today as a launching pad for some of the most notable guitarists in ...

Chris Dreja, the co-founding rhythm guitarist and later bassist of the Yardbirds, has died, reports The New York Times. On September 25, Dreja died of complications of multiple strokes and chronic ...

Chris Dreja, one of the five original members of the Yardbirds, has died. The guitarist was 79. His death was confirmed by his sister-in-law, Muriel Levy, on Threads. "This is with a deep sadness that ...

On March 13, 1965, Eric Clapton made one of the most famous decisions in classic rock history: to leave The Yardbirds. He felt the group was leaving their blues roots behind. Clapton didn’t want to be ...

Yardbirds alums Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page or Jeff Beck weren’t onstage when the 21st-century version of the legendary blues-rock powerhouse band played at Tangier in Akron in 2010. But the band was ...

These days, many know The Yardbirds as much for the incredible lead guitarists that passed through their lineup as much as for their music. But make no mistake, the band released some incendiary stuff ...