The legendary English rock 'n' roll band - featuring Wood, vocalist Rod Stewart, and drummer Kenney Jones - have (briefly) ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images Though he turned down an offer from John Mayall to join his ...

Like many artists who came of age in the early to mid-'60s, the Yardbirds went through some major creative changes in 1966. Leading up to this point was a series of singles, a couple of albums and a ...

As advice to anyone building a collection of live recordings, one could scarcely go wrong with the acknowledged classics--sets by Otis Redding, the Who, the Stones' Get YerYa-Ya's Out! Combined with a ...

Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith, Top Topham, Jim McCarty, and Chris Dreja are the founding members of the Yardbirds. After finding some early success, Topham did not fit the band as a guitarist. “A ...

If there’s any consolation in the tragic death of Keith Relf, it is that rhe former Yardbirds frontman died doing what he loved: making music. The 33-year-old was playing an ungrounded guitar in his ...

“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 ...

Chris Dreja had a shot at being one of the founding members of Led Zeppelin, but he had a different creative pursuit in mind.

John Lennon said The Yardbirds “never really had a singer, you know, or a performer.” A member of The Yardbirds inspired a song George Harrison wrote for The White Album. That member of The Yardbirds ...

In the realm of rock and roll, few bands have left as significant a mark as The Yardbirds, especially for iconic figures like Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith. The influence of this legendary ...

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 ...

The Yardbirds -- featuring original members Jim McCarty (drums) and Chris Dreja (bass) recently completed a new album, "Birdland," featuring an extraordinary cast of guest guitarists. That Brian May… ...