After his band Curved Air broke up in 1976, American drummer Stewart Copeland was itching to start a new band. In January of 1977 he started rehearsing with singer and bassist Gordon Sumner, who would later be known as “Sting”, and guitarist Henri Padovani. Copeland’s brother Miles became the group’s manager and after the trio recorded their first single “Fall Out/Nothing Achieving” in February of … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster Jim Morrison and keyboardist Ray Manzarek met at UCLA, in Southern California, while attending the university’s famous film program. Fortunately for the world of rock, the “silver screen” was not what made these two men famous. Manzarek, and his two brothers had started a band, “Rick and the Ravensask,” but were in need of a singer and bassist. One night on … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster In 1962, Roger Waters enrolled in architecture courses at the Regent Street Polytechnic School in London. It is ironic that arguably his most famous work, “The Wall,” has absolutely nothing to do with construction. After meeting drummer Nick Mason in 1963, who was taking the same courses, the two joined the band “Sigma 6.” At the time Richard Wright was … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster In 1978, Larry Mullen, attending Mount Temple High School in Dublin, Ireland posted a notice on a bulletin board looking for band mates. Singer Paul “Bono” David Hewson, guitarist David “The Edge” Howell Evans and bassist Adam Clayton answered his ad, and as easy as that one of the biggest rock bands in the world, U2, was created, although they did try out … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster England, in the 1960’s, almost seemed like it was part of some strange mathematical equation thought up by the music gods. There was almost a formula to it. Take 4 or 5 males in their later teens or early twenties, add the fact that they came from middle class backgrounds and the fact they were from England, and the product of this equation seemed to equal … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster On January 8th 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, rock and roll royalty was born, Elvis Aaron Presley. Due to the fact that his father Vernon needed work, in 1948 Elvis relocated to Memphis, Tennessee with his family. Elvis graduated from L. C. Humes High School in 1953, and soon after, needing a birthday present to give to his mother, went to Memphis Recording … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster On November 27, 1942, Johnny Allen Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington. The summer after his mother Lucille Jeter died, in 1958, his father James Hendrix, who changed his son’s name to James Marshall Hendrix after getting out of the army in 1946, gives Jimmy 5 dollars for a second hand acoustic guitar. These 5 dollars could very well have spawned one of … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster The Rolling Stones, whose name was inspired by a Muddy Waters’ song, have been a staple of rock music since 1962. Singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards were childhood friends, and began their musical venture when Richards joined Jagger’s band Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. After touring local London clubs Jagger and Richards met guitarist … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster It would be a very risky thing to say that anyone had more impact on the world of contemporary music, especially rock music, than Elvis Presley, unless of course you are talking about The Beatles. On July 6th, 1957 after a performance at the Woolton Parish Church by John Lennon’s group “the Quarrymen”, Paul McCartney is asked to join the band. This pairing … [Read more...]