Click on the image to buy this print Singer Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones met through a mutual friend in 1989, and had only been friends for a short while before Keenan showed Jones recordings from a previous band he had been in. Impressed by Keenan's singing abilities, he suggested they form a band of their own. Drummer Danny Carey, a neighbor of Jones', soon joined the group, … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this print Ian Anderson began his musical journey by starting his first band in 1962. 5 years later he had relocated to London in search of places to play. To guarantee that they would be able to perform in a venue more than once, the band went through many name changes. After playing as “Jethro Tull,” the group were invited back, so the name stuck. Jethro Tull were … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy band items Steve Miller was born in Milwaukee on October 5, 1943 to highly musically-inclined parents, his father being a jazz enthusiast, and his mother being a jazz singer. Influenced by the music around him, Miller received his first guitar at age four, and was taught his first cords by age five. This teacher was his godfather, and none other than Les Paul, the … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy band items Walter Becker and Donald Fagen first met in New York 1967. The guys started playing and writing songs together and came to the conclusion that musically, they had quite a bit in common with one another. After Fagen graduated from college the pair relocated to Brooklyn, where they began touring with a band called “Jay and the Americans.” They were soon hired by … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster Born in North London, on June 24, 1944, and February 3, 1947, brothers Ray and Dave Davies grew up in a musically-inclined family. Inspired by their parents' musical parties and their older sisters' love of Rock and Roll, it came as little surprise when both brothers began to play guitar. After forming and playing in a small band during high school, the group … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster R.E.M began in Athens, Georgia in 1980 when singer Michael Stipe met Peter Buck at a record store where Buck was employed. The two soon met bassist Mike Mills and drummer Billy Berry, who had already been playing together, and the band was born. They made their debut at a friend’s birthday party on April 5th, 1980 and continued to play around their … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster Singer David Crosby and guitarist Stephen Stills started playing with one another in 1968 after Crosby had been booted out of the band The Byrds and Stills’ band Buffalo Springfield broke up. That same year Graham Nash became reacquainted with Stephen Stills and, after leaving his band the Hollies, joined the duo to form Crosby Stills & Nash, also … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster Janis Joplin was born and raised in the relatively small Texas City of Port Arthur. As a teenager she started listening to artists such as Leadbelly and Bessie Smith, who she would later say was her greatest influence. She began her musical ventures like many girls do, singing in a local choir. Janis didn’t really fit in and as countless others have … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster In 1967 Tim Staffell and Brian May wanted to form a band. They were looking for a drummer so May, being a resourceful student at London’s Imperial College, posted a want ad on a bulletin board. Roger Taylor, a dental student at the time, responded, and after auditioning joined Staffell and May in their new band appropriately named “Smile.” The group signed … [Read more...]

Click on the image to buy this poster The Clash helped solidify the mental images that are most commonly associated with punk rock: youth, anger and energy. It seems almost cliché that founding members Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, who both became the group’s guitarist/singers, met while waiting in an unemployment line. Nevertheless, Strummer would leave the band he was currently involved with, … [Read more...]