The Band

The Band
Formed: 1967 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Disbanded: Nov, 1976
Genre: Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Album Rock, Pop/Rock
Group Members: Robbie Robertson, Blondie Chaplin, Rick Danko, Richard Bell, Randy Ciarlante, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Stan Szelest, Jim ...View All
Biography: For roughly half a decade, from 1968 through 1975, the Band was one of the most popular and influential rock groups in the world, their music embraced by critics (and, to a somewhat lesser degree, the public) as seriously as the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Their albums were analyzed ...Read full biography
The Band (Remastered)
Released: 1969
Label: EMI
Critics' Rating:
The Band's first album, Music from Big Pink, seemed to come out of nowhere, with its ramshackle musical blend and songs of rural tragedy. The Band, the group's second album, was a more deliberate and even ...Read full review
Music From Big Pink [Bonus Tracks]
Released: 2003
Label: EMI
Critics' Rating:
Although the five musicians who came together in the late '50s and early '60s to back up Canadian rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins probably had played thousands of shows and had made numerous recordings, ...Read full review
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