Ten Years After

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Ten Years After
Ten Years After (2009)
Ten Years After (2009)
General information
Genre (s) Blues rock
founding 1967
Website www.ten-years-after.co.uk
Founding members
Alvin Lee (until 1975; 1983; 1988-2003; † 2013)
Leo Lyons (1966-1974, 1983, 1988-2014)
Ric Lee (1966–1974, 1983, 1988 – today)
Chick Churchill (1966–1974, 1983, 1988 – present)
Current occupation
Drums
 Ric Lee
Keyboard
 Chick Churchill
bass
 Colin Hodgkinson (since 2014)
Vocals, guitar,
harmonica
 Marcus Bonfanti (since 2014)
former members
Vocals, guitar
 Joe Gooch (2003-2014)
Ten Years After, 2009

Ten Years After is a British blues rock band formed in 1967 by Leo Lyons and Alvin Lee .

history

As early as 1960, the two Ten Years After founders Leo Lyons and Alvin Lee performed together in various groups, including Jayman, Mansfield and Atomities . With the Jaymans (with singer Ivan Jay and drummer Quickmire) they played very successfully in Hamburg. During this time the Beatles also appeared in the Hamburg Star Club . Quickmire was later replaced by Ric Lee (not related to Alvin Lee). After appearing on television on the Saturday Night Sunday Morning Show , they became better known and toured the Nottingham area . Her (short-term) roadie Chick Churchill changed sides and sat down at the organ himself. Club manager Chris Wright recognized the musical potential and helped to appear in various clubs. They wanted to be known without Ivan Jay and were looking for a suitable name. The ten years of the band's name otherwise refer to rumors contrary but neither Elvis Presley nor on the rock 'n' roll . Blues Trip, Blues Yards and Life Without Mother were the first ideas for a band name. Then Leo read in the newspaper about "Ten years after the end of conscription in the UK ..." and Ten Years After was born.

Woodstock

Their second album Undead included I'm Going Home, the band's best-known track at the time. This was followed by Stonedhenge, which was a hit in England, and the band's highly acclaimed appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 : the band's 90-minute gig began around 8 p.m., and they were pretty restless after a concert with Nina Simone from St. Louis had arrived. Since the rain had changed the humidity , the band had to break off their first song Good Morning Little School Girl after about a minute to be able to tune the guitars again. The regular set was followed by the encore I'm going home, during which Alvin Lee worked on his instrument for almost ten minutes. This was the only song of their appearance that was recorded by the film crew. She had started filming with three cameras, but one of them had finished filming during the performance. For the triple split screen version of the film , the mirrored footage from the right camera was therefore used towards the end to fill the gap.

1970s to 1991

After a few more successes, especially the live double album Recorded Live from 1973, the group broke up in 1975 after completing an extensive American tour. In 1983 there was a merger of the Woodstock stars for a concert at the London Marquee Club for its 25th anniversary (DVD live at the Marquee ) and a comeback show at the Reading Festival. Then there was radio silence for a few years before they got together again in 1989. The group released the album About Time and traveled around the world until mid-1991. In 1991 a live video and a CD titled Ten Years After - Live Legends were made in Nottingham .

In 2001 the group released the CD Ten Years After - live at the Fillmore East , which was recorded as early as 1970, but had not been released by then.

2003 until today

In 2003 the band began to reform, but since Alvin Lee was no longer available, they found Joe Gooch.

In 2004 the album Now was released with the participation of the original members Leo Lyons, Ric Lee and Chick Churchill as well as Joe Gooch. A tour was organized for the album . All known hits as well as new material were recorded, which was released to fans as the double album Roadworks in 2005 . During their appearances in Germany in June 2005, the band had some performances recorded, of which a DVD was released in late 2005 . The performance at the Burg-Herzberg-Festival was recorded in 2005 . The DVD about the Burg-Herzberg-Festival 2005 ( WDR Rockpalast / Herzberg Verlag ) contains two titles from Ten Years After. In 2008 the group presented another album entitled Evolution , and in 2009 the live DVD Live at Fiesta City was released .

In 2010, the band members Joe Gooch and Leo Lyons formed the Hundred Seventy Split project to perform musically outside of Ten Years After. The project has so far produced a studio album The World Won't Stop and has performed live since 2011. It has already been on tour with Johnny Winter and performed at the Rockpalast .

In December 2013, Leo Lyons and Joe Gooch announced they were separating from Ten Years After to focus on Hundred Seventy Split. Ric Lee and Chick Churchill continue along with bassist Colin Hodgkinson and front man Marcus Bonfanti . They released the first album in 2017 with the new line-up, A Sting In The Tale .

  • Leo Lyons

  • Ric Lee

  • Chick Churchill

  • Colin Hodgkinson

  • Marcus Bonfanti

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1969 Stone hang - - UK6 (5 weeks)
UK 		US61 (18 weeks)
US
First published: February 1969
Ssssh DE6 (6 weeks)
DE 		- UK4 (18 weeks)
UK 		US20 (23 weeks)
US
First published: August 1969
1970 Cricklewood Green DE8 (6 weeks)
DE 		- UK4 (27 weeks)
UK 		US14 (30 weeks)
US
First published: April 1970
watt DE9 (6 weeks)
DE 		- UK5 (9 weeks)
UK 		US21 (16 weeks)
US
First published: December 1970
1971 A space in time DE35 (2 weeks)
DE 		- UK36 (1 week)
UK 		US17th
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US
First published: August 1971
1972 Rock & Roll Music to the World DE30 (3 weeks)
DE 		- UK27 (1 week)
UK 		US43 (25 weeks)
US
First published: October 1972
1974 Positive vibration - - - US81 (14 weeks)
US
First published: April 1974
1989 About time DE87 (1 week)
DE 		- - US120 (10 weeks)
US
First published: August 1989

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More albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1968 Undead - - UK26 (7 weeks)
UK 		US115 (14 weeks)
US
First release: August 1968
live album
1972 Alvin Lee and Company - - - US55 (18 weeks)
US
First published: March 1972
compilation
1973 Recorded Live DE10 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (4 weeks)
AT 		UK36 (2 weeks)
UK 		US39 (21 weeks)
US
First release: June 1973
live album
1975 Going Home / Their Greatest Hits - - - US174 (5 weeks)
US
First published: August 1975
compilation

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more publishments

  • 1967: Ten Years After
  • 1975: Love like A Man
  • 1976: Hear Them Calling
  • 1987: Universal
  • 1990: Ten Years After live at Reading 83
  • 1991: The Essential Ten Years After
  • 1993: Live 1990
  • 1995: Pure Blues
  • 1996: I'm going home
  • 1997: Solid Rock
  • 1998: Premium Gold Collection
  • 2001: Live At The Fillmore East 1970
  • 2003: One Night Jammed
  • 2004: Now
  • 2005: Roadworks
  • 2008: evolution
  • 2014: The Friday Rock Show Sessions Live At Reading 1983
  • 2016: British Live Performance Series
  • 2017: A Sting In The Tale
  • 2018: 1967–1974

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1970 Love Like A Man
Cricklewood Green 		DE9 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT8 (12 weeks)
AT 		UK10 (18 weeks)
UK 		US98 (2 weeks)
US
First published: April 1970
1971 I'm coming on
watt 		DE47 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - -
First published: March 1971
I'd Love To Change The World
A Space in Time 		- - - US40 (12 weeks)
US
First published: September 1971
1972 Baby Won't You Let Me Rock 'N Roll You
A Space in Time 		- - - US61 (5 weeks)
US
First published: January 1972
Choo Choo Mama
Rock & Roll Music to the World 		- - - US89 (6 weeks)
US
First published: December 1972

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literature

  • Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul . 3rd Revised Edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, pp. 674-676 - ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alvin Lee FAQ ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pub43.bravenet.com
  2. ↑ classicrockmagazine.com: Ten Years After loose frontman and bassist ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.classicrockmagazine.com
  3. ↑ Ten Years After - A Sting In The Tale. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT UK US
  5. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US

Web links

Commons : Ten Years After  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files