If Jimmy Page hadn't joined The Yardbirds, there may well have been no Led Zeppelin. Thank heavens and all of the stairways ...

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 ...

The guitarists may have a great mutual respect for one another, but their respective comments shine a light on their ...

At least on the surface. “Right when I joined the Yardbirds, they had a massive hit with For Your Love, which Eric detested and was the reason he left the band,” Beck recounted.

Their new guitarist in tow, the Yardbirds built upon the success of “For Your Love” with a string of hit singles, including “Heart Full of Soul” “I’m a Man,” “Shapes of Things ...

The Yardbirds are getting ready to record their next album — and asking fans to "help preserve one of the founding most influential bands in rock history" along the way. For its first studio ...

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.

Yardbirds Greatest Hits peaked at No. 28 in June 1967 and The Yardbirds hit No. 155 in October 1970, both featuring Beck recordings, but by then he had left the group.

That member of The Yardbirds also worked on The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” During an interview, John Lennon said The Yardbirds were an imitation of another British Invasion band.

However, the Yardbirds did not have to kick Topham out of the group. Instead, Topham’s parents decided he was too young to be in a band full-time and forced him to leave the Yardbirds.