Ten Years After is a British blues rock band formed in 1967 by Leo Lyons, Ric Lee, Chick Churchill and Alvin Lee.
Alvin Lee - guitar, vocals
Leo Lyons - bass
Chuck Churchill - keyboard
Ric Lee - drums
Formed in, 1967, the band received an invitation to play at the Windsor Jazz Festival, which led to a contract with Dream, a child company of Decca - the first band so signed without a hit single.
After touring Scandinavia and America, Ten Years After released their second album, Undead, which included the hit single "I'm Going Home." This was followed by Stonedhenge, a British hit. In 1969, they appear at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event to which rock bands were invited. In August, Ten years After performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock.
During 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man," their first hit single in the UK. They are also featured in the documentary Woodstock, edited by Martin Scorsese.
In 1971, the band released the album A Space In Time, which featured their biggest hit, "I'd Love To Change The World", a hippie anthem of sorts, protesting the Vietnam War and possibly even capitalism itself. At this point in time, Ten Years After were in their heyday: at the beginning of their twelfth US tour, they played to a sold out Madison Square Garden to 20,000 fans.
Taking the second half of 1973 off to pursue side projects, news of a band breakup ran rampant, but the album Positive Vibrations was still recorded and released in 1974. After a tour of the UK, and their last tour (number 28) in the US, Ten Years After broke up.
Ten Years After reunited in 1983 for a tour of the UK, and in 1988 for several American concerts and a single album, About Time (1989).
In between times, Alvin Lee fronted a band called "Ten Years Later" with a bass player and drummer who did some UK gigs, including the Bristol Coulston Hall.
There is currently a version of TYA out there gigging and featuring every original memeber EXCEPT Alvin Lee.
Ten Years After (1967)
Undead (1968)
Stonedhenge (1968)
SSSH (1969)
Cricklewood Green (1970)
WATT (1970)
A Space in Time (1971)
Rock & Roll Music to the World (1972)
Recorded Live (1973)
Positive Vibrations (1974)
About Time (1989)
Double Deluxe (1970)
Ten Years After (1971)
Classic Performances (1976)
Goin' Home (1977)
Greatest Hits (1977)
Profile (1979)
Ten years After (1980)
Timewarps (1983)
The Collection (1985)
At Their Peak (1987)
Universal (1987)
Portfolio (1988)
The Collection (1991)
Essential (1991)
Pure Blues (1995)
I'm Going Home (1996)
Premium Gold Collestion (1998)
The Best of (2000)
Very Best Ten Years After Album Ever (2001)
Ten Years After Anthology (2002)
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History
Formed in, 1967, the band received an invitation to play at the Windsor Jazz Festival, which led to a contract with Dream, a child company of Decca - the first band so signed without a hit single.
After touring Scandinavia and America, Ten Years After released their second album, Undead, which included the hit single "I'm Going Home." This was followed by Stonedhenge, a British hit. In 1969, they appear at the Newport Jazz Festival, in the first event to which rock bands were invited. In August, Ten years After performed a breakthrough American appearance at Woodstock.
During 1970, Ten Years After released "Love Like a Man," their first hit single in the UK. They are also featured in the documentary Woodstock, edited by Martin Scorsese.
In 1971, the band released the album A Space In Time, which featured their biggest hit, "I'd Love To Change The World", a hippie anthem of sorts, protesting the Vietnam War and possibly even capitalism itself. At this point in time, Ten Years After were in their heyday: at the beginning of their twelfth US tour, they played to a sold out Madison Square Garden to 20,000 fans.
Taking the second half of 1973 off to pursue side projects, news of a band breakup ran rampant, but the album Positive Vibrations was still recorded and released in 1974. After a tour of the UK, and their last tour (number 28) in the US, Ten Years After broke up.
Ten Years After reunited in 1983 for a tour of the UK, and in 1988 for several American concerts and a single album, About Time (1989).
In between times, Alvin Lee fronted a band called "Ten Years Later" with a bass player and drummer who did some UK gigs, including the Bristol Coulston Hall.
There is currently a version of TYA out there gigging and featuring every original memeber EXCEPT Alvin Lee.