If you think about it, being in a band means spending most of your time with the people that you play with. And sometimes living together can be very complicated. Below are the 10 Greatest Classic Rock Bands With 4 Members Except for The Beatles:
Queen
The British rock band that enjoyed great fame from the mid-1970s through the entire 1980s; the spectacularity and dynamism of his performances and the assimilation to rock of jazz, symphonic and operatic tendencies were some of the keys to his success, so overwhelming that his albums were best-selling even after the death in 1991 of their leader, singer Freddie Mercury. Created in 1970, the group consisted of Freddie Mercury (voice), Brian May (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums), and John Deacon (bass).
Metallica
The Thrash Metal band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by two Danes Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield. They were joined, at first, by Lloyd Grant and Ron McGovney, soon to be replaced by guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist Cliff Burton, respectively. In 1982 Kirk Hammett took Mustaine’s place; In 1986, the death of Cliff Burton in an accident led the group to Jason Newsted, who would be replaced fifteen years later by bassist Robert Trujillo.
Led Zeppelin
Emerging in the late 1960s in the UK, Led Zeppelin’s influence is incalculable in rock history. The band’s music transcends any label, incorporating to his hard rock base and his texts of mystical or mythological influence heterogeneous sounds inspired by both blues and British folk or funk.
Pink Floyd
British pop-rock group, originally composed of Syd Barret (Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1946), Nick Mason (Birmingham, id., 1945), Roger Waters (Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1944), and Richard Wright (London, 1945). The group went through two well-defined stages, the first with Roger Waters and Syd Barret as creative leaders (a role that guitarist David Gilmour assumed when he was expelled for his drug problems), and the second after the departure of Roger Waters.
The Who
From mod paradigms to hard rock stars, located in the psychedelia or promoters of conceptual rock opera, the Who knew how to develop their capacity and instrumental intensity under the creative talent of one of the best songwriters and guitarists of all time: Pete Townshend ( born May 19, 1945, in Chiswick, Middlesex).
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath is one of the most important, innovative, and influential bands in the history of Rock and Heavy Metal. The Black Sabbath story begins in Birmingham, England, made up of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward, and lead guitarist Tony Iommi.
The Doors
The Doors were a Californian band from the 60s led by their vocalist Jim Morrison, one of the best-known victims of the acid-musical maelstrom of the golden age (as were Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, or Brian Jones). Formed in 1965 in the city of Los Angeles, The Doors were composed of singer James Douglas Morrison (born December 8, 1943, in Melbourne, Florida), keyboardist Ray Manzarek (born February 12, 1935, in Chicago ), guitarist Robby Krieger (born January 8, 1946, in Los Angeles) and drummer John Densmore (born December 1, 1945, in Los Angeles).
Van Halen
Van Halen, a Californian rock band with influences hard, blues rock, glam, began recording at Warner in the late ’70s with production by Ted Templeman and the line-up composed by singer David Lee Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, bassist Michael Anthony, and drummer Alex Van Halen.
Megadeth
Guitarist Dave Mustaine founded it in 1983, after being expelled from Metallica due to personality problems and alcohol (according to a version that appeared in an official Metallica biography, Dave was expelled for punching James Hetfield, after the latter assaulted the guitarist ). Not only had his former colleagues kicked him out, but they had also sent him back home on a 48-hour bus ride, during which Mustaine’s inner anger prompted the idea of starting his own band to be accentuated. During this trip, Mustaine read in a political pamphlet the term “megadeath” (megadeath, a unit of measurement equivalent to one million human deaths, used in calculations by the US Army) and hence came to the name of this exponent of metal.
KISS
New York rock music quartet formed in 1972 by Americans Peter Criss (Peter Crisscoula, 1947), Gene Simmons (Gene Klein, 1949), Ace Frehley (Paul Frehley, 1951), and Paul Stanley (Paul Eisen, 1951). Undoubtedly one of the most respected hard rock bands in the history of this genre, throughout their long career they achieved seventeen gold albums and the idolatry of a legion of admirers; their immense popularity led them to even be the protagonists of a comic.