The quintet achieved notice on the burgeoning British rhythm and blues scene when they took over as the house band at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, succeeding the Rolling Stones. He adds that Topham identified it as a nickname for jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker. McCarty claims that Relf was the first to use the name he may have got it from Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road, where it referred to rail yard hobos. Following a couple of gigs in September 1963 as the Blue-Sounds, they changed their name to the Yardbirds. After being joined by Dreja, McCarty and Top Topham, they performed at Kingston Art School in late May 1963 as a backup band for Cyril Davies. Relf and Samwell-Smith were originally in a band named the Metropolitan Blues Quartet. The band formed in the south-west London suburbs in 1963. 1.6 The Yardbirds, The New Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin.1.3 Jeff Beck's tenure pioneers of British psychedelia.1.2 Breakthrough success and Clapton departure.Dreja left the band in 2012, leaving McCarty as the sole original member of the band present in the lineup. The Yardbirds reformed in the 1990s, featuring drummer Jim McCarty and rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja as the only original members of the band. They were included at number 89 in Rolling Stone 's list of the " 100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and ranked number 37 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Following the band's split in 1968, Relf and McCarty formed Renaissance and guitarist Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin - the latter of which was initially intended as a direct successor to the Yardbirds. Some rock critics and historians also cite their influence on the later punk rock, progressive rock, and heavy metal trends. Originally a blues-based band noted for their signature "rave-up" instrumental breaks, the Yardbirds broadened their range into pop, pioneering psychedelic rock and early hard rock and contributed to many electric guitar innovations of the mid-1960s.
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The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including " For Your Love", " Heart Full of Soul", " Shapes of Things", and " Over Under Sideways Down". The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band's core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963.
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