Terminus a quo for three of the greatest British rock guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. These three figures needless to say shaped and yielded the group's sound although the Yardbirds were very much an unstable unit throughout their career. The innovative creations of Clapton, Beck, and Page set forth and determined the role of the guitar in rock music, breaking vast territories in the use of feedback, distortion, and amplification with maneuverability and hair-raising breathless virtuosity. The group was what would later become (formed out of the ashes) Led Zeppelin, yes the definitive heavy metal band!
Eric Clapton
he was long rooted as one of the world's major rock stars, displayed his claim to being the best rock guitarist of his generation.
Jimmy Page
unquestionably one of the all-time most valuable, inspiring and flexible guitarists and songwriters in rock history, just about every rock guitarist from the late'60s/early'70s to the present day has been influenced by Page's work. His massive riffs served as a archetype for what would eventually become heavy metal.
Jeff Beck
while he was as creative as Jimmy Page, as refined as Eric Clapton, and nearly as idealized as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck never achieved the same commercial success as any of his contemporaries, primarily because of the aimless way he approached his career.
It took years for the rock community to truly understand the Yardbirds' meaning. Younger listeners were drawn in search of the roots of Clapton, Beck, and Page, each of whom had become a superstar by the end of the 1960s.
"For Your Love," "Heart Full of Soul," "Shapes of Things," "I'm a Man," "Over Under Sideways Down," "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" were some of their mid-'60s hits. The Yardbirds were ever evolving and never contented to a particular genre. In fact their risk-taking approach that laid the groundwork for much of the hard rock and progressive rock from the late '60s to the present.
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