The band's first involvement was on the 1994 demo of " Dark & Gray " on his Bootleg Series Tapes, they would make three more appearances on the tapes in Watch Me Come, Only a Dog and Box # 10.

While we can confirm that there will indeed be something special done to mark the occasion, the depth of the band's involvement still remains undetermined.

In an interview in the 1990s describing Epstein's involvement in the band's rise to fame, Martin declared " He's the fifth Beatle, if there ever was one ".

Baxter's also marked the ascendency of Kantner and Slick as the band's chief composers and the concurrent decline in the influence and involvement of founder Marty Balin.

Following the termination of the Capitol contract in 1969, the band's new contract with Reprise Records ( brokered by Van Dyke Parks, then employed as a multimedia executive at the company ) stipulated Brian Wilson's proactive involvement with the band in all albums — a factor that would become hugely problematic for the band in the years to come.

While the band's management had involvement in the artwork of the release, the overall finished product was disappointing due to the label's poor quality control.

The album was Weather Report's first album to employ drum machines and samplers ( the Emulator ), furthering developing the band's involvement with technology, and also featured a guest vocal from Carl Anderson.

Belew's involvement with Talking Heads extended to playing on the band's spin-off projects-he played on keyboard player / guitarist Jerry Harrison's debut album The Red and the Black and on several tracks on David Byrne's soundtrack to the Twyla Tharp dance piece The Catherine Wheel ( with his guitar noises credited, amongst other things, as " beasts ").

In January 1985, the band's sixth and final album In the Long Grass was released, although delayed by the band's involvement with Band Aid ( on which they all played ); and, the band performed at Live Aid's charity performance.

Based on the dates of the film and of the band's involvement with the Freese family, it is most likely that the band's lineup of Dave Quackenbush, Warren Fitzgerald, Joe Escalante and Josh Freese ( a lineup which has remained intact since 1990 ) should receive credit for the performances on these last two songs.

Fire eventually re-issued the disc ( without the band's involvement or permission ) in 2002 with a slipcover and slightly modified artwork.

One of the major factors in the band's breakthrough in 2005 was their involvement in the NME Awards Tour at the beginning of the year.

The band's statement revealed that all bass playing on the forthcoming album had in fact been performed by either John Mitchell or John Beck-in what the band referred to as " Genesis-style ", a reference to the 1978 Genesis album ... And Then There Were Three ...-and that It Bites had reluctantly parted company with Nolan due to his lack of involvement and commitment.

Although Holly had already begun to become disillusioned with Norman Petty before meeting Maria Elena, it was through her and her aunt Provi, the head of Latin American music at Peer-Southern, that he began to fully realize what was going on with his manager, who was paying the band's royalties into his own company's account.

It was rekindled once, in 1978, for the Hawklords spin-off, but otherwise continued only with design commissions for projects involving the band's saxophonist Nik Turner.

* The Damned-Damned Damned Damned, a limited number of which were deliberately printed with a photo of Eddie and the Hot Rods on the back of the cover, rather than The Damned playing at The Roxy Club, and with an erratum sticker apologising for this " mistake ", and on the front of the LP, on top of the original shrinkwrap, a red food-fight sticker saying ' Damned Damned ', thus completing the LP's title when read underneath the band's name ;

Courtney Michelle Harrison was born in 1964 in San Francisco, California, to Linda Carroll, now a psychotherapist, and Hank Harrison, a publisher who had some association with the Grateful Dead ; consequently, Love was included in a group picture on the back of the band's album Aoxomoxoa ( 1969 ).

Recurring Dream contained four songs from each of the band's studio albums, along with three new songs.

It includes 19 of the band's greatest hits and is also available in a box set with a 25 track DVD of their music videos.

No mention of this album has been made on the band's official website or Twitter page, which suggests that they are not involved with its release.

Also in 1979 Rhino Records released Devotees, a tribute album, containing a set of covers of the band's songs interspersed with renditions of popular songs in Devo's style.

Jones reunited with Dolenz and Peter Tork from 1986 to 1989 to celebrate the band's renewed success and promote the 20th anniversary of the group.

During the recordings for the band's second LP, Wood left the band taking cellist McDowell and horn player Hunt with him to form Wizzard.

The fictional band's music was done by a real band named " Swamp Baby " with vocals by Dillon.

For the band's R30 tour, one dryer was replaced with a rotating shelf-style vending machine.

Parsons was frequently indulging in massive quantities of psilocybin and cocaine, so his performances were erratic at best, while much of the band's repertoire consisted of vintage honky-tonk and soul standards with few originals.

Following the band's breakup, Rollins established the record label and publishing company 2. 13. 61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups from 1987 until 2003, and during 2006.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

In November of the same year, the band's first album with Jeepster, ' If You're Feeling Sinister ' was released to critical acclaim.

1998 then saw a further increase of activity, with the signing of Salako, and the release of albums for all three of their signed bands-most notably Belle & Sebastian's ' The Boy With The Arab Strap ', which enjoyed similar approval from reviewers and fans to the band's previous release.

The following year finally marked the release of Snow Patrol's second album ' When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up ', which, despite slightly disappointing initial sales, would eventually go gold in the wake of the band's later fame, along with their debut ' Songs For Polarbears '.

The band's American breakthrough came with the third album, Travelling Without Moving in 1996, which yielded two big hits, " Virtual Insanity " and " Cosmic Girl ".

The acid jazz flavours and ethnic influences of the first three albums continued with the release of Synkronized, and Jay Kay's interest in funk and disco music were shifting the band's directions towards such.

In keeping with the band's satirical nature, each member had a comical name: in addition to Kinky there was Little Jewford, Big Nig, Panama Red, Wichita Culpepper, Sky Cap Adams, Rainbow Colours, and Snakebite Jacobs.

One account of how the new band's name was chosen held that Moon and Entwistle had suggested that the supergroup with Page and Beck would go down like a " lead balloon ", a British idiom for disastrous results.

Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band's four members — Trey Anastasio ( guitars, lead vocals ), Mike Gordon ( bass, vocals ), Jon Fishman ( drums, percussion, vocals ), and Page McConnell ( keyboards, vocals )— performed together for over 20 years before breaking up in August 2004.

Grant had previously turned down offers by Massot to make a film of the band, but with the huge success of the band's current tour, Grant changed his mind and offered him the job of director.

The tour would coincide with Universal Music ( current owners of the A & M label ) re-releasing some material from the band's back catalogue.

The band's current drummer later dies in the same way, in an on-stage explosion that leaves no remains.

One important current trend in critical assessments of the album is to draw parallels between the band's disintegrating ensemble and the chaotic events of the tumultuous year in which The Beatles was created, 1968.

In 2004, following the great success of his acclaimed live performances of the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album, and with the support of his band's musical director Darian Sahanaja, Wilson made the surprise announcement that he was going to finish the mythical record using his current touring band.

The band's current album, X, was released in June 2010.

The band has experienced a number of line-up changes ; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal ( lead vocals and guitar ), her twin sister Kelley Deal ( guitar and backing vocals ), Jose Medeles ( drums and percussion ), Mando Lopez ( bass guitar ) Todd the Fox ( guitar ) and Cheryl Lyndsey ( guitar ); Kim Deal has been the band's sole continual member.

The discussion covered the band's history and the current state of their live show and songwriting, with Sylvain commenting that " even if you come to our show thinking ' how can it be like it was before ,' we turn that around ' cos we've got such a great live rock ' n roll show ".

The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Phil Anselmo, guitarist Pepper Keenan, guitarist Kirk Windstein, bassist Pat Bruders and drummer Jimmy Bower.

The band's spokesperson said " Several record stores have refused to stock our current single .... the Nice feel if the posters are issued in America they will do considerable harm ".

The album is a compilation of 10 of the band's best known songs, re-recorded in different musical styles than the original recordings and by the current lineup.

Bits of hardcore, surf rock, pop, hip-hop, and rock & roll all factor into the band's current punk rock sound.

That album, 2011's Fly From Here, is a reunion of sorts for Horn's former bandmate Geoff Downes ; not only is Downes a member of the band's current incarnation, but the album also takes its title from a song written by Horn and Downes during their original stint with Yes in the 1980s.

The title of the subsequent album was taken from a piece of graffiti seen in London and made reference to the band's current position in the public eye ; Whatever Happened to Slade was released in March and ironically, failed to make any chart appearance in the UK.

The principals of the band's current line up include:

The band's current Principal Conductor and Director of Music is the Welsh euphonium virtuoso, Dr. Nicholas Childs.

The EP features the return of the band's punk rock roots, although also reflecting influences of then current acts such as Hüsker Dü and The Descendents.

Guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow, and drummer Murph are the band's founding and current members ; Mascis has been the group's sole continuous member.

Carl Dixon was the band's lead vocalist from 2004 to early 2008, before current frontman Derek Sharp took over in April, 2008.

After this, Howerdel clarified the band's current stance on a future album, stating " Right now the intention is not to put out a ( full album ) but just to release some songs along the way, and then they might be re-imagined and put together in some collection ... If you need to have an album then there will be something more like a photo album where you collect these things and you put them in.

* Chris Ralles is the band's current drummer.

On January 16, 2007, it was announced by InsideOut, the band's current record label, that lead singer Michael Sadler would be leaving Saga for personal reasons at the end of 2007.

The site is now fan run and hosts photos and content from the band's past as well as interviews with formers members and news on their current projects.

In 2002, Aerosmith's two-hour long Behind the Music was released, chronicling the band's tumultuous history and current activities and touring.