Famous musicians when they were in lesser known bands

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Ted Nugent
The Amboy Dukes

 

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Lemmy from Motorhead
Hawkwind

 

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Ronnie James Dio

RONNIE DIO AND THE PROPHETS

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Brian Johnson of AC/DC
Geordie

 

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Bruce Dickinson. Iron Maiden
Samson

 

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Robert Plant and John Bonham .Led Zeppelin
Band of Joy

 

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Add more if you know of any.

 

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Billy Gibbons

 

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[Hordak]

Here's a 2 for 1. Neil Young and Rick James in the Myna Birds.
Myna Birds

 

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Neil Finn and Paul Hester both in Split Enz before Crowded House. But both bands were very popular with hits so might not fit exactly


Crowded House

 

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Generation X with Billy Idol

 

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Ted Nugent
The Amboy Dukes

 

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The Broken Combs 1964
Eddie Van Halen on piano and Alex Van Halen on Sax

 

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The Broken Combs 1964
Eddie Van Halen on piano and Alex Van Halen on Sax

Great one!

 

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Before they were Led Zep they were the New Yardbirds

Led Zeppelin/New Yardbirds

After the Yardbirds broke up in the summer of 1968, guitarist Jimmy Page recruited his childhood friend John Bonham and session man John Paul Jones for his next project. Terry Reid, Page's initial choice for singer, was unable to join due to contractual disputes and recommended Robert Plant for the role. Plant, Bonham, Jones and Page toured Scandinavia that fall as the New Yardbirds before Who drummer Keith Moon inspired the group to change their name, saying they "would go down like a 'lead zeppelin.'"

 

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Bjork.
The Sugarcubes

 

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Can't forget the GOAT;
The genesis of the Fab Four started in 1956 with the Quarrymen. John Lennon initially created the band with his classmates, taking their name from the Quarry Bank High School. Original member Pete Shotton is believed to have named the band. In late 1957, Paul McCartney joined, and 14-year-old George Harrison (by McCartney's recommendation) followed the next year.

 

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Late 70s early 80s English glam band Girl had Philip Lewis who went on to sing for LA Guns and also Phil Collen who is Def Leppard's guitarist. This song in this video was redone by Lillian Axe in the 80s.

 

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Olivia Newton-John was in a band called Toomorrow before she got famous. I just found this out today. This is a clip from a cheesy 1970 movie of the same name.