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Los Angeles, United States (1968 – present)
Bread was a 1970s rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California. They are a primary example of what later was labeled as “soft rock.”
David Gates (guitar, keyboards, bass and vocals) and Jimmy Griffin (guitar and vocals) formed the group in 1968, adding Robb Royer (guitar, bass and vocals of Pleasure Faire) before signing to Elektra Records. Bread, the band’s debut album as a trio, was a failure. The band became a quartet beginning with their second album, On The Waters, bringing in Mike Botts as permanent drummer. This time their efforts quickly established Bread as a major act, hitting the mainstream with the #1 hit “Make It With You” in 1970. Bread began touring and recording the 1971 album titled Manna, which included their most enduring hit, “If.”
Royer left the group after three albums to pursue other interests. He was replaced by Larry Knechtel (keyboards, bass, guitar, harmonica), a top session player from the Los Angeles scene. Knechtel’s credits included records by Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, The Monkees, Jan and Dean, Johnny Rivers and Simon & Garfunkel. In 1972 Bread released the highly successful album titled Baby I’m-a Want You, followed by another hit album, Guitar Man. Tensions existed between Gates and Griffin, however. Elektra had been invariably choosing Gates’ songs for the A-sides of the singles; Griffin felt that the singles should have been split between the two, however.
David Gates (guitar, keyboards, bass and vocals) and Jimmy Griffin (guitar and vocals) formed the group in 1968, adding Robb Royer (guitar, bass and vocals of Pleasure Faire) before signing to Elektra Records. Bread, the band’s debut album as a trio, was a failure. The band became a quartet beginning with their second album, On The Waters, bringing in Mike Botts as permanent drummer. This time their efforts quickly established Bread as a major act, hitting the mainstream with the #1 hit “Make It With You” in 1970. Bread began touring and recording the 1971 album titled Manna, which included their most enduring hit, “If.”
Royer left the group after three albums to pursue other interests. He was replaced by Larry Knechtel (keyboards, bass, guitar, harmonica), a top session player from the Los Angeles scene. Knechtel’s credits included records by Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, The Monkees, Jan and Dean, Johnny Rivers and Simon & Garfunkel. In 1972 Bread released the highly successful album titled Baby I’m-a Want You, followed by another hit album, Guitar Man. Tensions existed between Gates and Griffin, however. Elektra had been invariably choosing Gates’ songs for the A-sides of the singles; Griffin felt that the singles should have been split between the two, however.
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fapizzano wrote:
Legend.
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tippnick wrote:
bread are awesome, some great songs
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barbarajs wrote:
Bread is a fantastic band... Unforgetable
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abbath2904 wrote:
Extremely Underrated
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grossy2 wrote:
RIP James Griffin and Mike Botts.
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grossy2 wrote:
My first "man crush"!
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IamFlood wrote:
the holy trinity: Bread, The Beatles, UGK
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sipoflife wrote:
This is just divine...I can trip on this for days on together... :)
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sipoflife wrote:
Really good stuff!
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Bandaged_Iris wrote:
Ahhh Dad used to play Bread all the time when I was a kid, makes me feel 10 again! haha.
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penguin_of_zoom wrote:
For those of you who are wondering why they're getting rap music: there's a hip hop artist from Maine who also goes by Bread.
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Jane_Bess wrote:
"Everything I Own" is amazing!
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ahmed_raff3i wrote:
Sweet Surrender
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djrevill wrote:
what a find for me. love em!
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TheDanHoller wrote:
Set list isn't even the right artist.
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Galley99 wrote:
Undoubtedly the best soft rock band ever, but perhaps one of the best bands, period!
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Norwest1964 wrote:
The Guitar Man is one hell of a classic, takes me back to when the sun would really shine on a lazy sunday morning and it would play over the air serene as an eagle on the wind.
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strawbz wrote:
HI, THE sONG aUBREY IS nAMED AFTER ME, withOUT PERMISSION - PL43SE HELP ME BAN IT..... join my GROUP! http://www.last.fm/group/AUBREY+BY+BREAD
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thomasthorn wrote:
We need to tag all the bad tracks (do not tag the group) with 'mistagged artist' Last FM, fix this!
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CalPOPlover wrote:
Soft Rock-- I like it.. Bread-- I found a diary.. so sweet.. http://www.last.fm/music/CalPOP/_/Purple+Flowers?autostart
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