Ten
Years After are a
British blues rock band, most
popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years
After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition they had twelve albums enter
the US Billboard 200. They
are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me
Calling", "I'd Love to Change the
World" and "Love Like a Man". Their musical style consisted of blues rock and hard rock. Ten Years After are a British blues rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early
1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition they had twelve albums enter the
US Billboard 200. They are best known for tracks such as "I'm
Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love to Change the
World" and "Love Like a Man". Their musical style consisted of blues rock and hard rock. In 1988, the members
reunited for a few concerts and recorded the album About Time (1989)
with producer Terry Manning in Memphis They stayed
together for their longest continuous period, until 2003, however without
releasing new studio effort. In 1994, they participated in the Eurowoodstock festival in Budapest. In 2003, the other band members replaced Alvin Lee
with Joe Gooch, and recorded the album, Now. Material
from the following tour was used for the 2005 double album, Roadworks. Alvin
Lee mostly played and recorded under his own name following his split from the
band. He died from complications during a routine medical procedure on 6 March
2013. Ric Lee is also currently in a band called Ric Lee's Natural
Born Swingers, along with Bob Hall. In January 2014, it was announced that both
Gooch and Lyons had left Ten Years After. Two months later, veteran bass
player Colin Hodgkinson and singer/guitarist Marcus Bonfanti were announced as their replacements. In October
2017, the band released its most recent studio album, A Sting in the
Tale.