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; the classic lineup that recorded the first album was cemented in 1974. The band released two studio albums on

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as Yesterday & Today in the 1970s before shortening their name to Y&T, after which they released several albums on

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beginning in 1981, and later on

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, and more. The band was originally co-managed by Herbie Herbert and Louis "Lou" Bramy. The band has sold over 4 million albums worldwide to date, output summarized as 18 albums, three greatest hits collections, and a boxed set.

Biography

Early years (1972–1983)

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Leonard Haze, Bob Gardner, and Wayne Stitzer formed an unnamed band in Oakland, California, that jammed only cover tunes when

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joined that same year as guitar player. Soon after, the band received a call for their first gig, but they needed a name. According to Meniketti and Haze, Haze chose the name of the album that was playing on his turntable at that moment – ''

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. The first lineup – which only played covers of songs by other artists – consisted of Haze on drums, Stitzer on piano, Gardner on bass, and Meniketti on lead vocals and lead guitar. After Stitzer quit the group, Gardner switched from bass to rhythm guitar and piano, and Phil Kennemore was brought in to play bass. In 1973, Gardner left the group; he was replaced by Joey Alves in January 1974. This 1974 lineup change was when the band began writing original material. The band performed shows with Journey and many other acts, including

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; during a show as part of the latter's '' Night at the Opera'' tour, Y&T were seen by the president of

, and were subsequently signed to the label. London released the band's first two studio albums, a self-titled debut and '' Struck Down'', in 1976 and 1978, respectively. While finishing their second album, London disclosed they would be removing the rock genre from their label, and Meniketti has since commented that this essentially meant that the ''Struck Down'' album "would go nowhere." The band continued to tour extensively, building up to headliners while they opened for bands such as Wild Cherry,

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, and more. As Meniketti has said in numerous radio, television, and magazine interviews over the past five decades, it was the new record deal ("which took forever" o secure in 1980 with

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The band's first two studio albums under A&M, '' Earthshaker'' (1981) and '' Black Tiger'' (1982), though critically acclaimed around the globe, did not gain mainstream exposure in America. Songs off these two albums still make up a significant part of the band's live shows. ''Black Tiger'' was recorded at Ridge Farm, in Dorking, County of Surrey, England and produced by Max Norman. The classic Y&T logo made its first appearance on the cover of this album. Part-way through recording ''Black Tiger'', the band did their first shows outside the US—

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followed by the UK. By 1983, Y&T had started to play larger venues such as arenas, stadiums, and amphitheaters across America and Europe with a variety of acts including

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, Dio,

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, and

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, garnering far more mainstream recognition in Europe and Japan than they did in their native United States. With their third A&M release, '' Mean Streak'' (1983), radio airplay and exposure had increased in the US despite poor promotion from the record company.

Commercial success and brief hiatus (1984–1991)

Y&T's sixth studio album, '' In Rock We Trust'', released in 1984, became the band's highest-charting and selling album, reaching No. 46 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album produced Y&T's first big radio hit "Don't Stop Runnin'".

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acquired the rights to use "She's a Liar" in a radio ad campaign. To date, ''In Rock We Trust'' has sold over 450,000 copies. This album was the only Y&T album to chart in Canada, reaching No. 77 on the RPM chart. The label brought in writer Geoffrey Leib for the album, the first time an external writer had been used. The success of ''In Rock We Trust'', which saw the band continuing to perform at arenas and stadiums (including opening for Rush and Dio on their tours for '' Grace Under Pressure'' and ''

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'' respectively, as well as shows with

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, and

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), and participating in the 1984 edition of

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in England, gave Y&T better exposure than they'd had previously. The band's 1985 hit " Summertime Girls", initially featured as the sole studio track on the band's first live album, '' Open Fire'', and later also featured on their seventh (studio) album '' Down for the Count'' released later the same year, became the band's highest-charting hit to date, reaching No. 55 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 16 on the Mainstream Rock songs chart. It received airplay worldwide, played frequently in the ''

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), received heavy rotation on

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as well as MTV's top video playlists, and continues to get regular airplay today on

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radio stations throughout the United States. ''Down for the Count'' would be the band's last album for A&M, as the band grew increasingly frustrated with the lack of promotion from the label within the US. Despite successful tours with

and

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, and the chart success of "Summertime Girls", the label declined to release a follow-up single. On his recollection of ''Down for the Count'', Meniketti said in an interview for Metal Express Radio: ". . . it ended up being a sort of wasted record . . . it was out right when the record company didn't care about us." In present day the band still play tracks from the album in their live shows. In 1986, the band changed record labels to Geffen, and in that same year, Haze was fired for drug abuse issues (as Haze, band, and management discuss in the documentary "Y&T: On With the Show"), and was replaced by

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; decades later when interviewed for the documentary ''Y&T: On With the Show'', Haze said, "I would've fired me, too." In 1987, the eighth album '' Contagious'' was released. In 1989, Alves was fired for drug abuse and was replaced by Stef Burns. (DeGrasso and Burns later played together with

in the 1990s.) Y&T's next studio album ''

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'' was released in 1990. The album features ballads such as "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (the first and only single from the album), "Ten Lovers", and "Come in from the Rain", together with a few straightforward hard rock songs, including "Hard Times", "City", "Surrender", and "Goin' Off the Deep End". According to Meniketti, the video for "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" was probably the best video they ever made, but with the onset of

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he never once saw it on

. With the record company opting not to release any further singles from the ''Ten'' album, the band decided to do seven shows in California and take a break in 1991, concluding with the live album ''Yesterday & Today Live''. Shortly after the 1991 hiatus, Meniketti declined an opportunity to form a proposed 'super group' with

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Resurgence (1995–present)

In 1995, Y&T resumed with the same lineup of Meniketti, Burns, Kennemore, and DeGrasso, releasing ''Musically Incorrect'' in 1995 and ''

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'' in 1997. The band performed sporadically during the mid-to-late 1990s. However, in 2001, Haze returned on drums. At the time, Burns was in three bands: Y&T,

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, and Italy's biggest rock star,

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; scheduling conflicts forced Burns to drop one of the three bands, and so in 2003 he left Y&T. He was replaced by rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist, John Nymann, who was a childhood friend of the band, and who had previously toured on the ''In Rock We Trust'' tour as a background vocalist, as Rock the Robot, and he sang backing vocals on ''Down for the Count''. In 2003, Y&T resumed touring the world. In 2006 as Haze's drug abuse continued creating issues, he was asked to step down and was replaced by Mike Vanderhule on drums. In 2009, Y&T began writing their twelfth studio album, released in May 2010, titled '' Facemelter'' on their own label in the US. It was their first studio album in thirteen years (since 1997's ''

'') and was consequently licensed to the Italian label

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for the rest of the world. Dave Meniketti

In June 2010, Y&T toured the world in support of ''Facemelter'', performing the big European summer festivals, such as

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, UK, and

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in Clisson, France. During this world tour, bassist Kennemore experienced health issues; that summer, while on the US leg of the 2010 world tour, he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Upon receiving doctor's orders to leave the tour and begin treatment, Kennemore urged Meniketti to find a replacement and continue touring. In July 2010, the group enlisted Brad Lang, bass player from the band Jet Red, to step in and finish Y&T's tour promoting ''Facemelter'', as Kennemore wanted the tour to carry on during his fight with cancer. On January 7, 2011, bassist Kennemore died at the age of 57 after a short battle with lung cancer. Kennemore and Meniketti had been the only constant members of the band since the original 1974 lineup. After Kennemore's untimely passing, Lang filled continued in the bass position. On October 19, 2013, in Bellagio, Italy, Stef Burns joined the band onstage for four songs ("Black Tiger", "Dirty Girl", "Midnight In Tokyo", and "Hurricane") in a reunion of sorts since Burns had been busy touring with

and

. This one-time reunion was well received by the fans, as one would expect. In April 2016, Lang left the band to address his alcohol dependency issues; his last show with Y&T was on April 2, 2016, at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Lang's friend Aaron Leigh (

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Band) stepped in, his first show on April 14 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA. On June 29, 2016, Y&T and Lang announced separately on their own Facebook pages that they had mutually and amicably parted ways, confirming that Leigh would remain as the band's bassist. Original drummer Haze died on September 11, 2016, at the age of 61 after a long battle with

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. Original rhythm guitarist Alves died on March 12, 2017, at the age of 63 from ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. Alves' death left Meniketti as the last surviving member from the band's original, classic lineup. In January 2018, Y&T released their first-ever acoustic EP titled ''Acoustic Classix Vol. 1''. In June 2018, Meniketti said that the band might release more acoustic EPs in the future. On November 26, 2019, the long-awaited, fan-backed (on Kickstarter) documentary ''On With The Show'

was released.''

Legacy

''"Summertime Girls"'' appeared on the soundtrack to the 1985 film

as well as an episode of Season 1 of HBO's

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. In the movie ''

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'', in the bonus feature interview

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talks at length about seeing one of his favorite bands, Y&T, for the first time at a club in Hollywood in December 1980. Ulrich credits Y&T as the reason he decided to become a musician, saying: "That was the turning point for me wanting to play music. . . . You could tell that they loved what they were doing."

Band members

;Current members *

– lead guitar, lead vocals (1974–present) * John Nymann – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003–present) * Mike Vanderhule – drums, backing vocals (2006–present) * Aaron Leigh – bass, backing vocals (2016–present) ;Former members * Leonard Haze – drums, backing and lead vocals (1974–1986, 2001–2006; died 2016) * Phil Kennemore – bass, keyboards, backing and lead vocals (1974–1991, 1995–2011; died 2011) * Joey Alves – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1974–1989; died 2017) *

– drums (1986–1991, 1995–2001) * Stef Burns – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1989–1991, 1995–2003) * Brad Lang – bass, backing vocals (2010–2016) ;Session members * Robert Russ –

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on ''Struck Down'' (1978) *

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– backing vocals on ''Struck Down'' (1978) * Galen Cook –

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on ''Struck Down'' (1978) * Randy Nichols –

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s on ''Down for the Count'' (1985) * Steffen Presley – keyboards on ''Down for the Count'' (1985) and ''Contagious'' (1987) *

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– keyboards on ''Down for the Count'' (1985) * Adam Day – rhythm guitar on ''Down for the Count'' (1985) * Bill Costa – backing vocals on ''Down for the Count'' (1985) * Steve Smith – drums on "Hard Times", "Lucy", "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark", "Girl Crazy", "Come in from the Rain", "Red Hot & Ready", "Let It Out", "Ten Lovers", and "Surrender" from ''Ten'' (1990) *

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– keyboards on ''Facemelter'' (2010) * Ross McEwen - guitar for Ramblin' Man Fair and Rock and Blues Custom Show Festivals, (July 28 & 29, 2017)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1976) * '' Struck Down'' (1978) * '' Earthshaker'' (1981) * '' Black Tiger'' (1982) * '' Mean Streak'' (1983) (US#103) * '' In Rock We Trust'' (1984) (US#45) * '' Down for the Count'' (1985) (US#91) * '' Contagious'' (1987) (US#78) * ''

'' (1990) (US#110) * '' Musically Incorrect'' (1995) * ''

'' (1997) * '' Facemelter'' (2010)

Extended plays

* ''Acoustic Classix Vol. 1'' (2018)

Live albums

* ''In Concert'' (1984) (BBC Transcription Services - Copyright recording for radio broadcast only) * '' Open Fire'' (1985) (US #70) Y&T chart placements @AllMusic.com
Retrieved July 9, 2012. * ''Yesterday & Today Live'' (1991) * ''Live on the Friday Rock Show'' (1998) (recorded 1982 and 1984, reissued in 2000 as ''BBC Live in Concert'') * ''Live at the Mystic'' (2012) * ''Free to Roll (Live 1985)'' (2022)Y&T - Free To Roll - Live Santa Barbara ’85 Broadcast (2022)
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Compilation albums

* ''Forever - Best of Y&T'' (1987) (Japan only) * ''Anthology'' (1989) (UK only) * ''Best of '81 to '85'' (1990) * ''Ultimate Collection'' (2001) * ''Unearthed Vol. 1 - Demos & Unreleased Recordings from 1974 Through 2003'' (2003) * ''Unearthed Vol. 2 - Demos & Unreleased Recordings from 1974 Through 1989'' (2004) * ''Earthquake - The A&M Years 1981-1985'' (2013) (4-CD box set)

Singles

Contributions

* '' Hear 'n Aid'' (1986)

Videography

;Videos * ''Live at the San Francisco Civic'' (1985) ;DVDs * ''One Hot Night (DVD)'' (2007) * Documentary - ''Y&T: On With the Show (DVD)'' (2019) ;Official promo videos * "Mean Streak" (from the album Mean Streak, 1983) * "Don't Stop Runnin'" (from the album In Rock We Trust, 1984) * "All American Boy" (from the album Down For The Count, 1985) * "Summertime Girls" (from the album Open Fire, 1985) * "Lipstick & Leather" (from the album In Rock We Trust, 1984 with Video footage of Live at the San Francisco Civic, 1985) * "Contagious" (from the album Contagious, 1987) * "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" (from the album Ten, 1990) * "I'm Coming Home" (from the album Facemelter, 2010)

References

External links

Official website
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A&M Records artist page
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