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Jerusalem
12+ albums
hard rockrockheavy metal70sheavy psych
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There are at least three bands named Jerusalem: 1)Jerusalem was a British Christian classic rock/hard rock band (also labeled as proto-Doom) active in the early '70s. It released only one album, "Jerusalem", in 1972, produced by Ian Gillan. Members: Lynden Williams: Vocals Bob Cooke: Guitar Bill Hinde: Guitar Paul Dean: Bass Ray Sparrow: Drums The Jerusalem Story. In the 5th form of St Probus School School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK in 1966 there were 3 very good friends, Paul Dean, Ray Sparrow and Chris (Kef) Skelcher. A Canadian schoolfriend (Larry Taylor) one day brought in an album by a band called John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers who turned out to be an electric 12 bar blues band. This was something new for Paul, Ray and Chris and triggered something in all three. The music clubs at this time very much centred on the pure pop music of the time. By chance within a few weeks of hearing the album they saw that John Mayall was playing at a popular local venue called the Alexander Rooms. They decided to go see. What they didn’t know at the time was that this was the beginnings of the Blues Boom in the UK, which was about to launch some amazing bands onto the scene and would eventually lead to the beginnings of Rock and all its subsequent off-shoots. For those who don’t know, John Mayall was responsible for much of what happened next in the music industry. The members of the Bluesbreakers over the years reads like a whose who of Rock Music. Some of the
