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Wishbone Ash are a United Kingdom|British Rock music|rock band who achieved particular success in the early and mid-1970s with their most critically acclaimed records including ''Wishbone Ash (album)|Wishbone Ash'' (1970), ''Argus (album)|Argus'' (1972), ''There's the Rub'' (1974) and ''New England (Wishbone Ash album)|New England'' (1976). Although the band lacked a definitive vocalist like Roger Daltrey (The Who), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) or Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), they were famous for popularising the twin lead guitar.

Formed in Devon in 1969 in music|1969 out of the ashes of the group The Empty Vessels, which had featured Wishbone Ash's founding members Martin Turner (bass/vocals) and Steve Upton (drums and percussion), the original line-up was completed by guitarists/vocalists Andy Powell and Ted Turner (guitarist)|Ted Turner. In 1974 Ted Turner left the band and was replaced by Laurie Wisefield. The band managed to soldier on with strong critical and commercial success, until 1980 when co-founder and co-frontman Martin Turner left, because the band wanted to relegate him to bass duties only.

After revolving line-up featuring former members from King Crimson, Trapeze (band)|Trapeze and Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep, Laurie Wisefield quit in 1985. In 1987 however, the original line-up reunited for a couple of albums, until 1990, when Steve Upton quit the band. After Marti... read all