Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

The Profile

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band is an American rock ensemble formed in New Jersey in 1972 as Springsteen’s core live and studio group, famed for marathon concerts and a muscular heartland-rock sound. Key members have included Clarence Clemons, Max Weinberg, Steven Van Zandt, Garry Tallent, Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Danny Federici, and Jake Clemons.

Backed Springsteen on most classic albums and tours; renowned for three-hour-plus shows and on-the-fly audience requests. The E Street Band received the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Award for Musical Excellence in 2014.

Eight reviews celebrate Springsteen & the E Street Band as a ferocious live machine: three-hour marathons, spontaneous requests, and heartfelt tributes. Italian dates from 2008–2012 dominate, complete with rain-soaked euphoria and crowd-surfing communion. Key songs recur—Badlands, Born to Run, Dancing in the Dark—alongside choice covers. The London Hyde Park DVD earns high praise; a 2009 Greatest Hits is deemed handy for newcomers, non-essential for diehards.