English blues‑rock band led by guitarist/vocalist Alvin Lee, known for blistering live shows and a string of late 1960s/early 1970s albums.

Formed in Nottingham and active from 1966; core lineup included Alvin Lee (guitar, vocals), Leo Lyons (bass), Ric Lee (drums) and Chick Churchill (keyboards). Played Woodstock (1969). Alvin Lee died in 2013.

DeBaser's coverage of Ten Years After highlights their strengths as a British blues‑rock band led by Alvin Lee. Reviews praise studio experiments (A Space In Time) and incendiary live performances (Live at the Fillmore East). Recurrent themes: blistering guitar, solid rhythm section, and a mix of blues, psychedelia and rock.

For:fans of blues-rock, classic rock listeners, collectors of live LPs

 The sound of TYA continues to claim victims, namely myself, as it keeps spreading its dark and sunny poison that expands like a tidal wave, engulfing everything with its pulverizing metonymic purity: Sugar the Road and Walking on the Road obliterate every heaviness and ominous foreboding.

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 Many times their fame is overshadowed by the great "giants" of English rock of the period like Zeppelin, Purple, or Sabbath, but Ten Years After, led by the great and unfortunately recently deceased Alvin Lee, the "Fastest Guitar in Rock 'n Roll", are absolutely no less in terms of skill and spectacle, and this double album is the most sincere testament to that.

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 This is essentially the band's most original work, perhaps also the most refined, and (needless to say) misunderstood by most fans at the time.

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