REO Speedwagon
- Origin:
Champaign, Illinois, United States - Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
- Years active: 1967-present
- Website: www.reospeedwagon.com
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Biography
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The group's best-selling album, Hi Infidelity (1980), contained four US Top 40 hits and sold more than 10 million copies.
Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted 13 Top 40 hits, including the number ones "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling". REO Speedwagon's mainstream popularity waned in the late 1980s, but the band remains a popular live act.
Members:
- Joe Matt - guitar, lead vocals (1967-1968)
- Mike Blair - bass, backing vocals (1967-1968)
- Alan Gratzer - drums, percussion, backing vocals (1967-1988)
- Neal Doughty - keyboards (1967-present)
- Joe McCabe - saxophone (1968)
- Marty Shepard - trumpet (1968)
- Bob Crownover - guitar (1968-1969)
- Terry Luttrell - lead vocals (1968-1972)
- Gregg Philbin - bass, backing vocals (1968-1977)
- Duke Tumatoe - guitar (1969)
- Steve Scorfina - guitar (1969-1970)
- Gary Richrath - lead guitar, backing and lead vocals (1970-1989)
- Kevin Cronin - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards (1972-1973, 1976-present)
- Mike Murphy - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1973-1975)
- Bruce Hall - bass, backing and lead vocals (1977-present)
- Graham Lear - drums (1988-1989)
- Carla Day - backing vocals (1989)
- Melanie Jackson - backing vocals (1989)
- Miles Joseph - lead guitar (1989)
- Jesse Harms - keyboards (1989-1991)
- Bryan Hitt - drums, percussion (1989-present)
- Dave Amato - lead guitar, backing vocals (1989-present)
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