Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

& THE E STREET

BAND

Growing up in southern New Jersey, Springsteen

turned to rock & roll as a teenager and played in a

series of bands from the mid-'60s on, varying in style

from garage rock to power trio blues-rock. By the

early '70s, he was trying his hand at being a folky

singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village. But when he

was signed to Columbia Records in 1972, he brought

into the studio many of the New Jersey-based

musicians with whom he'd played over the years.

When Bruce Springsteen finally broke through to

national recognition in the fall of 1975 after a decade

of trying, critics hailed him as the savior of rock &

roll, the single artist who brought together all the

exuberance of '50s rock and the thoughtfulness of

'60s rock, molded into a '70s style. He rocked as hard

as Jerry Lee Lewis, his lyrics were as complicated

as Bob Dylan's, and his concerts were near-religious

celebrations of all that was best in music. One critic

became so enamored that he quit reviewing to

become Springsteen's manager.

Band Members