Band of Joy

Band of Joy
Band of Joy fronted by Robert Plant, October 2010
Background information
Origin	West Bromwich, England
Genres	Folk rock blues rock progressive rock
Years active	1966–1968 1977–1983 2010–2011
Spinoffs	Led Zeppelin
Past members	Robert Plant Chris Brown Lyndon Laney Vernon Pereira John Bonham Paul Lockey Kevyn Gammond Dave Pegg John Hill John Kelsey Mick Strode Michael Chetwood John Pasternak Peter Robinson Marco Giovino Patty Griffin Byron House Buddy Miller Darrell Scott

Band of Joy (sometimes known as Robert Plant and the Band of Joy) were an English rock band formed in 1966. Various line-ups of the group performed from 1966 to 1968 and from 1977 to 1983. Frontman Robert Plant revived the band's name in 2010 for a concert tour of North America and Europe.

The band is notable for including two musicians, Robert Plant and John Bonham,^[1] who went on to join Led Zeppelin, as well as Dave Pegg, who would become a member of both Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull; and, to a lesser degree, because the band's one-time roadie was Noddy Holder, who later went on to front the band Slade.^[2]