Bread (band)

Bread
Bread in 1971 (L-R: David Gates, Robb Royer, Jimmy Griffin, Mike Botts)
Bread in 1971 (L-R: David Gates, Robb Royer, Jimmy Griffin, Mike Botts)
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresSoft rock[1]
Years active
  • 1968–1973

  • 1976–1978

  • 1996–1997
LabelsElektra
Spinoffs
Past membersDavid Gates
Jimmy Griffin
Robb Royer
Mike Botts
Larry Knechtel

Bread was an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California. They had 13 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1970 and 1977.[2]

The band was fronted by David Gates (vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion) with Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion) and Robb Royer (bass guitar, guitar, flute, keyboards, percussion, recorder, backing vocals). On their first album session musicians Ron Edgar played drums and Jim Gordon played drums, percussion, and piano. Mike Botts became their permanent drummer when he joined in the summer of 1969, and Larry Knechtel replaced Royer in 1971, playing keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, and harmonica.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Nick Talevski (April 7, 2010). Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-85712-117-2.
  2. ^ Staff. "Chart History - Bread". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media, LLC. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. ^ James, Gary. "Bread". Classic Bands. Gary James. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllMusic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Bread Songs, Music and Band History". Liveabout.com. Dotdash. Retrieved July 26, 2020.