Lynyrd Skynyrd

Hello! Welcome to out blog! If you didn't know yet. ANAKARKAR! is a Rock n' Roll blog. Each post features a band. We will give some info about them and maybe recommend some songs in the end. I will be handling Foreign Rock, Vinno handles OPM Rock and Tori handles J-Rock.

Lets get it started! (HA!)

and what better way to get started than kicking it off with LYNYRD SKYNYRD!

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Origin
Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the most critically acclaimed US Southern rock bands. The band originates from Jacksonville Florida, its founding members were Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Allen Collins (guitar), Gary Rossington (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass) and Bob Burns (drums).

Before Lynyrd Skynyrd they were known as several other names such as My Backyard, One Percent and The Noble Five. It wasn't til the 1970's where the Band was named after the Band's strict Gym teacher Leonard Skinner. Leonard Skinner would enforce their school's dress code so much that he got people suspended because of it. He even went as far as telling the boys: "You boys ain't never gonna amount to nothin'."

Leonard Skinner was wrong. Not only did Lynyrd Skynyrd make multiple-platinum albums but just recently, they were inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

The Legend of Lynyrd Skynyrd
In 1973, The band recorded their first album featuring the legendary song, "Free Bird". "Free Bird" reached #19 in the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The song also became a Rock n' Roll staple in radios and concerts.

A year later, they released their next album, "Second Helping" featuring another classic title, "Sweet Home Alabama". With this the band's popularity continued to rise and it would continue to rise with the release of albums "Nuthin Fancy" in '75, "Gimme Back My Bullets" and "One More from the Road" in '76 and "Street Survivors" in '77. It seemed nothing could stop them.

The Crash
Unfortunately, all of this was halted by a career-changing event. On the 20th of October 1977. The airplane carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana crashed near a forest in McComb, Mississippi. The incident killed singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. The crash left none uninjured. This was the end of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Post-crash and resurrection
After the crash, several band members went on and formed their own bands.

In 1987, The band would reunite, consisting of the crash survivors plus the original vocalist's brother Johnny Van Zant. This would continue on until today.

Right now, the Band is set to be on tour this year together with Country legend Hank Williams Jr.

Must-Hear Songs:
Free Bird

This concert was 3 months before the infamous Plane Crash.

Sweet Home Alabama

Although the band seemingly attacked Neil Young in this song, They really have no bad blood with each other. Ronnie Van Zant even wore a Neil Young T-shirt in the Freebird video.