Photos – See What 25 of Your Favorite Rock Stars Looked Like in 1976 Vs. Now

Photos – See What 25 of Your Favorite Rock Stars Looked Like in 1976 Vs. Now

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Relive one of rock’s greatest years with the following photo gallery of 25 rock stars in 1976 versus now.

The United States Bicentennial was one of the most significant years in rock history. The genrewas exploding commercially andminting a myriad of stars across a variety of subgenres.

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Hard Rock Flourishedin 1976

Hard rock and heavy metal, in particular, were flourishing. Despite a dip in sales and lukewarm critical reception, Led Zeppelin‘sPresence topped the charts on both sides of the pond, selling 3 million copies and granting the rock giants their sixth consecutive No. 1 album.

Aerosmith, meanwhile, hit their creative zenith with their fourth album, Rocks, which went quadruple platinum and further solidified the Boston bad boys’ reputation as America’s answer to Led Zeppelin.Their East Coast hard rock brethren Kiss also reached new critical and commercial heights, parlaying the success of 1975’sAlive! into a pair of successful 1976 studio albums —Destroyer andRock and Roll Over — and embarking on their first European tour.

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Singer-Songwriters and Pop-Rock Acts Also Had Banner Years

Solo artists, pop-rock bands and acclaimed singer-songwriters flourishes in 1976 as well. Paul McCartney and Wings enjoyed a banner year, performing to hundreds of thousands of U.S. fans on the Wings Over America Tour and memorializing the blockbuster trek with a triple live album of thesame name.

Fleetwood Mac found themselves buoyed by the breakout success of their 1975 self-titled album and prepared to launch even further into the stratosphere with 1977’sRumours, while Eagles reached a level of success that few other artists have ever seen with the near-mythicalTheir Greatest Hits (1971–1975) andHotel California.

Bruce Springsteentoured relentlessly in support of hisstar-making third LPBorn to Run. Billy Joel started tosee the fruits of his labor with 1976’sTurnstiles, and Elton John‘splatinum-selling Blue Moves marked his final collaboration with Bernie Taupin for several years.

For the sake of comparison, we’ve done our best to include artists who are still with us in the following gallery (or, in thecase of bands, whose members arepredominantly still alive). That means no Tom Petty or Ozzy Osbourne, to name a few.

By and large, many of them are stilltouring and releasing music today — a testament to their tireless work ethic and indomitablespirit.

Keep scrolling to see ourphoto gallery of 25 rock stars in 1976 versus now.

Photos: 25 Classic Rock Stars in 1976 Vs. Now

Look back at one of rock’s biggest years and see how far these legends have come.

Gallery Credit: Bryan Rolli

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