Group

Heart

rock band, Ann and Nancy Wilson

From: Seattle, United States
Since: 1973–present
Rating: ★ 4.1 (13 votes)
Releases: 123

rock
hard rock
aor
pop rock
folk rock
classic rock
arena rock
pop

About

Heart is an American rock band formed in 1974 in the Pacific Northwest. The band coalesced from previous projects by founding members including the Army (1967–1969), Hocus Pocus (1969–1970), and White Heart (1970–1973). By 1975, the band’s lineup coalesced with Ann Wilson (lead vocals and flute) and Nancy Wilson (rhythm guitar, vocals), Michael Derosier (drums), Howard Leese (guitar, keyboards and backing vocals), Roger Fisher (guitar) and Steve Fossen (bass guitar). These core members were included in the band's 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Heart rose to fame with music influenced by hard rock and heavy metal as well as folk music. The band underwent a major lineup change between the late 1970s and the early 1980s; by 1982 Fisher, Fossen, and Derosier all had left and were replaced by Mark Andes (bass) and Denny Carmassi (drums). Though the band's popularity fell off during the initial years with the new lineup, they staged a comeback in the mid-1980s, buoyed by major radio hits which continued into the 1990s. Heart disbanded in 1998, although they have regrouped and resumed touring and recording multiple times since then, with the Wilson sisters being the only consistent members. Heart's Top 40 singles include "Magic Man" (1975), "Crazy on You" (1976), "Barracuda" (1977), "Tell It Like It Is" (1980), "What About Love" (1985), "Never" (1985), "Who Will You Run To" (1987), and "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" (1990), along with no. 1 hits "These Dreams" (1986) and "Alone" (1987).
Heart has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and has sold over 50 million records worldwide, including approximately 22.5 million albums in the United States. They have placed top-ten albums on the Billboard 200 in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s. Heart was ranked 57th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and 49th on Ultimate Classic Rock's Top 100 Classic Rock Artists.

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Members

Ann Wilson 1973–now · original member acoustic guitar, background vocals, flute, lead vocals
Nancy Wilson 1974–1995, 1999–now acoustic guitar, background vocals, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboard, lead vocals, mandolin
Ben Smith 1995–1998, 2002–now drums (drum set), percussion
Craig Bartock 2004–now background vocals, electric guitar
Dan Rothchild 2012–now background vocals, bass guitar
Chris Joyner 2014–now electric guitar, keyboard
Dan Walker now keyboard
John Hannah 1973–1975 · former keyboard
Brian Johnstone 1973–1975 · former drums (drum set)
Roger Fisher 1973–1979 · original member · former acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin
Steve Fossen 1973–1982 · original member · former background vocals, bass guitar
Michael Derosier 1975–1982 · former drums (drum set), percussion
Howard Leese 1975–1998 · former background vocals, electric guitar, keyboard, mandolin
Mark Andes 1982–1992 · former background vocals, bass guitar
Denny Carmassi 1982–1993 · former drums (drum set), percussion
Denny Fongheiser 1993–1995 · former drums (drum set)
Fernando Saunders 1993–1995 · former background vocals, bass guitar
Jon Bayless 1995–1998 · former bass guitar
Frank Cox 1995–1998 · former background vocals, electric guitar
Scott Olson 1995–1998, 2002–2003 · former electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals
Tom Kellock 2002–2003 · former keyboard
Mike Inez 2002–2005 · former bass guitar
Gilby Clarke 2003–2003 · former electric guitar
Darian Sahanaja 2003–2004, 2007–2007 · former background vocals, keyboard, percussion
Ric Markmann 2005–2009 · former bass guitar