The group was originally named My Backyard and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (lead vocalist), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom (bass guitar) and Bob Burns (drums).
![]() ![]() The band abruptly ceased when Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines were killed in an airplane crash on October 20, 1977, but reformed in 1987 for a reunion tour with Ronnies brother, Johnny Van Zant, as its lead vocalist. Lynyrd Skynyrd continues to tour and record with co-founder Rossington (being the bands sole continuous member), Johnny Van Zant, and Rickey Medlocke, who first wrote and recorded with the band from 1971 to 1972 before his return in 1996. In January 2018, Lynyrd Skynyrd announced its farewell tour, and continue touring as of October 2019. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lynyrd Skynyrd No. Greatest Artists of All Time. Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006. To date, the band has sold 28 million records in the United States. Tracklist 1973 Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd 1974 Second Helping 1975 Nuthin Fancy 1976 Gimme Back My Bullets 1976 One More From The Road 1977 Street Survivors 1988 Southern By The Grace Of God: Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour 1987 1991 1991 1993 The Last Rebel 1994 Endangered Species 1997 Twenty 1999 Edge Of Forever 2000 Christmas Time Again 2003 Vicious Cycle 2009 God Guns 2012 Last Of A Dyin Breed Compilation 1978 Skynyrds First And. Last (1998 MCA Records) 1987 Legend (1987 MCA Records) 1989 Skynyrds Innyrds: Their Greatest Hits (1989 MCA Records) 1993 A Retrospective (1993 MCA Records) 2006 Gold (2006 Geffen Universal Music Group 2CD) 2000 All Time Greatest Hits (Antology) (2000 MCA Records) 2003 Thyrty: 30th Anniversary Collection (2003 MCA UTV Records 2CD) 2006 Family (2006 Hip-O Records Geffen Records) 2011 5 Original Albums (2011 Universal Music Group 5CD Box) 2014 Essential (2014 Universal Music Group International).
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