Going with the original thread title...
This was way before some of your time, so consider this a free history lesson.
There was this band The Animals, that were part of what was called "The British Invasion" in the 60's, and even though they were never to become as big as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, they had many hits and legions of fans.
Here is their hit song, "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", which first captured my attention as a kid:
The Animals version of The House of the Rising Sun was among the first songs I learned to play on guitar:
Among the members of this seminal band were frontman and lead singer Eric Burdon, widely considered one of the great blues rock singers of all time - here he is collaborating with the acclaimed RnB band War, in one of my favorite songs of the era, "Spill the Wine":
Then there was bass player Chas Chandler. He went on to manage and produce The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
And of course, one of the Animals guitarists in the 60's was a kid named Andy Summers, who later gained fame in another British band called The Police:
Tonight's rock lesson was sponsored by the letters A, D, and G (three of my favorite guitar chords, in all of their forms).
ADG