- Jethro Tull are a British rock band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1967. Initially playing blues rock, the band later developed its sound to incorporate elements of hard and folk rock to forge a progressive rock signature. The band is led by Ian Anderson, and has featured a revolving door of lineups through the years. Jethro Tull have sold an estimated 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and five platinum albums among them.- IMDb Mini Biography By: PW
- Band members have included Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Clive Bunker, Glenn Cornick, John Evan, Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Barriemore Barlow, Tony Iommi.
- The band came up with its name because their agent was a history buff, and knew that a man named Jethro Tull was an 18th-century British agricultural pioneer who invented the seed drill, and thought the name was unusual enough to stick in listeners' minds.
- The band won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.
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