London

This article is about the American band London. For the British band with the same name, see London. London is an American glam metal/hard rock band, based in Hollywood, California. The band is perhaps most notable for featuring members that would go on to play in more famous bands such as Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses, W.A.S.P. and Cinderella. Although a "feeder" group in some ways for larger bands that became popular in the glam metal movement, Lo... more

This article is about the American band London. For the British band with the same name, see London. London is an American glam metal/hard rock band, based in Hollywood, California. The band is perhaps most notable for featuring members that would go on to play in more famous bands such as Mötley Crüe, Guns N' Roses, W.A.S.P. and Cinderella. Although a "feeder" group in some ways for larger bands that became popular in the glam metal movement, London started out as a glam rock group, influenced by the likes of Sweet, New York Dolls and Mott the Hoople. By the time the group started recording material in the mid 1980s with vocalist Nadir D'Priest in the band, they were playing glam metal style music. Formed in 1978 by Lizzie Grey and Nikki Sixx. The two met while Lizzie Grey was in the band Sister with Blackie Lawless. The two recruited local bassist Nikki Sixx for Sister, however, this line-up did not last very long, and never performed live. In 1978, Grey and Sixx left Sister to form... less