LKYNYRD SKYNYRD

Lynyrd Skynyrd was a southern rock band that was active from the late 60's to late 70's. The band fomed in 1964 in Jacksonville Florida.

The bands original name was the Noble Five which consisted of Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, and Gary Rossington.over the next 6 years the name changed many times until it finally settled on Lynyrd Skynyrd. MCA first signed them in 1972 and they released the greatest album of all time "Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd". This album featured what is now considered a rock-and-roll anthem, FreeBird. Their follow-up album "Second Helping", introduced the very popular Sweet Home Alabama. Ronnie van Zant and 2 other band members were killed in a plane crash in 1977 and the band dropped off the grid and would never be the same.