Billy Squier
Having gained valuable experience as guitarist in the power-pop group Sidewinders, Billy Squier formed his own band under the name of Piper and recorded two albums for A&M during the late '70s. He dissolved Piper in 1979 and signed a solo deal with Capitol Records. TALE OF THE TAPE was released the following year and helped establish Squier's reputation as a sophisticated and talented songwriter/guitarist. Drawing inspiration from Led Zeppelin, Queen, Fleetwood Mac and Genesis amongst others, he has continued to release quality albums of hard-rock/pop crossover material. In the UK Squier has largely been ignored, even though he toured with Whitesnake in 1981. In the USA, he has scored major successes with DON'T SAY NO and EMOTIONS IN MOTION, both which made number 5 in the Billboard album chart.