ith a history that stretches back to 1967, Laney’s place in the rock universe is assured. Most people would naturally point to London and Liverpool as epicentres for the development of British rock and pop in the mid to late 1960s, but the Black Country area of the West Midlands has an equal claim to fame as the origin for many great bands including Black Sabbath, ELO, the Move, Judas Priest, Slade and many more. Laney founder Lyndon Laney’s involvement in music included playing bass in a collective project called Band Of Joy, which featured a certain Robert Plant as its singer and a drummer known as John Bonham. When Lyndon left performing to focus on manufacturing, his amps quickly achieved fame in the hands of those local bands who used them, most notably Black Sabbath’s
