The Birds (band) The Birds (band) The Birds were an English rhythm and blues band, formed in 1964 in London. They recorded fewer than a dozen songs and released only four singles. Starting out with a hard R&B sound, they later began infusing it with Motown-style vocal harmonies. The best known former member of The Birds is Ronnie Wood, who went on to join the Jeff Beck Group, The Creation, Faces and later The Rolling Stones. Several members of The Birds grew up in the same neighbourhood in Yiewsley, west London, and began playing together in 1964, while still in their teens. At
Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things was the 1993 debut album by The Loud Family, a band formed by singer, songwriter and guitarist Scott Miller after the dissolution of his critically acclaimed 1980s band Game Theory. It was Miller's fifth album to be produced by Mitch Easter. Having dissolved his critically acclaimed 1980s band Game Theory, Scott Miller reemerged in 1993 with his new band, The Loud Family. "Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things" took its name from a line from the song "A Horse with No Name" by America. In