Claim: Bryan Adams(born 5 November 1959)  released an album If Wishes Were Horses (1977) before leaving the band at 16, and at 18 he met Jim Vallance.
Evidence: (1959-11-05) 5 November 1959 (age 61)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada This new incarnation of the band also released an album If Wishes Were Horses (1977) with Adams billed as "Bryan Guy Adams" on vocals. Adams left the band at age 16. In 1978, at age 18, Adams met Jim Vallance through a mutual friend in a Vancouver music store. 
This new incarnation of the band also released an album If Wishes Were Horses (1977) with Adams billed as "Bryan Guy Adams" on vocals. Adams left the band at age 16. In 1978, at age 18, Adams met Jim Vallance through a mutual friend in a Vancouver music store. Bryan Guy Adams OC OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, composer, record producer, photographer, and philanthropist.