The Crickets
The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s.
Their first hit record, "That'll Be the Day", released in 1957, peaked at number three on the "Billboard" Top 100 chart on September 16.
The sleeve of their first album, "The "Chirping" Crickets", shows the band lineup at the time: Holly on lead vocals and lead guitar, Niki Sullivan on rhythm guitar, Jerry Allison on drums, and Joe B. Mauldin on bass.
The Crickets helped set the template for subsequent rock bands, such as the Beatles, with their guitar-bass-drums lineup and the talent to write most of their own material.
After Holly's death in 1959 the band continued to tour and record with other band members into the 21st century.
Down the Line: Rarities
Down the Line: Rarities is a 2009 compilation album of American singer – songwriter and rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly's alternate takes and demos.
It includes the original undubbed" garage tapes" with The Crickets and the" Apartment Tapes", which were recorded in the months before his death.
Along with" Memorial Collection", this album was released a week prior to the fiftieth anniversary of Holly's death( February 3, 1959) on January 27, 2009.
The compilation album chronicles Holly's journey from a 13- year- old novice( the album features his very first recording, a cover of Hank Snow's" My Two- Timin' Woman") in Lubbock, Texas through to his early recordings with The Crickets and unsuccessful contract with Decca Records to his recordings in New York after signing with Coral Records.
Lubbock Crickets
The Lubbock Crickets were the first minor league baseball team to play in Lubbock, Texas after a 39 year hiatus.
The Crickets joined the Texas- Louisiana League in 1995 as the first team not known as the Lubbock Hubbers.
The team was named after Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets.
Maybe Baby (song)
" Maybe Baby" is a rock- and- roll song written by Buddy Holly and the producer Norman Petty and recorded by Holly and the Crickets in 1957.
The single, credited to the Crickets, was a Top 40 hit in the U.S., the UK, and Canada.
Lessdress
Lessdress is a Polish glam metal/ hard rock band originally formed under the name Ferrum in Warsaw in 1984.
Lessdress is arguably the most successful glam metal band from Poland, having played the largest hard rock and metal festivals in Central Europe including the Przystanek Woodstock festival and opened for among others Def Leppard.
Their first two albums are recognized collectors items fetching hundreds of dollars on eBay.
Due to high demand, the band reformed in 2007 and their debut album Dumblondes was remastered and re-released the following year by the Australian label Suncity Records.
Frontman, vocalist and main songwriter Pawel Nowakowski, the son of career diplomats, grew up mostly outside of Poland, in London and Washington DC.
In Washington he formed the band Steel Knickers, whose claim to fame was an article in" Kerrang!" highlighting two new American bands, the other was Metallica.
Steel Knickers recorded a three track demo in 1984, and one of the songs" Bloody Hard" appeared on the compilation album" Mutopia".
Steel Knickers were negotiating a deal with MCA but could not complete it as Nowakowski was not allowed to work in the US and eventually had to return to Poland when his father's diplomatic assignment ended.
Upon his return to Warsaw, Poland in 1984, he formed a new band, Ferrum.
Ferrum was active from 1984 to 1989 and in 1986 they played the Jarocin and MetalMania festivals in Poland.
Following a change in style and line- up, the band became Lessdress in 1989.
The band´s debut album Dumblondes was released the same year and was influenced by Van Halen, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard.
Lessdress recorded their second album" Love Industry" in 1991, but it was not released until 1994 on the Austrian label Schubert Records.
The influences on this album included the bluesier sound of Poison on their recent album" Flesh& Blood" and also Skid Row and Guns N' Roses.
The band split up in 1995, and attempted a reunion already in 1997.
This reunion did not produce any recordings and fell apart in 1999 due to the death of bass player Slawomir Onacik.
2007 the remaining members reunited with a new bass guitarist and the same year they released their third album" Sugarfree".
The sound was a departure from their previous recordings and they continued in that direction with their latest album, 2014's" Fools Die Young".
The Australian label Suncity Records re-released the band´s debut album Dumblondes in 2008.
In 2015, Lessdress supported Def Leppard on their tour in Poland including a show at Warsaw's Torwar.
Lessdress main man Pawel Nowakowski is also known as creative director for the Warsaw digital agency Grandes Kochonos with top name clients like ING and Kenwood.
The Buddy Holly Story (album)
The Buddy Holly Story is the first posthumously released compilation album by Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
The album was released on February 28, 1959 by the Coral Records less than a month after Holly's death.
The album featured previously released singles by Buddy Holly on both the Brunswick label( with the Crickets) and the Coral label( as a solo artist).
The album became a top twenty hit in the United States and England.
The album was certified Gold in the U.S. in 1969 by the RIAA.
Sean Hennesy
Sean Robert Hennesy is a guitarist for the bands Candlebox, Royal Bliss, and The Gracious Few.
He has previously played for the bands The Hiwatts and The Kings Royal.
Jerry Allison
Jerry Ivan Allison( born August 31, 1939) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the Crickets and co-writer of their hits" That'll Be the Day" and" Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly.
Please Don't Ever Change
Please Do n't Ever Change is a pub rock album by Brinsley Schwarz, released in 1973, named after the featured Goffin/ King song, also recorded by The Crickets and The Beatles.
Love's Made a Fool of You
" Love's Made a Fool of You" is a song co-written and originally performed by Buddy Holly.
It was later re-recorded by Sonny Curtis and the Crickets, with the lead vocal by Earl Sinks, and famously covered by the Bobby Fuller Four.
Buddy Holly first wrote the song in 1954.
It was not until 1958 that it was recorded, as an Everly Brothers demo, which was not released until 1964 on the posthumous" Showcase" LP.
The first public release of" Love's Made a Fool of You", however, was by the Crickets, headed by Sonny Curtis in 1959.
It was released as a single from" In Style with the Crickets", and stayed on the U.K. singles chart for two weeks, peaking at# 26.
The Crickets' version, without Holly, was accidentally included on the 1972 compilation album" Buddy Holly: A Rock and Roll Collection"; the same mistake was made on 1997's" The Very Best of Buddy Holly".

Question: Did the bands The Crickets and Lessdress, originate from the same country?
Answer: no