* En anglais uniquement
Hard rock supergroup
the Firm united former
Led Zeppelin guitarist
Jimmy Page with onetime
Free and
Bad Company frontman
Paul Rodgers; bassist
Tony Franklin and ex-
Uriah Heep drummer
Chris Slade completed the lineup, founded in 1984. Their self-titled debut album appeared on Atlantic a year later, cracking the Top 20 on the strength of the hit single "Radioactive," but overall the record's impact was relatively minimal given the pedigrees of Page and Rodgers, and even the reaction to the group's lone tour proved surprisingly lukewarm. After one more LP, 1986's
Mean Business,
the Firm shut down; while Page and Rodgers resumed their respective solo careers,
Franklin later resurfaced in
Blue Murder, and
Slade joined
AC/DC. ~ Jason Ankeny