Anderson said in 2014 that Jethro Tull had come "more or less to an end". Both Anderson and Barre have continued to record and tour as solo artists. Their last works as a group to contain new material prior to their hiatus were J-Tull Dot Com (1999) and a Christmas album in 2003, although the band continued to tour until 2011. They have been described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most commercially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands." Jethro Tull have sold an estimated 60 million albums worldwide, with 11 gold and five platinum albums. The band won their sole Grammy Award for the 1987 album Crest of a Knave, which saw them returning to a hard rock style. In the early 1980s, the band underwent a major line-up change and moved into electronic rock with the albums A (1980), The Broadsword and the Beast (1982), and Under Wraps (1984). Their musical style shifted in the direction of progressive rock with albums such as Aqualung (1971), Thick as a Brick (1972), and A Passion Play (1973), and shifted again to contemporary folk rock with Songs from the Wood (1977), Heavy Horses (1978), and Stormwatch (1979). 1 in the UK, gave the band their first commercial success, and regular tours of the UK and the US followed. After a line-up change which saw original guitarist Mick Abrahams replaced by Martin Barre, the band released a folk-tinged second album, Stand Up, in 1969. The band achieved moderate recognition in the London club scene and released their debut album, This Was, in 1968. The group has featured a succession of musicians throughout the decades, including significant contributors such as guitarists Mick Abrahams and Martin Barre (with Barre being the longest-serving member besides Anderson) keyboardists John Evan, Dee Palmer, Peter-John Vettese and Andrew Giddings drummers Clive Bunker, Barrie "Barriemore" Barlow and Doane Perry and bassists Glenn Cornick, Jeffrey Hammond, John Glascock, Dave Pegg and Jonathan Noyce. The group’s bandleader, founder, principal composer and only constant member is Ian Anderson, a multi-instrumentalist who mainly plays flute and acoustic guitar and is also the lead vocalist. Initially playing blues rock and jazz fusion, the band soon incorporated elements of English folk, hard rock and classical music, forging a signature progressive rock sound. Jethro Tull are an English rock band formed in Luton, Bedfordshire, in 1967.
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