History Music / HeartBand

* FatAndSkinny: Just like Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips from Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Ann and Nancy Wilson provide one of the few female examples of this trope, with Ann being the fat to Nancy's skinny, although the difference isn't as big as with the former ones (in fact, Ann qualifies as a BigBeautifulWoman), and they were about the same body type throughout the 70s and early 80s.

* MsFanservice: Nancy was this during the mid-to-late 80's with Ann's weight pushing her more to the background in music videos and the cameras focusing more on Nancy.
* OldMaster: Very much; Ann is 73 and Nancy is 70 (as of 2024). They clearly don't care, as they still perform worldwide and are regarded by many music critics as legendary musicians. Additionally, they were pivotal in mentoring the Pacific Northwest Grunge scene, as they personally lent their studios to bands like Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Soundgarden}}, Music/AliceInChains, and others that would themselves become iconic acts of TheNineties.
* OlderAndWiser: The Wilson sisters are largely responsible for cultivating the Seattle grunge scene by opening their studios to a few then-unknown bands: Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Soundgarden}}, and Music/{{Nirvana}}.

* UnPerson: Mike and Roger Fisher, after a very bitter and public fall-out with the Wilson sisters. Ann and Nancy at first did not want them anywhere near the band's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, but grudgingly relented when told the award wasn't just to the Wilsons, it was to the whole of the band's classic line-up. Mike and Roger were allowed to play one song with the group to honour this,[[note]]"Crazy On You"[[/note]] but were bundled quickly off stage after the contract was honoured, and replaced with Ann and Nancy's current band.

* CanadaEh: the time spent in exile in Vancouver rubbed off on the music. Many people mistakenly believe the girls and by extension the band ''are'' Canadian by birth and upbringing. Because they were based in Canada at the time and the band had some Canadian members, the first album benefited from Canadian content requirements for Canadian radio stations.

* OldMaster: Very much; Ann is in her mid-sixties while Nancy is pushing 60 herself. They clearly don't care, as they still perform worldwide and are regarded by many music critics as legendary musicians.

Heart is a rock band technically formed in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} but with all its members originating from UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, UsefulNotes/{{Washington}} - one of their founding members was dodging the draft, everybody else followed, and later they moved back to Seattle once the whole thing blew over. While previous incarnations date from around 1967, the band itself was led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, who have also remained [[IAmTheBand the only constant members of]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)#Members the band's ever-changing lineups.]] ToMakeALongStoryShort: they first got famous in TheSeventies, largely by alternating folk with hard rock of an extremely similar character to Music/LedZeppelin, decreased in popularity by the middle of TheEighties due to the loss of numerous original members (including lead guitarist Roger Fisher and bassist Steve Fossen) but had a comeback in 1985, largely by moving away from Zeppelin-styled rock into hair metal-tinged pop and synth-laden {{Power Ballad}}s (most notably the global hit "Alone").

* DeathGlare: In "If Looks Could Kill".

Heart is a rock band technically formed in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} but with all its members originating from UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, UsefulNotes/{{Washington}} - one of their founding members was dodging the draft, everybody else followed, and later they moved back to Seattle once the whole thing blew over. While previous incarnations date from around 1967, the band itself was led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, who have also remained [[FaceOfTheBand the only constant members of]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)#Members the band's ever-changing lineups.]] ToMakeALongStoryShort: they first got famous in TheSeventies, largely by alternating folk with hard rock of an extremely similar character to Music/LedZeppelin, decreased in popularity by the middle of TheEighties due to the loss of numerous original members (including lead guitarist Roger Fisher and bassist Steve Fossen) but had a comeback in 1985, largely by moving away from Zeppelin-styled rock into hair metal-tinged pop and synth-laden {{Power Ballad}}s (most notably the global hit "Alone").

Heart is a rock band technically formed in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} but with all its members originating from UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, UsefulNotes/{{Washington}} - one of their founding members was dodging the draft, everybody else followed, and later they moved back to Seattle once the whole thing blew over. While previous incarnations date from around 1967, the band itself was led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, who have also remained [[FaceOfTheBand the only constant members of]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)#Members the band's ever-changing lineups.]] ToMakeALongStoryShort: they first got famous in TheSeventies, largely by alternating folk with hard rock of an extremely similar character to Music/LedZeppelin, decreased in popularity by the middle of TheEighties due to the loss of numerous original members (including lead guitarist Roger Fisher and
bassist Steve Fossen) but had a comeback in 1985, largely by moving away from Zeppelin-styled rock into hair metal-tinged pop and synth-laden {{Power Ballad}}s (most notably the global hit "Alone").

Heart is a rock band technically formed in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} but with all its members originating from UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, UsefulNotes/{{Washington}} - one of their founding members was dodging the draft, everybody else followed, and later they moved back to Seattle once the whole thing blew over. While previous incarnations date from around 1967, the band itself was led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, who have also remained [[FaceOfTheBand the only constant members of]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)#Members the band's ever-changing lineups.]] ToMakeALongStoryShort: they first got famous in TheSeventies, largely by sounding exactly like Music/LedZeppelin, decreased in popularity by the middle of TheEighties but had a comeback in 1985, largely by moving away from Zeppelin-styled rock into {{Power Ballad}}s and reliance on synthesizers.

* DraftDodging: The original founders of this group were Mike and Roger Fisher who ran to Canada to evade UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar draft. Ann and Nancy were dating them at that time and followed them to Canada. The group returned to the US only after President UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter issued a blanket pardon to all Vietnam War draft dodgers.

->''These dreams go on when I close my eyes\\
Every second of the night I live another life\\
These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside\\
Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away...''
-->--"These Dreams"

Heart is a rock band technically formed in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, Canada but with all its members originating from UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, Washington - one of their founding members was dodging the draft, everybody else followed, and later they moved back to Seattle once the whole thing blew over. While previous incarnations date from around 1967, the band itself was led by Ann and Nancy Wilson, who have also remained [[FaceOfTheBand the only constant members of]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)#Members the band's ever-changing lineups.]] ToMakeALongStoryShort: they first got famous in TheSeventies, largely by sounding exactly like Music/LedZeppelin, decreased in popularity by the middle of TheEighties but had a comeback in 1985, largely by moving away from Zeppelin-styled rock into {{Power Ballad}}s and reliance on synthesizers.

* RockersSmashGuitars: Guitarist Roger Fisher smashed his guitar and walked off stage during a concert in Portland, Oregon. According to the Wilsons he also threw another guitar at the wall afterward.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Nancy sings lead on some songs, notably "These Dreams". In any other band she'd be a shoe in for lead vocalist but Ann's power and range is legendary - not for nothing has she been dubbed "the female Music/RobertPlant".

* DraftDodging: The original founders of this group were Mike and Roger Fisher who ran to Canada to evade the Vietnam War draft. Ann and Nancy were dating them at that time and followed them to Canada. The group returned to the US only after President Carter issued a blanket pardon to all Vietnam War draft dodgers.

* RevolvingDoorBand: The band has had six guitarists, eight bassists, five drummers, and six keyboardists. Not even Nancy has been in the band consistently. Guitarist Howard Leese was the last original non-Wilson member to depart the band.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Usually operating anywhere from level 1 to 5, with the occasionally foray into 6.

* VocalTagTeam

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Nancy sings lead on some songs, notably "These Dreams". In any other band she'd be a shoe in for lead vocalist but Anne's power and range is legendary - not for nothing has she been dubbed "the female Music/RobertPlant".

* ''Heart'' (1985)

* RevolvingDoorBand: The band has had six guitarists, eight bassists, five drummers, and six keyboardists. Not even Nancy has been in the band consistently.

* FaceOfTheBand: Ann and Nancy are a rare case of two faces of one band.

* FatAndSkinny: Just like Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips from Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Ann and Nancy Wilson provide one of the few female examples of this trope, with Ann being the fat to Nancy's skinny, although the difference isn't as big as with the former ones (in fact, Ann qualifies as a BigBeautifulWoman).

* FatAndSkinny: Just like Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips from Music/TheMamasAndThePapas, Ann and Nancy Wilson provide one of the few female examples of this trope, with Ann being the fat to Nancy's skinny.

-->"These Dreams"

* OlderAndWiser: The Wilson sisters are largely responsible for cultivating the Seattle grunge scene by opening their studios to a few then-unknown bands: Music/PearlJam, {{Music/Soundgarden}}, and {{Music/Nirvana}}.

* RevisitingTheRoots: In the mid-nineties, Ann and Nancy formed The Lovemongers partially for benefit concerts, partially to reclaim artistic control.
** {{Irony}}: ...yet the Lovemongers' output is very heavy on covers.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Several of their songs seem to just be copied from Music/LedZeppelin - one of the more obvious cases would be "Dream of the Archer" compared to "The Battle of Evermore". This is probably because they were originally a Music/LedZeppelin tribute band.

* [[UnPerson UnPersons]] Mike and Roger Fisher, after a very bitter and public fall-out with the Wilson sisters. Ann and Nancy at first did not want them anywhere near the band's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, but grudgingly relented when told the award wasn't just to the Wilsons, it was to the whole of the band's classic line-up. Mike and Roger were allowed to play one song with the group to honour this[[note]]''Crazy On You''[[/note]], but were bundled quickly off stage after the contract was honoured, and replaced Ann and Nancy's current band.