Extensive touring made Kansas a cult favorite, but the band broke through to a mass audience with 1976’s Leftoverture, which reached No. Kansas-whose founding members all hailed from the state- first came together in 1970, shuffling through multiple lineups before releasing their self-titled debut LP in 1974.
Fusing the complexity of British prog-rock with an American heartland sound representative of their name, multi-platinum-selling Kansas is among the most popular bands of the late ’70s.
