Buffalo Springfield is a North American folk rock band renowned both for its music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. Among the first wave of North American bands to become popular in the wake of the British invasion, the group combined rock, folk, and country music into a sound all its own. Its million-selling song "For What It's Worth" became a political anthem for the turbulent late 1960s. Formed in April 1966, Buffalo Springfield was plagued by infighting, drug busts, and line-up changes that led to the group's disbanding... after just two years. Three albums were released under its name, but many demos, studio outtakes and live recordings remained and were issued in the decades that followed. Despite the band's short tenure and limited output it was one of the most influential of its era, earning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognition and spawning fellow Hall honorees Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Poco, as well as popular acts Loggins and Messina and Crazy Horse. Neil Young and Stephen Stills first crossed paths in 1965 at the Fourth Dimension in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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| Career began: | 1966 |
| Career ended: | 2012 |
| Members: | Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Bruce Palmer, Jim Messina, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin |
| Hometown: | Los Angeles |
| Also known as: | Buffalo Spingfiel, Buffalo Springfield |