Bryan Adams released an album If Wishes Were Horses (1977) before leaving the band at 16, and at 18 he met Jim Vallance.
This new incarnation of the band also released an album If Wishes Were Horses (1977) with Adams billed as "Bryan Guy Adams" on vocals. Adams left the band at age 16. In 1978, at age 18, Adams met Jim Vallance through a mutual friend in a Vancouver music store. 
