Garry Tallent ( is the bass player and founding member of the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, booty-shaking, love-making, earth-quaking, Viagra-taking, testifying, death-defying, legendary E STREET BAND! The E Street Band is an American rock band, and has been musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played the Spectrum 35 times (2nd most of any band).