Jones grew up in a household steeped in music thanks to his Welsh-descended father and piano-teacher mother, an upbringing that gave him the grounding to become one of the most versatile multi-instrumentalists of the 1960s British rock scene.

Although The Edge himself was born and raised outside Wales, and grew up primarily in Dublin, his Welsh ancestry through both parents has been openly acknowledged by the family and by U2 fans over the years, and Wales has repeatedly claimed him as one of its own by descent, even though he has no personal residency history there.

Beyond his years with Man, Leonard's writing career gave a rare insider's account of the touring rock band experience, mixing tour-van chaos with real musical insight in books such as Guitarists That Rocked the World. He remained closely tied to Llanelli throughout his life, and returned there permanently not long before his death.

Buckland has never lost his North Wales roots: his parents remained in the area, his father a former teacher at Holywell High School, and in 2012 Buckland donated a gold Coldplay disc to fund the restoration of Pantymwyn's village hall. He is a keen Tottenham Hotspur supporter and, alongside his songwriting and guitar work, has contributed lead vocals to the Coldplay track \"Don't Panic\" and written songs including \"Adventure of a Lifetime\".

Richards co-wrote the majority of The Rolling Stones' catalogue with Mick Jagger and has remained the band's guitarist since its formation in 1962. Despite the surname's Welsh etymology, no documented genealogical, birthplace or residential link to Wales exists for Richards personally.

Meinir has performed at all of Wales' major festivals, including Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau, Maes B, the Royal Welsh Show and Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival, and took her music further afield in March 2014, when she headlined the Los Angeles St David's Day Festival — her North American debut.

Alongside her music, Meinir has built a long broadcasting career. She presented the afternoon request show on BBC Radio Cymru with Dylan Wyn, and has been a familiar face on S4C for two decades, including the 2005 documentary series "Blwyddyn Meinir Gwilym," which followed a year in her life, and the music programme "Noson Chis a Meinir" alongside Huw Chiswell. Since 2009 she has presented S4C's nightly magazine show "Wedi 7," and she also fronts the channel's gardening programme, "Garddio a Mwy." She currently presents weekend shows on Heart Cymru across Anglesey and Gwynedd.

Jones formed Man in Merthyr Tydfil in 1968 and remained its guitarist and singer through numerous line-up changes and over three decades of touring, building a reputation for extended live improvisation that earned the band a devoted cult following in the UK rock scene.

Blackmore later reinvented his sound entirely with Blackmore's Night, a Renaissance and folk-music project formed with his wife Candice Night in 1997, moving from stadium hard rock to acoustic, medieval-inspired music while continuing to record and perform into his eighth decade.

During the 1980s Tich worked as a session guitarist for the BBC and also played charango with the South American ensemble Los Ionisos. He later played in the Cardiff three-piece Mrs Hugget from 2000 until his death in 2005, staying active on the local scene right up to the end of his life.