Crosby , Stills , Nash Young artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 25231 afb 3 c 7 f 123473 ba 159291 af 5 cb 9956 . png Crosby , Stills , Nash Young is a folkrock supergroup formed when Crosby , Stills Nash Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield , David Crosby from the Byrds , and Graham Nash from the Hollies asked Neil Young , also of Buffalo Springfield to join them in 1969 and form Crosby , Stills , Nash Young . Commonly referred to by their initials CSNY , the band is primarily known for their fourpart vocal harmonies . They were one of the few North American groups that rivaled the Beatles in popularity in the late 1960 s and early 1970 s . After the 1970 shootings at Kent State University in Kent , Ohio , Neil Young wrote Ohio , a tribute to the four students who were shot by the Ohio National Guard . Many radio stations would not play the song Ohio because of the antiwar tone of the song . Even so , largely because of its topical nature , Ohio bumped Teach Your Children , released three weeks earlier , from its ascent in the charts , replacing it on the popularity climb , ending at number fourteen , while Teach Your Children ended at number sixteen . In the early seventies , each member released solo albums and by 1972 , the band had essentially split up . Nash and Crosby began to perform as a duo and recorded and toured as Crosby Nash or , alternatively , CrosbyNash . A 1974 CSNY reunion tour was a massive success , but attempts to make a second CSNY album ended with another split and separate albums from Crosby Nash and The StillsYoung Band , both in 1976 . After a fallingout between Stills and Young , CSN reformed to release CSN and has been the primary configuration since . CSNY finally returned in 1988 with American Dream , and again in 1999 with Looking Forward . Subsequent material has mostly been from Crosby , Stills Nash , with the exception of live releases featuring all four members . It is important to note that on their most famous album , Dj vu , nearly every song features the trio configuration . Neil Young joins only on a handful of songs he didn ' t write guitar on Woodstock , Almost Cut My Hair . Neil Young is absent on Teach Your Children , Our House , Carry On , Dj Vu and therefore the most famous work by the group can be credited to the original trio configuration . In 1991 , Crosby was inducted into the Rock Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Byrds . Neil Young was inducted in 1995 as a solo artist . Stephen Stills was inducted in 1997 as both a member of Buffalo Springfield along with Young and Crosby , Stills Nash with Crosby Nash , Graham Nash was inducted in 2010 as a member of The Hollies . Read more on Last . fm . , Stills , NashYoung 753 , 371 listeners , 8 , 874 , 196 plays tags classic rock , folk rock , 60 s Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .