1989 saw the release of Blue Cheer’s first official live album, Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg . This album was recorded during Blue Cheer’s first European tour in decades.
Butthole Surfers did not seek to replace her at the time, and opted to continue as a quartet. Following a final EP for Touch and Go—1989’s Widowermaker —the band left their longtime recording partners to sign with longtime supporter Terry Tolkin at Rough Trade Records who had also brought them…
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In 1989, Noe Goldwasser, the founding editor of Guitar World , described Are You Experienced as “the album that shook the world … leaving it forever changed”. In 2005, Rolling Stone called the double-platinum LP Hendrix’s “epochal debut”, and they ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time, noting…
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In 1989, Noe Goldwasser, the founding editor of Guitar World , described Electric Ladyland as “Hendrix’s masterpiece”. According to author Michael Heatley, “most critics agree” that the album is “the fullest realization of Jimi’s far-reaching ambitions.” In 2004, author Peter Doggett wrote: “For pure experimental genius, melodic flair, conceptual vision…
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In early 1988, Butthole Surfers were ready to record a new album and wanted to use a modern studio for the first time, choosing a state-of-the-art facility in Texas. The following sessions took only one week, as the band had been performing most of the material for years. The band…
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While touring during the winter of 1988, Butthole Surfers used a portable DAT recorder to tape various concerts. The strongest of these recordings were packaged as Double Live , a limited edition double album released on vinyl and cassette in 1989, and on CD the following year. This was the…
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The parties reached a legal agreement on 23 December; Mason and Gilmour retained the right to use the Pink Floyd name in perpetuity and Waters received exclusive rights to, among other things, The Wall .
In December 1987 the “classic lineup” of Ingle, Brann, Dorman and Bushy got together at The Roxy Theatre to prepare for a thirty date tour of the East Coast in the winter and spring of 1988 that culminated with an appearance at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary celebration at Madison Square…
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A Momentary Lapse of Reason was released in September 1987. Thorgerson, whose creative input was absent from The Wall and The Final Cut , designed the album cover. To emphasise that Waters had left the band, they included a group photograph on the inside cover—the first since Meddle —featuring only…
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In the spring of 1987, Bushy and Pinera got back together to tour as Iron Butterfly for the “Wings of Flight 87” tour (Dorman was captaining a fishing boat, so was not available at this time) with Ace Baker (keyboards) and Kelly Reubens (bass). Tim Von Hoffman and Glen Rappold…
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