In January 1985, The Membranes appeared on The Tube and released the Death to Trad Rock EP which reached number 8 in the UK Indie Chart and saw the band on the front cover of Sounds . At this point Tilton left the band: he was replaced shortly after by…
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APB’s seventh release was “Summer Love” (1985) on their own Red River Label
Although the song ” Notorious ” was a US and UK top ten hit, the album was a relative failure globally, reaching number 16 in the UK and spending one week in the top 50 album chart. The band found they had lost much of the momentum and hysteria they…
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There were concerns about Diesel and Dust and Midnight Oil’s attempts to express indigenous issues to white urban audiences – namely, the question “who holds the power to tell whose history?” The lyrics of “The Dead Heart” tell the story of colonisation from an indigenous point of view but some…
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“Love in a Vacuum” was re-recorded for the Epic debut album, 1985’s Voices Carry ; however, the title track became their breakthrough song. The “Voices Carry” single peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , and is said to have been inspired by an argument between Mann…
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At this point Link (NYC) released the much sought after compilation of the singles as a first LP release simply called “Something to Believe In” (1985).
In 1985, Lydon recorded a song entitled “World Destruction” in collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa ‘s band Time Zone and producer Bill Laswell . PiL’s 1986 studio album release was simply entitled Album , Compact Disc , or Cassette , depending on the format. The cover’s blue typeface and spartan design…
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in 1985 the band enlisted Scott Sundquist to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals.
Davidson (who had previously recorded with the Sage-produced Rancid Vat in 1985) played bass on The Jesus and Mary Chain ‘s 1993 EP Sound of Speed .
quickly followed by “Something to Believe In” (1985).