and released a second album The Firstborn Is Dead .
Reportedly unhappy with life in the band, Malcolm quit in mid-1985. A friend of the band’s from Athens, Juan Molina, was brought in for a brief U.S. tour, but was not interested in becoming a full-time member. Without a permanent bassist and a quickly approaching European tour looming—the band’s first—they…
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The first U.S. single from the album, ” This Time “, stalled at No. 81 in late 1985,
Morrissey brought a political stance to many of his interviews, courting further controversy. Among his targets were the Thatcher government , the British monarchy and the famine relief project Band Aid . Morrissey famously quipped of the last, “One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia , but…
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Following the European tour, Butthole Surfers experienced more upheaval when Nervosa left around Christmas 1985, as she was tired of the living conditions associated with constant touring and had a desire to be with family. She was replaced by another female drummer, Kytha Gernatt, who was dubbed Cabbage Gomez Jr.…
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Age of Chance first came to national attention in 1985, when their debut single, “Motorcity/ Everlasting Yeah” released on their own label, Riot Bible, was picked up and championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ , John Peel . A session followed, recorded at Maida Vale Studios and four songs, “Going,…
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Released in 1985, Low-Life refined and sometimes mixed the two styles, guitar-based and electronic, and included ” The Perfect Kiss ” – the video for which was filmed by Jonathan Demme – and ” Sub-culture “.
Kato and Roeser met at Northwestern University in 1985. They formed Urge Overkill (getting the name from a phrase in the lyrics of the Parliament song ” Funkentelechy “) in Chicago in 1986, with drummer Pat Byrne, and released an EP , Strange, I… , on Ruthless Records . The…
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Mascis took Cosloy up on his offer to release an album on Homestead, and Dinosaur recorded their debut album for $500 at a home studio in the woods outside Northampton, Massachusetts . Their debut album Dinosaur was released in 1985, for which Mascis wrote all of the songs. Mascis sang…
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In 1985, the band reduced its name to Camper Van Beethoven, replaced West with Anthony Guess, and recorded their debut album, Telephone Free Landslide Victory . The record featured their first successful single, ” Take the Skinheads Bowling “, the lesser hit “The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon”,…
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