In May 1982, Duran Duran released their second album, Rio , which entered the UK Albums Chart at number four and peaked at number two the following week. The band scored three UK top 10 hits on the singles chart from the album with ” Hungry Like the Wolf ”…
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In April 1982, the Gun Club signed to Blondie guitarist Chris Stein ‘s Animal Records, a subsidiary of Chrysalis Records . The band temporarily relocated to New York City to record their follow-up album, 1982’s Miami . This album featured not only Stein as producer, but Blondie’s Debbie Harry singing…
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They performed as 10,000 Maniacs for the first time on Labor Day, September 7, 1981, with a line-up of Merchant, Lombardo, Buck, Drew, Gustafson, and Tim Edborg on drums. Edborg left and Bob “Bob O Matic” Wachter was on drums for most of the 1981 gigs. Tired of playing cover…
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Having heard about drummer Mike Bordin , who had played in local San Francisco bands, Morris and Worthington talked him into joining Sharp Young Men. According to Morris, it took significantly longer for them to find a bassist, with the band eventually recruiting Billy Gould via a newspaper ad around…
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Soon after recording sessions had finished, band members started work on outside projects. Beers, Jon and Andrew Farriss played on Clapton’s solo album, The Great Escape . Hutchence recorded “Speed Kills”, written by Don Walker of Cold Chisel for the soundtrack of the film Freedom directed by Scott Hicks .…
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In mid-1982, INXS began recording at Rhinoceros Studios with Opitz.
Nick Jones joined in 1982 playing percussion (later to be replaced by Mikey Craighead), adding another dimension to the proceedings. The band then went to NYC to record another single at PlazaSound on the seventh floor of Radio City .
Their Australian breakthrough and first international recognition came in 1982, with the release of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 , which included the singles ” Power and the Passion ” and ” Read About It “. The album peaked at No. 3 and “Power and…
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Unaware of the popularity of “Shoot You Down” in the United States, the band and Oily were busy pushing their third seven-inch, “Palace Filled With Love” (1982). This is when the Radio 1 sessions began. John Peel and David Kid Jensen (and lastly Peter Powell ) were playing the tunes…
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Despite the album’s unimpressive sales figures (it only peaked at number 26 in the UK and 38 in the US), the band’s video for ” Bringin’ On the Heartbreak ” became one of the first metal videos played on MTV in 1982, bringing the band increased visibility in the US.