Haynes and Leary played their debut show at a San Antonio night club, The Bonham Exchange, in 1981; at that time, they had not yet settled on the band name “Butthole Surfers”. By 1982, the band was backed by the sibling rhythm section composed of bassist Quinn Mathews and his…
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The result of this verbal contract was their first single, ” Dreaming of Me “, recorded in December 1980
Budgie became a permanent member, and the band entered the studios to record the single ” Happy House ” with guitarist John McGeoch , then still a member of Magazine . Their third album, Kaleidoscope , released in 1980, saw the Banshees exploring new musical territories with the use of…
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She made her live debut with the band at the Squat in Manchester on 25 October 1980.
Gretton suggested Morris’s girlfriend Gillian Gilbert , and she was invited to join the band in early October 1980 as keyboardist and guitarist.
Released in October 1980, Boy received generally positive reviews. Paul Morley of NME called it “touching, precocious, full of archaic and modernist conviction”, while Declan Lynch of Hot Press said he found it “almost impossible to react negatively to U2’s music”. Bono’s lyrics reflected on adolescence, innocence, and the passage…
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The album was released in October 1980.
Composition of Sound would become embarrassed about their band name and started thinking of changing it. There were several potential variants, including the name Musical Moments that was suggested by Vince Clarke as both a band name and the name of their first album. Starting at their concert on 24…
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Duran Duran spent the next months writing, developing and demoing their songs and performed in clubs around Birmingham and London. In September 1980 they had written all of what would become their debut album. Touring as an opening act for Hazel O’Connor , the band attracted critical attention, resulting in…
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Before Curtis’s death, the band had agreed to stop using the name Joy Division if any member died or left. Thus, when the three remaining members decided to continue without him, they chose to perform under a different name. During the summer of 1980, the remaining members recorded their first…
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