In March they held a small fan club tour
Following the tour, Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. While in the studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about “making an EP called Sap “. The band decided “not to mess with fate”, and…
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Gin Blossoms named their second album New Miserable Experience . In February 1992, while still working to complete it, founding member and lead guitarist/songwriter Hopkins drank heavily and grew increasingly depressed. With the band members hesitant to fire Hopkins, A&M removed him from the band and withheld $15,000 owed to…
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At the conclusion of the tour in late 1990, the band members pursued their own interests. Stick Around for Joy , their third and final album, was released in February 1992. It featured guest guitarist John McGeoch (formerly of Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees ) on the opening track,…
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When Gary Gersh of Geffen Records heard the band’s demo tape, he was “blown away”. A bidding war between nine different record labels broke out in February 1992. In April, the band—which, by that time, included other members—”signed a deal with Gersh and Geffen believed to be so lucrative that…
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The band also opened for Skid Row in North America in February 1992 on their Slave to the Grind tour
The members of Depeche Mode regrouped in Madrid in February 1992. Gahan had become interested in the new grunge scene sweeping the US and was influenced by the likes of Jane’s Addiction , Soundgarden , Alice in Chains and Nirvana .
Fastball was formed in Austin, Texas , in 1992 by songwriters Tony Scalzo and Miles Zuniga, alongside drummer Joey Shuffield. Prior to the band’s inception, Zuniga and Shuffield had performed together in the Austin-based group Big Car. Shuffield, who also had a tenure with the Wild Seeds, introduced Zuniga to…
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Check Your Head was recorded in the band’s G-Son studio in Atwater Village, California , and released on its Grand Royal record label. The band was influenced to play instruments on this album by Dutch group Urban Dance Squad ; with Mike D on drums, Yauch on bass, Horovitz on…
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filmed at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre in 1992.