What would become Fuel was formed in 1989 in the western Tennessee town of Kenton when childhood friends Carl Bell and Jeff Abercrombie began playing music together in junior high school and played in various garage bands.
The Sundays released their first single ” Can’t Be Sure ” in January 1989. It topped the British indie charts and received acclaim as one of the best singles of 1989. The group performed three songs in a session with popular disc jockey John Peel . These songs would later…
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Wanting to give fans something new after the massive radio and video airplay for not only the seven singles but also the album tracks that radio DJs were playing off the album, the band performed “Tear It Down”, a Hysteria B-side at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards .
Double Live was to be the last Butthole Surfers album to feature Nervosa, who left early in 1989. Shortly after leaving, she was diagnosed with an aneurysm, and was forced to undergo brain surgery. She further began to suffer from strobe light-induced seizures. In 1991, Nervosa (who has gone by…
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Hamilton formed Helmet in early 1989 after leaving the alternative rock group Band of Susans , with whom he had recorded two albums. Having originally moved to New York to study jazz guitar at the Manhattan School of Music , the Oregon born guitarist recruited bassist Henry Bogdan who was…
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The band originally formed in 1989 in Essex , England under the name Blinder .
In 1989, the band released their third album, Hunkpapa , which was produced by Gary Smith and engineered by Steve Haigler. The album saw Hersh experimenting with more conventional melodic structures, although the fractious lyrics remained. The song “Dizzy” was released as a single.
At the 1989 American Music Awards , Def Leppard won Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist, as well as Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album (for Hysteria ).
311’s first independent release was the Downstairs EP, which was recorded in 1989 in Nick Hexum’s basement. Unlike many of their releases, it had no cover art. It features the song “Feels So Good,” which was recreated/remastered in the album Music and is a staple of most of 311’s live…
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Butthole Surfers did not seek to replace her at the time, and opted to continue as a quartet. Following a final EP for Touch and Go—1989’s Widowermaker —the band left their longtime recording partners to sign with longtime supporter Terry Tolkin at Rough Trade Records who had also brought them…
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