Frustrated that its records did not see satisfactory overseas distribution, R.E.M. left I.R.S. when its contract expired and signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records . Though other labels offered more money, R.E.M. ultimately signed with Warner Bros.—reportedly for an amount between $6 million and $12 million—due to the…
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Tender Prey , the dark, brooding 1988 follow-up, saw the arrival of American guitarist and The Gun Club stalwart Kid Congo Powers —Harvey made the transition to bass—and short-tenured German keyboardist Roland Wolf .
The next album Big Thing (1988) yielded the singles ” I Don’t Want Your Love ” (number four in the US), and ” All She Wants Is ” (the last top ten hit in the UK until 1993). The record was experimental, mixing influences from house music and raves with…
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The final demo, completed in 1988, was named The Treehouse Tapes and found its way to music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver , who also managed the Seattle-based band Soundgarden .
Exit were renamed Shihad in mid-1988 when Geoff Duncan on bass guitar and Phil Knight on guitar joined. The new name was a misspelling of jihad ( Arabic for “striving” or “struggling”) as used in Frank Herbert’s science-fiction novel, Dune (1965). They had heard the term when watching David Lynch…
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At the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) 1988 Awards ceremony, Midnight Oil won ” Best Cover Art ” for Diesel and Dust and both ” Best Single ” and ” Best Song ” for ” Beds Are Burning “. A fracas developed between Morris, accepting awards for Midnight Oil, and…
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In 1988, former Social Distortion bassist Brent Liles replaced Levesque, and the following year, Derek O’Brien (also a former member of Social Distortion as well as D.I. ) replaced Miller on drums.
Cave was featured in the 1988 film Ghosts… of the Civil Dead , which he and Race co-wrote.
In 1988, Cherry was credited as “Teenager” in the film Arthur 2: On the Rocks . In 1989, he was credited as “Vet #1” in Born on the Fourth of July . In 1993, he starred on the short-lived NBC action/adventure television show South Beach .
The Bloodhound Gang’s origin dates back to 1988, when rappers James “Jimmy Pop” Franks and Michael “Daddy Long Legs” Bowe formed the band Bang Chamber 8 with their Perkiomen Valley High School classmates Kevin Hennessey and Justin Ianelli.