Nothing’s Shocking was released in 1988. “Mountain Song” was released as a single; MTV refused to air the song’s music video because of a scene containing full frontal nudity. Farrell then decided to release the music video commercially with added live footage to create the Soul Kiss home video. Because…
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At this time in 1988, Claypool had been “moonlighting” in his words, playing bass for his former band, Blind Illusion , which also featured guitarist Larry “Ler” LaLonde . LaLonde was a former member of the band Possessed , a student of Joe Satriani , and “one of [Claypool’s] best…
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In late 1988 Soda Stereo were considered the most important band of Latin American pop/rock. They began to work on a new album alongside Puerto Rican producer Carlos Alomar . Alomar had worked with David Bowie , Mick Jagger , Simple Minds , Iggy Pop , and Paul McCartney ,…
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Don Gehman was unable to produce R.E.M.’s fifth album, so he suggested the group work with Scott Litt . Litt would become the producer for the band’s next five albums. Document (1987) featured some of Stipe’s most overtly political lyrics, particularly on “Welcome to the Occupation” and “Exhuming McCarthy”, which…
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The band was formed in 1988 in Bobruisk , Belarus, by two teenagers, Aleksandr “Shura” Uman and Yegor “Lyova” Bortnik , who were amateur actors. Initially, the band’s name was “Bratya po Oruzhiyu” (Brothers in Arms), which was formed in 1988, then “Bereg Istini” (Shore of Truth), which resulted in…
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The album was inspired by the essay ” Imagine There Is No Heaven : A Letter to the Six Billionth Citizen”. The essay was written by British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie , who found controversy in 1988 over one of his books gaining him a religious fatwa for Rushdie’s death from…
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In 1988 they released their first single, ” Dust Cake Boy “, on Treehouse Records.
By 1988, Primus had found success in the Bay Area music scene; it was to the point where they were “getting pretty popular […] selling out at Berkeley Square “, when they “[got] rid of” Wright. He was replaced by Jay Lane , drummer with the Freaky Executives , who…
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Diesel and Dust peaked at No. 1 on the Australian albums charts for six weeks, No. 21 on the Billboard 200 charts in 1988, and No. 19 on the UK albums charts. ” Beds Are Burning ” was their biggest international hit single, peaking at No. 6 in Australia, and…
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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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