In 1988, Saraya guitarist Tony Rey joined briefly and played on part of their debut album, before returning to his previous band. Andy Timmons replaced him and played on the rest of their self-titled debut album , which was released the following year. The album spawned two hits with “Naughty…
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The stabilized lineup quickly set about recording and playing shows, and by late 1988 had become one of Seattle’s more promising bands. Wood’s exuberant on-stage personality, outlandish clothes, and dreamy lyrics helped bring attention to the band. Years later in the 1996 grunge documentary Hype! , Seattle engineer Jack Endino…
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In 1988, Channel 4 began using “Don’t Get Mad…” as the music for the American Football programme, which ran over the next three years.
After the breakup of his gothic rock and metal band the Marked, singer and guitarist Billy Corgan left St. Petersburg, Florida and returned to his native city of Chicago, where he took a job in a record store and had the idea to start a band called the Smashing Pumpkins.…
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In early 1988, Crover moved to San Francisco but recommended Dave Foster as his replacement on drums.
In 1988, the Beastie Boys appeared in Tougher Than Leather , a film directed by Rubin as a star vehicle for Run-D.M.C. and Def Jam Recordings. After Def Jam stopped paying them for work they had already done and were owed money for, the Beastie Boys left Def Jam and…
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In early 1988, Arm played Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt a poor boombox recording Mudhoney had made. Pavitt suggested the band record with producer Jack Endino and offered to release it on Sub Pop. This recording session resulted in Mudhoney’s first single, ” Touch Me I’m Sick “. The band…
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When Moreno found out that Carpenter played guitar, he set up a jam session with Cunningham, who played drums, and the three began playing regularly in Carpenter’s garage around 1988.
Jazz drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was recommended by a friend of Corgan’s. Chamberlin knew little of alternative music and immediately changed the sound of the nascent band. As Corgan recalled of the period, “We were completely into the sad-rock, Cure kind of thing. It took about two or three practices before…
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the Fopp EP in 1988