In 1986 Soda Stereo made their first Latin American tour, called Signos – still touring with the Nada personal record. The band played for first time in Ecuador , Colombia , Costa Rica , Peru , and Chile with considerable success.
In 1986, the band released the “Poppies Say Grrr!” single, which became Single of the Week in the NME and was played by Janice Long on BBC Radio 1 and in the Midlands by John Slater on BRMB . The single was sold in a brown paper bag and was…
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In the United States, the band’s music appealed primarily to an alternative audience who were disenchanted with the predominance of “soft rock and ‘disco hell’” on the radio. This view of the band was in sharp contrast to how the band was perceived in Europe, despite the increasingly dark and…
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For their fourth album, R.E.M. enlisted John Mellencamp ‘s producer Don Gehman . The album, entitled Lifes Rich Pageant (1986), brought Stipe’s vocals closer to the forefront of the music. In a 1986 interview with the Chicago Tribune , Peter Buck related, “Michael is getting better at what he’s doing,…
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The band’s self-titled second album , released in 1986 through Warner/ Reprise Records , began to attract attention from radio and record buyers across Canada, with the singles “Baby Ran” and ” I Go Blind ” gaining significant college radio airplay. Dave Osborne (keyboards, harmonica), toured and recorded with the…
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but the next single, “What You Need”—released there in early 1986—became a top five Billboard hit, bringing INXS its first break-out US success.
The band toured throughout 1986, and Gillespie became disenchanted with the quality of their performances. He said that there “was always something missing, musically or in attitude.” They switched to McGee’s newly set-up Warner Bros. subsidiary Elevation Records . Before the band entered Rockfield Studios in Wales to record their…
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Pew’s death from an epileptic seizure also occurred in 1986.
Danger Danger was formed in 1986 by former Hotshot members lead vocalist Mike Pont (joined in 1987), bassist Bruno Ravel, and drummer Steve West (joined in 1987). This lineup also featured then future Savatage and Megadeth guitarist Al Pitrelli and keyboardist Kasey Smith. Mike Pont later left the band and…
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The band then signed to the Sheffield independent record label, Fon, for “Kiss” and its remix 12-inches and six track mini-LP Crush Collision . “Kiss” was No. 2 in John Peel’s Festive Fifty for 1986.