On August 9, 1995, Kiss joined the long line of musicians to perform on MTV Unplugged .
On the first U.S. date (June 17, 1995), Criss appeared onstage with Kiss to sing “Hard Luck Woman” and “Nothin’ to Lose”.
Bon Jovi’s sixth studio album, These Days , was released in June 1995, during which time the band was on European tour. The album debuted at number one in UK and spent four consecutive weeks at the top position. The album also reached number one in Ireland, Germany, Australia, Japan…
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That same year, DuBrow released The Randy Rhoads Years , a compilation featuring remixed tracks from Quiet Riot’s two Japan-only releases along with previously unreleased material, many of which featured newly recorded vocals. The band released the album Down to the Bone in March 1995 and a Greatest Hits album…
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In 1995, Def Leppard issued their first greatest hits collection, Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) , which reached number 3 in the UK, Top 10 in several other countries, and eventually sold over 5 million copies in the US. Alternate track listings of the album were issued for North…
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In 1995, Nancy Wilson decided to take a break from music to concentrate on having a family.
The next album, The Road Home (1995), offered live acoustic versions of the group’s best-known songs and was produced by Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones .
In 1995, a self-produced Bad Company album was released with Hart, Company of Strangers . It contained five tracks self-penned or co-written by Hart and Ralphs. Many of these were recorded in Nashville and featured guest appearances by country stars such as Vince Gill. The band made a promotional tour…
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In 1995, the group released the book Kisstory , a 440-page, 9 pounds (4.1 kg), detailed chronicle of the group’s history to that point.
The band released Stranger in Us All in 1995, and embarked on a lengthy world tour.