In 1988, the band was signed to EMI Manhattan , and they began recording their self-titled debut album Vixen , which was released on August 31. Singer-songwriter Richard Marx co-wrote with Fee Waybill and arranged their signature hit, “Edge of a Broken Heart” and produced the song. Marx had nothing…
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For the next Howe-era album, 1988’s Dangerous Age , the band replaced Olsen with producer Terry Thomas , who got rid of most of the keyboards and returned the band to a guitar-driven sound. Thomas also added small amounts of keyboards as well as rhythm guitars and backing vocals and…
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Ralphs, who was taking care of personal and family matters, sat out for most of the Holy Water tour, although he did perform on the album. Beginning in June 1990, Ralphs was replaced on the road and in the videos by ex-Crawler guitarist Geoff Whitehorn and producer Thomas guested on…
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The legal trouble slowed progress toward the completion of the next album, which took six years to record and produce. Joining Scholz in the album’s development again were Delp and Jim Masdea. In 1985, guitarist Gary Pihl left Sammy Hagar’s touring band to work with Scholz as both a musician…
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Recording sessions suffered from this distraction, and in mid-1990, Clark was granted a six-month leave of absence from the band.
The band spent most of the 1990s touring without releasing an album of new material, although they did contribute two new songs to the Bad Channels movie soundtrack, released in 1992, and also released an album of re-recorded songs from the band’s original lineup, called Cult Classic , in 1994.…
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In the late 1990s, Blue Öyster Cult secured a recording contract with CMC Records (later purchased by Sanctuary Records ), and continued to tour frequently. Two studio albums were released, Heaven Forbid (1998) and Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001). Both albums featured songs co-written by cyberpunk/horror novelist John Shirley…
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Henzerling was one of the guitarists for Carmine Appice ‘s band King Kobra ; played on the Lizzy Borden album Master of Disguise ; and later joined forces with Wexler and Dixon (and Asphalt Ballet singer Tommy Dean) in the band Tomcats . Several Icon members and Surgical Steel drummer…
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By the early 1990s tempers had cooled between former bandmates Carlos Cavazo and Kevin DuBrow, and they started to communicate again. They eventually formed the band Heat in 1991 with bassist Kenny Hillery and drummer Bobby Rondinelli . This foursome reverted to the name Quiet Riot the following year, and…
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