Determined to prove that the success of Slippery When Wet was not a fluke, Bon Jovi released their fourth effort, New Jersey , in September 1988 which peaked at number one in the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. The album produced five Top 10 hits on the…
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The song hit No. 2, on the Hot 100 and Hysteria finally reached the top of the US Billboard 200 in July 1988.
The follow-up to The Final Countdown was entitled Out of This World and was released in 1988. The biggest hit from the album was ” Superstitious ” which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. “Superstitious” would be the last…
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the re-release of “Nothin’ at All” cracked the UK Top 40 at No. 38
Several attempts to reform Alcatrazz in the following years were unsuccessful – most notably in 1988 by Bonnet with Japanese guitarist Kuni Takeuchi and by Bonnet and Waldo in 1992 with guitarist Bob Kulick ; the latter would eventually morph into the band Blackthorne .
Columbia Records was not interested in releasing the Imaginos project as an Albert Bouchard solo album so it was arranged for the record to be released in 1988 by Columbia as a Blue Öyster Cult album, with some new lead vocal overdubs from Bloom and Roeser and lead guitar overdubs…
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In 1988, after joining the band Impelliteri , Graham Bonnet covered “Since You Been Gone” on the group’s debut album, Stand In Line .
The 1988 tour, during which the band members experienced growing disharmony over business decisions and artistic direction, ended with a September 3 show on the Kingswood stage at Canada’s Wonderland . Later that year Emmett left Triumph and began a solo career; the three did not perform together again for…
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the 1988 greatest hits compilation Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
“What About Love” hit No. 14