On August 30, 1995, Sterling Morrison died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma after returning to his hometown of Poughkeepsie, New York, at age 53.
In a January 1996 murder case, the defendant counsel for Brian Bassett, 16, and Nicholaus McDonald, 18, of McCleary, Washington , claimed that the pair listened to “Israel’s Son”, from Frogstomp , which contributed to the 10 August 1995 murders of Bassett’s parents and a younger brother. McDonald’s lawyer cited…
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Following five months of touring, starting with the band’s first gig in August 1995 at The Lomax in Liverpool and support gigs with Heavy Stereo and The Charlatans
This sudden increase in popularity was helped by the massive media interest in Britpop alongside acts such as Suede, Oasis and Blur , with Pulp supporting the latter in a 1994 tour of the United States. 1995 saw the peak of Pulp’s fame, with the release of their number two…
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Silverchair’s debut album, Frogstomp , was recorded in nine days, with production by Kevin Shirley ( Lime Spiders , Peter Wells ) and released in March 1995. At the time of recording, the band members were 15 years old and still attending high school. Frogstomp ‘ s lyrical concepts were…
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Dates from October and November 1995 were recorded
In early 1995 Draper and King enlisted Maidstone expat Dominic Chad, who was the bar manager at the Fat Cat pub on Watergate Street in Chester opposite the office where Draper would go and see former Grind member Steve Heaton.
King Crimson resumed touring in 1995 and into 1996.
the demo was eventually released on the 1995 box set Peel Slowly and See .
Reed said he was perturbed about a verse being edited from the Loaded version of ” Sweet Jane “. ” New Age ” was changed as well: as originally recorded, its closing line (“It’s the beginning of a new age” as sung by Yule) was repeated many more times. A…
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