Buck-Tick was formed in Gunma Prefecture in 1983. Hisashi Imai had the original idea for the band, despite not being able to play any instruments at the time. He recruited his friend, Yutaka Higuchi , and the two of them began to practice—Imai on guitar and Higuchi on bass. Then,…
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King Crimson’s next album, Three of a Perfect Pair , was recorded in 1983 in the UK and US
After releasing Conflicting Emotions in 1983, the band became a six-piece again with the addition of Australian drummer Paul Hester , while Crombie returned to his previous role of percussionist.
Townshend wanted the Who to stop touring and become a studio act; Entwistle threatened to quit, saying, “I don’t intend to get off the road … there’s not much I can do about it except hope they change their minds”. Townshend did not change his mind, and so the Who,…
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The Banshees followed in 1982 with the psychedelic A Kiss in the Dreamhouse . The record, featuring strings on several numbers, was an intentional contrast to their previous work, with Severin later describing it as a “sexy album”. The British press greeted it enthusiastically. Richard Cook finished his NME review…
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After the Hot Space Tour concluded with a concert at Seibu Lions Stadium in Tokorozawa , Japan in November 1982, Queen decided they would take a significant amount of time off. May later said at that point, “we hated each other for a while”. The band reconvened nine months later…
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On 2 October, Genesis headlined a one-off concert with Gabriel at the Milton Keynes Bowl under the name Six of the Best .
The band stopped touring North America after their Hot Space Tour, as their success there had waned, although they performed on American television for the only time during the eighth-season premiere of Saturday Night Live on 25 September of the same year; it became the final public performance of the…
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On 14 and 15 September 1982, the band performed their last two gigs in the US with Mercury on lead vocals, playing at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
Around this time the band released the VHS The Noise: Live in Frejus , a document of a show played at the Arena in Fréjus , France on 27 August 1982, co-headlining with Roxy Music (whose set from the same show was also released on VHS as The High Road…
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