In 1985, Headpins toured with acts such as Kiss (1983), Eddie Money and ZZ Top . The band was in middle of recording their third album, Head Over Heels , when their record company went bankrupt. They were part of ZZ Top’s Afterburner Tour and were slated to go down…
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In 1985 the band released Stages , a double live set culled from the previous three tours. It also featured two new songs, including “Mind Games”, for which a video was filmed but the song failed to chart in either Canada or the U.S.
On June 7, 1985 Triumph was ranked No. 2 in Performance Magazine’s 6-week period ending “Tops in Performance” list. That same year the band performed with Mountain as their opening act.
The band’s follow-up album, Welcome to the Club , was released in 1985, and included a handful of guest stars. Meanwhile, the group appeared on The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack under the name “Spectre General”, the name change being due to legal complications. The band name still appeared as Kick…
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By the following year, Psyche Industry Records had received much positive feedback about the song, “Contra Rebels”, (the opening track from the Primitive Air-Raid compilation), so they re-released the band’s Be What You Want LP after First Strike Records refused to do so, having stopped answering the band’s letters and…
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The band played gigs in Montreal, Ottawa , Kingston and Toronto , opening for touring Canadian and American punk bands before releasing their first EP, Featuring: The Asexuals on Og Music in 1984. They quickly released their second EP, B.F.D. and, the same year, contributed the song “Contra Rebels” to…
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The band’s self-titled debut album , produced by Tom Treumuth, was released in June 1984. The album featured four charting hits in Canada: a completely re-recorded version of ” New Girl Now ,” “Burning In Love,” “Wave Babies,” and “Stay In the Light.” “New Girl Now” was also Honeymoon Suite’s…
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Headpins released their debut album Turn It Loud in 1982, which quickly went platinum and topped the charts for six weeks, with the hit single “Don’t It Make Ya Feel”. Darcy McDonald joined the band on keyboards in 1983. Their second release, Line of Fire , was another multi-platinum success,…
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Exciter signed a record deal with Jon Zazula ‘s Megaforce Records the year after based on the promise of tour support and, in 1984, released their second album, Violence & Force . After a few headlining dates with American thrash metal band Anthrax , they embarked on their first U.S.…
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In 1984, they signed to Nettwerk , and released a self-titled EP that year. The following year, their debut album September Bowl of Green was released.