KMFDM released its debut album, What Do You Know, Deutschland? , in December 1986.
Without a guitarist or a drummer, Le Bon, Rhodes and John Taylor had producer (and former Chic guitarist) Nile Rodgers play a few tracks on guitar, and hired Steve Ferrone to play drums while they searched for replacements. In September 1986, Warren Cuccurullo (formerly of Missing Persons and Frank Zappa…
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The Sugarcubes formed on 8 June 1986 with Björk on vocals, Einar Örn on vocals, Björk’s then-husband Þór (Thor) Eldon on guitar, Friðrik Erlingsson on guitar and Bragi Ólafsson on bass. On the same day, Björk gave birth to her and Þór Eldon’s son, Sindri Eldon. The band first performed…
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For their fifth album, The Joshua Tree , the band wanted to build on The Unforgettable Fire ‘ s textures, but instead of experimentation, sought a harder-hitting sound within the limitation of conventional song structures. Realising that “U2 had no tradition” and that their knowledge of music from before their…
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In February 1986, the soundtrack album to Pretty in Pink featuring ” Shellshock ” was released on A&M Records .
Another project, this time featuring originals, was also attempted in late 1986. Bob McFadden was enlisted to play drums, but after a month this project also fell through.
After releasing three studio albums and one live album in five years, each accompanied by heavy media promotion and lengthy concert tours, the band lost two of its core members to fatigue and tension in 1986. After Live Aid and Arcadia, Roger Taylor left the band and retired to the…
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The band toured throughout 1986, and Gillespie became disenchanted with the quality of their performances. He said that there “was always something missing, musically or in attitude.” They switched to McGee’s newly set-up Warner Bros. subsidiary Elevation Records . Before the band entered Rockfield Studios in Wales to record their…
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Van Roy began experimenting with electronic music back in 1986. Two years later, he released his first tape under the moniker Suicide Commando, and his track appeared on the vinyl compilation Electronic . He continued to release more tapes until he was signed by the rising German label Off Beat.…
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Andy Taylor led the remaining members to believe he would return to work on a new Duran Duran album, even as he was signing a solo recording contract in Los Angeles with MCA Records , eventually releasing a solo album in 1986 called Thunder . The band resorted to legal…
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