In August 1979, U2 recorded demos at Windmill Lane Studios with CBS talent scout Chas de Whalley as producer, marking the first of the band’s many recordings at the studio during their career. The following month, three songs from the session were released by CBS in Ireland as the EP…
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The band features in the book Postcards from Scotland detailing the 1980s and 1990s independent music scene in Scotland.
The band made their recording debut in late 1980 for the Some Bizzare Album
By the late 1980s, Happy Mondays were an important part of the Manchester music scene and personified rave culture. The line-up of the band during this first and most important ten-year phase never changed, and the six original members Shaun Ryder , Paul Ryder , Gaz Whelan, Paul Davis, Mark…
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Wickett was replaced by Roger Taylor’s friend and former singer of The Scent Organs Jeff Thomas. In early 1980, they became the resident band at the city’s Rum Runner nightclub.They worked at the club and regularly rehearsed and performed there. Curtis was unhappy with the Rum Runner club scene and…
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Subsequently, Duran Duran struggled to escape the teen idol image and gain respect among critics with more complex music. The new serious image was not accepted at first and their popularity began to wane. Rolling Stone said, “In their search for musical maturity, the surviving Durans have lost a good…
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During the 1980s, each of the future members of Tool moved to Los Angeles. Both Paul D’Amour and Adam Jones wanted to enter the film industry, while Maynard James Keenan, who had studied visual arts in Michigan, worked as a pet store remodeler. Danny Carey and Keenan performed for Green…
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Taylor and Rhodes then recruited lead vocalist Andy Wickett (formerly frontman of TV Eye ) and decided that they needed a live drummer. They hired Roger Taylor , a former member of various local bands (most recently The Scent Organs who also played at Barbarella’s), while John Taylor switched to…
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In 1979, Clarke played guitar in an Ultravox -influenced band, the Plan, with friends Robert Marlow and Paul Langwith.
Lacking a recording deal and money, creative differences split the band in 1979, leading to the Document and Eyewitness LP (1981), a recording of a live performance that featured, almost exclusively, new material. The album was described as “disjointed”, “unrecognizable as rock music” and “almost unlistenable”. The LP came packaged…
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