and finished recording in May.
In late March and early April 1995, the band’s former singer John Lawton briefly rejoined Uriah Heep for two weeks to tour South Africa and Austria with Deep Purple , filling in for Bernie Shaw, who was suffering from voice problems at the time.
The album Sea of Light (released in April 1995) produced by the band along with Kalle Trapp was well received and in retrospect is seen as the band’s return to form, the key to success being (according to critic Donald A. Guarisco) the way it “forsook the ill-judged pop metal…
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In April 1995, Alice in Chains entered Bad Animals Studio in Seattle with producer Toby Wright , who had previously worked with Corrosion of Conformity and Slayer .
In April 1995, they head-lined the Barbed Wire Ball tour, a national tour that also featured the Screaming Jets, The Poor and Who’s Guilty. The band took a hiatus from recording and touring, to reconvene in mid-1996 at Darling Harbour studios for the start of sessions for their eleventh studio…
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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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That same year, DuBrow released The Randy Rhoads Years , a compilation featuring remixed tracks from Quiet Riot’s two Japan-only releases along with previously unreleased material, many of which featured newly recorded vocals. The band released the album Down to the Bone in March 1995 and a Greatest Hits album…
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On 7 February, a taxi driver from Newport supposedly picked up Edwards from the King’s Hotel in Newport, and drove him around the valleys, including Blackwood (Edwards’ home as a child). The passenger got off at the Severn View service station near Aust and paid the £68 fare in cash.
In February 1995, Sully Erna decided to start a new band as the lead singer after playing the drums for more than 23 years, including more than two years in the now-defunct band Strip Mind. His new band, The Scam, formed with Erna on vocals, Robbie Merrill on bass, local…
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— James Dean Bradfield, US Interview, February 1995,