hard rock

1993
Quiet Riot Having won the rights to the band’s name, DuBrow teamed up with

Having won the rights to the band’s name, DuBrow teamed up with 21-year-old English born blues guitarist Sean Manning, bassist Kenny Hillery, and drummer Pat Ashby to reform Quiet Riot. Initially using the moniker Little Women (a name Rhoads and DuBrow used in the 1970s before settling on Quiet Riot)…
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Def Leppard first ever rock concert at the Don Valley Stadium

On 6 June 1993, Def Leppard performed the first ever rock concert at the Don Valley Stadium in their home city of Sheffield before an audience of over 50,000.

Kiss (band) inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk

Four days later, Kiss were inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk .

Kiss (band) released Alive III

the album Alive III , released on May 14, 1993

Alice in Chains recorded two songs with Inez

In April 1993, the band recorded two songs with Inez, ” What the Hell Have I ” and “A Little Bitter”, for the Last Action Hero soundtrack .

L'Arc-en-Ciel released their debut album Dune

On April 1, 1993, the band released their debut album Dune on the independent, but well-known, record label Danger Crue .

Alice in Chains Inez played first concert with Alice in Chains

Starr was replaced by former Ozzy Osbourne bassist Mike Inez . Inez had met Alice in Chains during Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tours tour and became friends with them. When the band was in Brazil, they called Inez to join them and he accepted. Inez wanted to do the shows…
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Local H Garcia left

Garcia left on January 26, 1993, and Lucas and Daniels began looking for a replacement bassist.

Urge Overkill In 1993, the band contributed the track “Take a Walk” to the AIDS

In 1993, the band contributed the track “Take a Walk” to the AIDS relief benefit album No Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization . As the band recorded a follow-up album, cult filmmaker Quentin Tarantino used the group’s cover version of the Neil Diamond song “Girl, You’ll Be a…
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AC/DC Big Gun recording

AC/DC recorded ” Big Gun ” in 1993 for the soundtrack of Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘s film Last Action Hero .