The line-up of Knight, Larkin, Laing and Toogood recorded their debut track, “Down Dance”, which was issued in August 1990 as a B-side of a split single with the A-side, ” Dogs Are Talking ” by Australian group, the Angels . The other B-side, “Live It Up”, was by Auckland…
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Ratt’s fifth album, Detonator , was released in August 1990. Sir Arthur Payson took over as producer for the band following Reach for the Sky . The album garnered mixed reactions. Critics claimed it lacked the live-sounding energy of the band’s earlier work, while some stated that the band was…
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While on his Lock Up the Wolves US tour in August 1990, former Sabbath vocalist Ronnie James Dio was joined onstage at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium by Geezer Butler to perform “Neon Knights”. Following the show, the two expressed interest in rejoining Sabbath. Butler convinced Iommi, who in turn broke…
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In 1988, the band was signed to EMI Manhattan , and they began recording their self-titled debut album Vixen , which was released on August 31. Singer-songwriter Richard Marx co-wrote with Fee Waybill and arranged their signature hit, “Edge of a Broken Heart” and produced the song. Marx had nothing…
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Alice in Chains soon became a top priority of the label, which released the band’s first official recording in July 1990, a promotional EP called We Die Young . The EP’s lead single, ” We Die Young “, became a hit on metal radio. After its success, the label rushed…
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For the next Howe-era album, 1988’s Dangerous Age , the band replaced Olsen with producer Terry Thomas , who got rid of most of the keyboards and returned the band to a guitar-driven sound. Thomas also added small amounts of keyboards as well as rhythm guitars and backing vocals and…
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Ralphs, who was taking care of personal and family matters, sat out for most of the Holy Water tour, although he did perform on the album. Beginning in June 1990, Ralphs was replaced on the road and in the videos by ex-Crawler guitarist Geoff Whitehorn and producer Thomas guested on…
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In June 1990, the group toured America as an opening act on Rush ‘s Presto Tour. In August 1990, two songs, “Strike Like Lightning” and “Shadows”, performed by Mr. Big, were exclusively released on the soundtrack album of the action film Navy SEALs .
Local H was formed in 1990, performing their first show on April 20, 1990, at the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater .
The legal trouble slowed progress toward the completion of the next album, which took six years to record and produce. Joining Scholz in the album’s development again were Delp and Jim Masdea. In 1985, guitarist Gary Pihl left Sammy Hagar’s touring band to work with Scholz as both a musician…
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