Blind Melon formed in Los Angeles in March 1990 after West Point, Mississippi , transplants Rogers Stevens and Brad Smith, a guitarist and bassist respectively, met vocalist Shannon Hoon , a native of Lafayette, Indiana . Guitarist Christopher Thorn, originally from Pennsylvania , was added shortly thereafter; the four eventually…
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On 6 February 1990 in Hollywood, Idol was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that nearly cost him a leg. He was hit by a car when he ran a stop sign while riding home from the studio one night, requiring a steel rod to be placed in his leg.…
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The international version of Beyond Salvation had only included four new tracks, three of these appeared on the Australian form of the album, which was released in February 1990 via Mushroom Records. It also had eight new tracks, all produced by Manning, not available on the international format. In June…
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The band returned to the studio in February 1990 to record Tyr , the follow-up to Headless Cross .
In February that year, Mercury made what would prove to be his final public appearance when he joined the rest of Queen onstage at the Dominion Theatre in London to collect the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
During the mid-to-late 1990s, the band members pursued other projects. Graham formed a band called PennyBlack, and Hall and Finn both became members of the Canadian metal band Helix . Millar went on to drum for the southern rock band Laidlaw before forming his own Bon Scott era AC/DC tribute…
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However, the single ” My Head’s in Mississippi ” reached number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart that year.
Two years later, Faster Pussycat recorded their most successful album, Wake Me When It’s Over . The album earned gold status from the RIAA . Sales were mainly driven by the hit single “House of Pain”. Music videos were produced for “House of Pain” and “Poison Ivy”. While the band…
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Blue Cheer followed up Highlights and Lowlives with the much heavier Dining with the Sharks . Duck MacDonald was replaced by German ex-Monsters guitar player Dieter Saller in 1990. Also featured is a special guest appearance by Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee . The album was co-produced by Roland Hofmann and…
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In 1990, Queen ended their contract with Capitol and signed with Hollywood Records ; through the deal, Disney acquired the North American distribution rights to Queen’s catalogue for $10 million, and remains the group’s recorded-music rights owner and distributor in the US and Canada; the band retained ownership of the…
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