In 1990 after Brann fell out with the others and left Iron Butterfly for good, Dorman, Rhino, Hilland and Suarez recorded an album with singer Robert Tepper that was meant to be an IB album called We Will Rise but instead was shelved and eventually reworked into Tepper’s 1996 solo…
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Recording sessions suffered from this distraction, and in mid-1990, Clark was granted a six-month leave of absence from the band.
During 1990, a new album, Medicine Man , was released by the independent Loop company.
1990 saw the release of the Highlights and Lowlives studio album, composed of blues-based heavy metal and one ballad. The album was co-produced by notable grunge producer Jack Endino and producer Roland Hofmann. The line-up was Peterson, Whaley on drums and MacDonald on guitars.
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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The band toured North America from December 1989 to March 1990
Raging Silence , produced by Richard Dodd and released in May 1989, was followed by a return to the Soviet Union, concerts in Poland, East Berlin , six dates in Brazil and another British tour. “The last two years have been the most enjoyable of all my time in Heep”,…
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