Dean released a solo album, Hardcore , in May 1989 and a Loverboy greatest-hits album, Big Ones , was released later that same year, in October, to fulfill Loverboy’s obligation to Columbia Records . The group briefly reunited in late 1989 to tour (with Geraldo Valentino Dominelli on keyboards filling…
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The unsuccessful Headless Cross US tour began in May 1989 with openers Kingdom Come and Silent Rage, but because of poor ticket sales, the tour was cancelled after just eight shows. The European leg of the tour began in September, where the band were enjoying chart success. After a string…
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a tour in Europe which began in May of that year—the band’s first overseas tour.
Black Sabbath released Headless Cross in April 1989, and it was also ignored by contemporary reviewers, although AllMusic contributor Eduardo Rivadavia gave the album four stars and called it “the finest non-Ozzy or Dio Black Sabbath album”. Anchored by the number 62 charting single “Headless Cross”, the album reached number…
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1989 saw the release of Blue Cheer’s first official live album, Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg . This album was recorded during Blue Cheer’s first European tour in decades.
Kiss continued, introducing veteran drummer Eric Singer . Singer had played with Paul Stanley previously, as part of Stanley’s backing band during a 1989 solo tour.
The group made their international breakthrough in 1989 with the record No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims on Warner Records , which was released on the band’s fifth birthday. They achieved some airplay with the single ” Sleeping My Day Away “.
The Iron Man (1989, featuring Daltrey and Entwistle and two songs credited to the Who)
Capitol released the first Helix compilation album Over 60 minutes with… at the end of 1989, which featured new and unreleased material as well as the hits. At the end of the decade, Brent Doerner quit the band, tired of the grind of touring. Helix was left as a four…
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Guitarist Hickok eventually left the band in 1989