Two studio albums and one live album were released under the “Comet” moniker ( Live+1 featured four songs performed live in concert and one original studio song). The last show under the Frehley’s Comet name was in August 1988, opening for Iron Maiden , and Howarth and Oldaker left before…
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Following the poor commercial performance of The Eternal Idol , Black Sabbath were dropped by both Vertigo Records and Warner Bros. Records, and signed with I.R.S. Records . The band took time off in 1988, returning in August to begin work on their next album. As a result of the…
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On 2 July 1988 Motörhead were one of the performers at the Giants of Rock Festival in Hämeenlinna , Finland. The tracks were released as No Sleep at All on 15 October. A single from the album was planned with the band wanting “Traitor” as the A-side, but ” Ace…
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The song hit No. 2, on the Hot 100 and Hysteria finally reached the top of the US Billboard 200 in July 1988.
The three members reunited again on 14 May 1988, for the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary concert, with Bonham’s son Jason on drums. The result was again disjointed: Plant and Page had argued immediately before taking the stage about whether to play “Stairway to Heaven”, and Jones’ keyboards were absent from…
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In May 1988, Ram It Down was released, featuring several reworked songs left over from Turbo , in addition to new songs. The band recorded three tracks with pop producers Stock-Aitken-Waterman : two originals, “Runaround” and “I Will Return”, and a cover of the Stylistics’ hit ” You Are Everything…
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In May 1988, Spencer broke his wrist as the result of an “unfortunate collision” on stage with Neeson. He was substituted on a national tour by Jimi “The Human” Hocking on guitar and backing vocals. Hocking later recalled “I was called up as the result of some session work I…
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The band hit the mainstream in 1987 when they released their third album Once Bitten , accompanied by the hits ” Rock Me “, ” Save Your Love ” and “Lady Red Light”, all of which received significant airplay on mainstream rock radio stations such as KNAC and Z Rock…
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Rising Force won Guitar Player ‘ s award for Best Rock Album and was nominated for a Grammy Award for ‘Best Rock Instrumental’, reaching no. 60 on the Billboard album chart. Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force (as his band was thereafter known) next released Marching Out (1985). Then he recruited…
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In April, following live appearances across Europe, Malcolm announced that he was taking time off from the North American legs of the tour, principally to deal with his alcoholism. Angus and Malcolm’s nephew, Stevie Young , temporarily replaced Malcolm on guitar.