The final demo, completed in 1988, was named The Treehouse Tapes and found its way to music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver , who also managed the Seattle-based band Soundgarden .
In 1988, former Social Distortion bassist Brent Liles replaced Levesque, and the following year, Derek O’Brien (also a former member of Social Distortion as well as D.I. ) replaced Miller on drums.
After working on various solo projects during 1988 (including Mercury’s collaboration with Montserrat Caballé , Barcelona ),
All four studio albums produced during this period reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop music charts and 17 singles breached the top 12 of the mainstream rock tracks chart. During that era, a single taken from 1988’s OU812 , ” When It’s Love “, reached the Top Five, peaking…
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and again for his 1988 solo album, Age of Reason .
Constrictor and Raise Your Fist and Yell were recorded with lead guitarist Kane Roberts and bassist Kip Winger , both of whom left the band by the end of 1988 (although Kane Roberts played guitar on ” Bed of Nails ” on Cooper’s 1989 studio album Trash ).
Two of the three songs on the record – cover versions of Diamond Head’s ” Am I Evil? ” and Blitzkrieg ‘s “Blitzkrieg” – appeared on the 1988 Elektra reissue of Kill ‘Em All .
Several attempts to reform Alcatrazz in the following years were unsuccessful – most notably in 1988 by Bonnet with Japanese guitarist Kuni Takeuchi and by Bonnet and Waldo in 1992 with guitarist Bob Kulick ; the latter would eventually morph into the band Blackthorne .
Walker formed Catfish in 1988
Cooper recorded a music video for the “Poison” B-side ” I Got a Line on You ” after the song was featured on the soundtrack to Iron Eagle II (1988).