After waiting around for a year to work with producer Ted Templeman , who had signed the band to Warner Bros. but was busy with David Lee Roth , Eric Clapton , and Aerosmith at the time, Rough Cutt decided to record their debut album, Rough Cutt (1985), with Tom…
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Ken Hensley, no longer accustomed to Blackfoot’s intense tour schedule, quit by late 1984 and was replaced by former Axe band’s singer/guitarist Bobby Barth . But by December 1985, with their popularity waning and good-quality engagements becoming few, the band decided to quit. During February 1986 the Blackfoot company was…
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Totally exhausted and having serious voice problems, Goalby left in November 1985 after an Australian tour. “I loved and believed in Uriah Heep but it kicked the shit out of me in the end”, were his parting words. Then John Sinclair quit, deciding to join Ozzy Osbourne, and keyboardist Phil…
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Metallica played its largest show at the Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park , England, on August 17, 1985, with Bon Jovi and Ratt , playing to 70,000 people.
Lovin’ Every Minute of It , the band’s fourth album and first not produced by Fairbairn (it was produced by Tom Allom, best known for producing Judas Priest ), was released in August 1985, with the title single written by Mutt Lange and “This Could Be the Night” co-written by…
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On 13 July 1985, Judas Priest, along with Black Sabbath and other performers, played Live Aid at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia . Their setlist included “Living After Midnight”, ” The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown) ” and “(You’ve Got) Another Thing Comin’”.
Following both Ward’s and Butler’s exits, sole remaining original member Iommi put Sabbath on hiatus, and began work on a solo album with long-time Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls . While working on new material, the original Sabbath line-up agreed to a spot at Bob Geldof ‘s Live Aid on 13…
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On 13 July 1985, Page, Plant, and Jones reunited for the Live Aid concert at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia , playing a short set with drummers Tony Thompson and Phil Collins and bassist Paul Martinez . Collins had contributed to Plant’s first two solo albums; Martinez was a member of Plant’s…
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At Live Aid , held at Wembley on 13 July 1985, in front of the biggest-ever TV audience of an estimated 400 million, Queen performed some of their greatest hits. Many of the sold-out stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison. The show’s organisers, Bob Geldof…
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The band’s second full-length album, Invasion of Your Privacy , was released in July 1985. It peaked at No. 7 (which is the same peak position that Out of the Cellar attained). The album met with mostly positive reactions from fans and critics. AllMusic has called it “another batch of…
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