Unfortunately for the band, a personnel purge at MCA meant that Two Minute Warning received little support from the label. MCA rejected the group’s next album. As Angel City, they performed four songs for the July 1985 Oz for Africa concert, part of the global Live Aid program: “Small Price”,…
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In July 1985, the Who performed at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium , London. The BBC transmission truck blew a fuse during the set, temporarily interrupting the broadcast.
The UK homecoming saw the band headline the 1985 Knebworth Fayre in June, where the weather was bad (torrential rain and 6 inches (15 cm) of mud) in front of 80,000 fans.
In 1985, Bon Jovi’s second album, 7800° Fahrenheit , was released. The band released three singles: ” Only Lonely “, ” In and Out of Love ” and the ballad ” Silent Night “. The album peaked at number thirty-seven on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by RIAA…
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In May 1985, Frehley’s friend from the Bronx , Rob Sabino , who also produced one of Scarlet’s solo albums in 1984, replaced Stead (who went on to join Public Enemy ) on keyboards. British label Bronze Records reportedly offered the band a deal in the summer of 1985 but…
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On 5 April 1985, ITV broadcast four songs that were recorded after the band went off air on their earlier appearance on The Tube programme. A week later the band, dressed in tuxedos, played four songs on the live Channel 4 music show ECT (Extra-Celestial Transmission). To celebrate the band’s…
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DuBrow’s tirades led to fan backlash and clashes in the media with several other Los Angeles-based metal bands, which resulted in Rudy Sarzo quitting the group in March 1985. After auditions, Kjel Benner was brought in to complete previously booked South American tour dates in April 1985. Despite any lingering…
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Equator (March 1985) sold poorly, due to the fact that “CBS just did a terrible job getting it into the shops”, as Box saw it. On the other hand, what Kirk Blows described as “a solid piece of product that had the potential to do extremely well” was regarded less…
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By this time Gerry Bron was Uriah Heep manager no longer (they were looked after by Neil Warnock in Europe and Blue Öyster Cult’s management team in the US) and then, finally, Bronze Records collapsed under the weight of debts, which, according to Box, “cost Heep a lot of money”.…
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Blue Öyster Cult re-united with Albert Bouchard for a California tour in February 1985, infamously known as the ‘Albert Returns’ Tour. This arrangement was only temporary and caused more tensions between the band and Bouchard, since he had thought he would be staying on permanently, which was not the case.…
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