in 1985 the band enlisted Scott Sundquist to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals.
The Angels’ seventh studio album, Two Minute Warning , was released in January 1985, following a three-month recording stint in Los Angeles with Ashley Howe producing. It peaked at No. 5 in Australia and the top 40 in New Zealand. The album’s fourth Australian single, “Underground”, was released in mid-1985…
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” Never ” (No. 4, 1985)
The year closed with more writing sessions, this time in New York during November with Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy . In 1985, he met and began writing songs with guitarist Kane Roberts . Cooper was subsequently signed to MCA Records , and appeared as guest vocalist on Twisted Sister…
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Despite selling fewer copies than Eliminator , Afterburner (1985) became ZZ Top’s highest-charting album (number four on the U.S. Billboard chart), with sales of five million copies.
In 1985 the band released Stages , a double live set culled from the previous three tours. It also featured two new songs, including “Mind Games”, for which a video was filmed but the song failed to chart in either Canada or the U.S.
” What About Love ” (number 10, 1985)
The 1985 version of the band (Biedermann, White, Gene Gilson on bass, Mike Miner on drums) recorded the “Trilogy of Terror” demo which was produced by Biedermann’s old classmate, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett . Soon after, David White would leave to join Heathen and Biedermann took over on vocals.
Simmons stated in his autobiography Kiss and Make-Up that Van Halen founder Eddie Van Halen was eager to replace Frehley as Kiss’s lead guitarist. Simmons and Eddie’s brother Alex convinced Eddie to remain with Van Halen. Eddie was willing to break up Van Halen due to tensions between himself and…
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On June 7, 1985 Triumph was ranked No. 2 in Performance Magazine’s 6-week period ending “Tops in Performance” list. That same year the band performed with Mountain as their opening act.