The band entered The Manor Studios in Shipton-on-Cherwell , Oxfordshire, in June 1983 with a returned and newly sober Bill Ward on drums.
Headline News was released in June 1983 and featured a completely different sound from anything they had ever done, including electronics and synthesizers. The album was completely written by Vincent Crane, leading some to perceive it as a Crane solo album.
Loverboy released its third album, Keep It Up , in June 1983. Its first single ” Hot Girls in Love ” became their most successful to that date, reaching No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The video for the song as well as for the follow-up single…
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In May 1983, they released their sixth studio album, Watch the Red , which was produced by the Angels, and engineered by Andrew Scott and Al Wright. It peaked at No. 6 on the Australian chart and reached the top 50 in New Zealand. It fulfilled their obligations to CBS…
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In 2003 TML released a live DVD album called Live at the US Festival originally recorded in San Bernardino, California at the US Festival in May 1983. This historic festival, attracting nearly 250,000 rock fans, also featured Van Halen and the Clash . Triumph had earlier released this concert on…
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Head First (May 1983), produced again by Ashley Howe (who, according to Goalby, became “like the sixth member of the band”), followed much in the same vein, pursuing (according to AllMusic) “a similar combination of heavy metal firepower and AOR sleekness”. Not long before its release Daisley left the band…
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During the early 1980s, the ” Southern rock ” genre was considered passe by the pop music press, so the band began attempting to change their style somewhat. They decided to add keyboards to the group once again. Organist Ken Hensley (ex- Uriah Heep ) was contacted and agreed to…
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In May 1983, Metallica traveled to Rochester, New York , to record its debut album, Metal Up Your Ass , which was produced by Paul Curcio.
Metallica’s first live performance with Hammett was on April 16, 1983, at a nightclub in Dover, New Jersey , called The Showplace; the support act was Anthrax, which included Dan Lilker and Neil Turbin .
Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett replaced Mustaine the same afternoon.