On August 26, 1978 they were headliners at the Canada Jam Festival at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario , playing before a crowd of about 110,000 people.
Recording of Who Are You started in January 1978.
Blind Illusion was formed in 1978 by De Anza High School students Mark Biedermann, on guitar and vocals, Les Claypool , on bass, and Bret Hern, on drums. By that time, Biedermann had been writing his own music from a young age, and original songs were a priority for the…
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Filming commenced in the spring of 1978.
The band moved in a more heavy metal direction in 1978, when the group began to record its demos. Two of their demos found their way to compilation albums by New York classic rock radio station WBAB , and were later re-recorded for the band’s first two albums.
the album was re-released in 1978
In 1978, Dickie Peterson began rehearsing with Davis-based guitarist Tony Rainier, a younger brother of Peterson’s high school friend (and sometime Blue Cheer soundman and bodyguard) Larry Rainier. Michael Fleck was auditioned as drummer. The reformed Blue Cheer recorded an album with Jim Keylor at Army Street Studios. The album…
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Van Halen reached No. 19 on the Billboard pop music charts, one of rock’s most commercially successful debuts. It was regarded as both a heavy metal and hard rock album. The album included songs now regarded as Van Halen classics, like ” Runnin’ with the Devil ” and the guitar…
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In late 1978, the double-platinum Dog & Butterfly peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 and produced hits with its title song (No. 34) and ” Straight On ” (No. 15).
The band then released another live album, Some Enchanted Evening (1978). Although it was intended as another double-live album in the vein of On Your Feet or on Your Knees , Columbia insisted that it be edited down to single-album length. It was a resounding commercial success, becoming Blue Öyster…
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