On 31 May 1976, they played a second concert at the Valley which was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s loudest concert at over 120 dB.
In May 1976 Cold Chisel relocated to Melbourne
Also titled High Voltage , it was released through Atlantic in May 1976, eventually going on to sell over three million copies in the US by 2005.
ZZ Top began the Worldwide Texas Tour in May 1976
Their third album, Run with the Pack , was released in 1976 and reached No. 4 in the UK and No. 5 in the US. Bad Company scheduled a British tour with the band of former Free member Paul Kossoff , Back Street Crawler , to support the album, as…
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With Kossoff in better health again in late 1975, he was delighted that ex-colleagues Rodgers and Kirke asked him to join them on stage for two nights. A British tour was set to begin on 25 April 1976 with Back Street Crawler headlining with Bad Company in support of Back…
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On their arrival in London in April, their scheduled tour with Back Street Crawler was cancelled due to the death of that group’s guitarist, Paul Kossoff .
The last show on the tour was on 15 March 1976 at the Liverpool Empire Theatre . At the end of the concert, Coverdale walked off in tears and handed in his resignation. He was told there was no band left to quit, as Lord and Paice had already decided…
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The success of Alive! not only brought Kiss the breakthrough they had been seeking but arguably saved Casablanca, which was close to bankruptcy. Following this success, Kiss partnered with producer Bob Ezrin , who had previously worked with Alice Cooper . The result was Destroyer (released March 15, 1976), Kiss’s…
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In March 1976, deciding that two guitarists were required, the band auditioned an acquaintance of drummer Taylor’s named “Fast” Eddie Clarke . Wallis, who was continuing to tour with a reformed Pink Fairies, quit immediately after the auditions and Clarke remained as the sole guitarist. This trio of Lemmy/Clarke/Taylor is…
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