The band then toured Japan from mid-April to the beginning of May. They were greeted by thousands of screaming fans and played eight times in seven cities.
Blackmore announced on 26 March 1975 to his co-musicians in a room of the Arabella Hotel in Munich that he was quitting the band.
With Hotter Than Hell quickly dropping off the charts, Kiss was pulled from its tour to quickly record a new album. Casablanca head Bogart stepped in to produce the next album, trading in the murky, distorted sound of Hotter Than Hell for a cleaner and slightly poppier sound. Dressed to…
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The film premiered on 18 March 1975 to a standing ovation.
Bass guitarist Mark Evans was enlisted in March 1975, setting the line-up which lasted two years.
High Voltage was released exclusively in Australasia on 17 February 1975 via Albert Productions/ EMI Music Australia , and reached the top 20 in Australia.
Black Sabbath began work on their sixth album in February 1975, again in England at Morgan Studios in Willesden , this time with a decisive vision to differ the sound from Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath .
In 1975, Alice Cooper returned as a solo artist with the release of Welcome to My Nightmare . To avoid legal complications over ownership of the group name, “Alice Cooper” had by then become Furnier’s new legal name. Speaking on the subject of Alice Cooper continuing as a solo project…
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By 1975, personal issues began to take their toll on the band. In January, drummer Burns left the band after suffering a mental breakdown during a European tour, and was replaced by Kentucky native and former US Marine mechanic Artimus Pyle . The band’s third album, Nuthin’ Fancy , was…
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They released their second studio album T.N.T. (1975), in Australasia only, its tracks were recorded with Evans and Rudd except for two tracks, which used Currenti and George.