On January 15, 2020 the Official Iron Butterfly website and their booking agent announced the lineup of the band for 2020: Eric Barnett (guitar, vocals), Dave Meros (bass, vocals), Bernie Pershey (drums, percussion), Martin Gerschwitz (keyboards, vocals), with occasional guests or fill in musicians being Ron Bushy (drums, percussion), Ray…
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Avery’s surprise return was revealed to have been tentatively in the works since 2020, with Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins helping facilitate phone calls between Farrell and Avery for a possible reunion in honor of Lollapalooza ‘s 30th anniversary in 2021. Farrell envisioned the band becoming a five-piece with then-current…
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On August 20, 2020, Banali died from pancreatic cancer, which he had been diagnosed with sixteen months earlier, leaving him as the second member of the Metal Health -era lineup to die, following DuBrow in 2007.
We had a lot of time imposed on us and I think we’re going through this period of catching up on things that we had planned for 2020
On September 9, 2020, Quiet Riot announced on their Facebook page that would continue on without Banali, who had wished that they keep the music and legacy of the band alive. He was replaced by Johnny Kelly , who had filled in for Banali on the band’s 2019 and 2020…
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In 2020, founding member and primary songwriter Carl Bell decided to return to the band, forming a new version of the group.
The album scored much radio and MTV play with songs like ” Round and Round ” (which peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and again in 2020 on the Billboard Rock Digital Sales Chart, peaking at No. 18 on June 4, 2020), ” Wanted Man “,…
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They began rehearsing in the summer of 2020 and later began working on what would become Fuel’s 6th full-length album.
Press reaction to the reunion was largely warm, but the re-designed website sparked controversy when Anthony was removed from images of old album artwork. The album covers were restored to their original condition a day later without a word. Wolfgang claimed in 2020 that the omission of Anthony on the…
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This included releasing a new live album Dead Air (2020)