In May 1995, he apologized in court and pleaded guilty to attempted assault and was ordered to undergo 100 hours of community service .
” Need To ” was also released in 1995, on April 8.
In late March and early April 1995, the band’s former singer John Lawton briefly rejoined Uriah Heep for two weeks to tour South Africa and Austria with Deep Purple , filling in for Bernie Shaw, who was suffering from voice problems at the time.
The album Sea of Light (released in April 1995) produced by the band along with Kalle Trapp was well received and in retrospect is seen as the band’s return to form, the key to success being (according to critic Donald A. Guarisco) the way it “forsook the ill-judged pop metal…
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In April 1995, Alice in Chains entered Bad Animals Studio in Seattle with producer Toby Wright , who had previously worked with Corrosion of Conformity and Slayer .
Slowing down after the moderate success of their previous albums, it took nearly three years until Flotsam and Jetsam released their fifth album Drift in April 1995, which was dedicated to Jason’s older brother Jeff Ward , former drummer of such bands as Nine Inch Nails , Ministry , Revolting…
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8 March 1995, original drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in his native Hamburg.
That same year, DuBrow released The Randy Rhoads Years , a compilation featuring remixed tracks from Quiet Riot’s two Japan-only releases along with previously unreleased material, many of which featured newly recorded vocals. The band released the album Down to the Bone in March 1995 and a Greatest Hits album…
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In March 1995, the band began a two-month tour, this time with Monster Voodoo Machine as support. This would be drummer Sara Lee Lucas’s last tour with the band. Kenneth Wilson, better known by his stage name Ginger Fish , then joined the group before they embarked on a tour…
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In February 1995, Sully Erna decided to start a new band as the lead singer after playing the drums for more than 23 years, including more than two years in the now-defunct band Strip Mind. His new band, The Scam, formed with Erna on vocals, Robbie Merrill on bass, local…
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