In the early 1990s, Malmsteen released two albums, Eclipse (1990) and Fire & Ice (1992), with the singer Göran Edman (ex-Madison and Vinnie Vincent Invasion ), followed by The Seventh Sign (1994) and Magnum Opus (1995) with former Loudness singer Mike Vescera . Despite his early and continuous success in…
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The band spent most of the 1990s touring without releasing an album of new material, although they did contribute two new songs to the Bad Channels movie soundtrack, released in 1992, and also released an album of re-recorded songs from the band’s original lineup, called Cult Classic , in 1994.…
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In the early 1990s, Peterson and Whaley re-located to Germany. In 1992, Peterson recorded his first solo album, Child of the Darkness , in Cologne with a band named “The Scrap Yard”. The album appeared five years later in Japan on Captain Trip Records . After Peterson came back to…
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By the early 1990s tempers had cooled between former bandmates Carlos Cavazo and Kevin DuBrow, and they started to communicate again. They eventually formed the band Heat in 1991 with bassist Kenny Hillery and drummer Bobby Rondinelli . This foursome reverted to the name Quiet Riot the following year, and…
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In the mid 1990s, Malmsteen released the albums Inspiration (1996) featuring three of his former singers Soto, Boals and Turner, Facing the Animal (1997) featuring Mats Levén on vocals and Cozy Powell on drums, followed by a live record Double Live! (1998) and another studio recording Alchemy (1999) featuring once…
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In the late 1990s, Blue Öyster Cult secured a recording contract with CMC Records (later purchased by Sanctuary Records ), and continued to tour frequently. Two studio albums were released, Heaven Forbid (1998) and Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001). Both albums featured songs co-written by cyberpunk/horror novelist John Shirley…
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This success earned the band the “Grand Prix New Artist of the Year” award at the 4th annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1990.
The next studio album, The Courts of Chaos , was released in 1990. The release of the album was unusual in that it was done by both Black Dragon Records, for the European market, and Leviathan Records, for the North American market. The North American release of The Courts of…
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A three-year hiatus occurred before the band was snapped up by Rick Rubin ‘s Def American Records, for whom they recorded a second self-titled album ( Trouble ) in 1990 with Rubin producing. More experimental than previous efforts, the album featured new drummer Barry Stern , formerly of Zoetrope ).
Warner, guitarist Putesky and bassist Brian Tutunick recorded their first demo tape as Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids in 1990, taking on the stage names of Marilyn Manson , Daisy Berkowitz and Olivia Newton Bundy , respectively.