Metallica’s third studio album, Master of Puppets , was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios from September to December 1985 and released on March 3, 1986.
Malmsteen’s successor, Mitch Perry , went on to join Billy Sheehan ‘s band Talas , followed by stints with Heaven and the McAuley Schenker Group , recording and touring with all three groups. Perry also added keyboards on Aerosmith ‘s 1986 Classics Live! release. He joined Cher on her Hear…
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Def Jam’s distributor, Columbia Records , refused to release the album due to the song ” Angel of Death ” which detailed Holocaust concentration camps and the human experiments conducted by Nazi physician Josef Mengele . The album was distributed by Geffen Records on October 7, 1986. However, due to…
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Capitol issued the compilation The Best of Great White: 1986–1992 in 1993, when Great White had already departed the label to begin work on their next studio release, Sail Away . Before the release of the album, Great White spent seven months on the road headlining clubs. According to Lardie,…
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Slayer began touring in support of Reign in Blood in late 1986 with Overkill . The band was added as the opening act on W.A.S.P. ‘s US tour, but just one month into it, drummer Lombardo left the band: “I wasn’t making any money. I figured if we were gonna…
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Made in Japan would also finally hit platinum status in the US in 1986, the same year Machine Head increased to double platinum).
Veteran producer Jack Douglas of Aerosmith fame guided the band’s follow-up effort, Wants You! (1986). Rough Cutt joined Dio on the last date of their Sacred Heart tour at the R.C. Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 10, 1986, and once again made their way to Japan. While…
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The follow-up album, Russian Roulette , was released in 1986. In 1987, Udo Dirkschneider was fired from the band, and later decided to embark on a solo career. According to Wolf Hoffmann, Dirkschneider was never fired but it was rather a mutual decision within the band to part ways. Supporting…
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A former schoolmate of the Abbott brothers, David Peacock of the band Forced Entry (who had supported Warlock ), joined the band as lead vocalist in the spring of 1986, but despite Pantera doing most of the work for their fourth album during the summer with Peacock, Rex and the…
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At the end of the year they released their third album, From Hell with Love .