The band toured throughout the Midwest during the early 1980s. On February 5, 1983, the band recorded Trouble Live in Chicago . Drummer Jeff Olson mailed the cassette to Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records and the band landed their first record deal. Trouble released their eponymous debut (later referred…
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By the mid 1980s, they were also joined by guitar and keyboard player Gary Todd and major record labels Atlantic Records and Bronze Records both showed some interest in the band but neither signed them. Consequently, Watson was disillusioned and left making way for the guitarist Pat O’Neil. This line-up…
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The band broke up in the late 1980s and Wino went west to California to join up with Saint Vitus . Wino recorded three albums, an EP, and a live album with Saint Vitus. Around 1989, the Obsessed reformed and signed to Hellhound Records (Vitus’s then current label), which released…
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In 1980, to increase their chances of landing a recording contract with a major label, the band recorded a single called “Dr. Rock” / “Drivin’ on E”, which was given to fans at their early Los Angeles club shows.
In 1980, the band released their second album Stagefright . Like their debut, it was recorded at Fairview Studios in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire , and is considered their most experimental work to date. During the period the album was released, bassist Andro Coulton was replaced by the more…
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In December 1979, the band secured a major record deal with EMI and asked Dave Murray’s childhood friend, Adrian Smith of Urchin , to join the group as their second guitarist. Busy with his own band, Smith declined and Dennis Stratton was hired instead. Shortly after, Doug Sampson left due…
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By the end of the Dynasty tour in December 1979, tensions between Criss and the rest of the band were at an all-time high. His drumming skills had noticeably eroded, and he even intentionally slowed down—or stopped playing altogether—during some concerts. The final show of the tour (December 16, 1979)…
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The fans were unaware of the dissension within the band. One very public indication of the heightened friction within the group was an infamous October 31, 1979, interview on Tom Snyder ‘s late-night The Tomorrow Show . During the episode, a visibly irritated Simmons and Stanley attempted, unsuccessfully, to contain…
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With this album’s release, Led Zeppelin’s entire catalogue returned to the Billboard Top 200 in the weeks of 27 October and 3 November 1979.
Butler temporarily left the band in September 1979 to deal with the divorce from his first wife.