The first part involved the simultaneous release of four solo albums from the members of Kiss. Although Kiss has claimed that the solo albums were intended to ease rising tensions within the band, its 1976 record contract did in fact call for four solo records, each of them counting as…
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During the late summer and early fall of 1976, Boston attracted publicity due to the record sales. However, according to Cameron Crowe in Rolling Stone , there was “a conscious effort to de-emphasize Scholz as the total mastermind behind Boston”. After opening for Black Sabbath , Blue Öyster Cult ,…
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The debut album, Boston , released on August 25, 1976, ranks as one of the best-selling debut albums in U.S. history, with over 17 million copies sold.
In 1976, the band’s name was shortened to Rainbow,
Their next studio album, Agents of Fortune (1976), was their first to go platinum and was again produced by David Lucas. It contained the hit single “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, which reached number 12 on the Billboard charts and has become a classic of the hard rock genre. Other major…
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Black Rose started out as Ice back in 1976 when three friends from a School in Saltburn by the Sea decided to form a rock band. The three guys were Steve Bardsley, Marty Rajn and Mark Eason who soon became a four piece after they saw guitarist Kenny Nicholson playing…
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The band formed originally under the name “Warhorse” in 1976 in Potomac, Maryland, led by Wino. In the late 1970s, Wino’s band became known as the Leather Nunz. The band played original punk tunes with singer Billy Beam, Jeff Urban on drums, Robert Krug on rhythm guitar and Mark Laue…
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The album charted throughout 1976, eventually selling two million copies in the US
Phonogram/ Mercury Records ‘ West Coast director of A&R , Denny Rosencrantz, agreed to sign the Runaways on December 12, 1975. The band recorded their debut album The Runaways in January 1976 and released it in March through Mercury. The album debuted at number 188 on the Cash Box top…
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Following the 1976 US No. 12 ballad hit ” I Never Cry “; two studio albums, Alice Cooper Goes to Hell and Lace and Whiskey ; and the 1977 US No. 9 ballad hit ” You and Me “, it became clear during his 1977 US tour that Cooper was…
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