Kiss wanted to express the excitement felt at its concerts (which its studio albums had so far failed to do) with its first live album. Compiled from concerts recorded between May and July in Wildwood, New Jersey , Detroit and Cleveland , and released on September 10, 1975, Alive! achieved…
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Released in September 1975, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow met a positive critical reception and was a top 20 UK and top 30 US hit.
John Wetton (ex- Family and King Crimson ) joined the band in March 1975 and with him Return to Fantasy (June 1975) was recorded; representing a revitalised Uriah Heep, it soared up to No. 7 in the UK. “It was a relief to have someone solid and reliable, and he…
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The Runaways were formed in August 1975. Fowley touted the new group the Runaways as “an all-girl answer to Grand Funk ,” and the band signed to Kim Fowley Productions for management in September 1975. The lineup of Jett, West, and Steele made its live debut playing the Whisky a…
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Following their triumphant Earls Court appearances , Led Zeppelin took a holiday and planned an autumn tour in America, scheduled to open with two outdoor dates in San Francisco. In August 1975, however, Plant and his wife Maureen were involved in a serious car crash while on holiday in Rhodes…
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Lemmy wanted the music to be “fast and vicious, just like the MC5 “. His stated aim was to “concentrate on very basic music: loud, fast, city, raucous, arrogant, paranoid, speedfreak rock n roll … it will be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your…
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Produced by Black Sabbath and Mike Butcher, Sabotage was released in July 1975.
Blackmore’s departure from Deep Purple, and therefore the end of Mark III, was announced on 21 June 1975.
Blackmore’s departure from Deep Purple was announced on 21 June.
But in an interview published by Melody Maker in June 1975, Bolin claimed that he came to the audition following a recommendation from Blackmore.