Hopkins briefly joined that band in 1972 as a replacement for founding guitarist Mick Walsh
Their debut album Blue Öyster Cult was released in January 1972, with a black-and-white cover designed by artist Bill Gawlik. The album featured the songs ” Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll “, “Stairway to the Stars”, and “Then Came the Last Days of May”. By this time, the…
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but left by the end of the year after they were dropped from their original record label.
Kiss traces its roots to Wicked Lester , a New York City–based rock band led by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. That band recorded one album, which was shelved by Epic Records , and played a handful of live shows. Simmons and Stanley, feeling a new musical direction was needed,…
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After breaking up Wicked Lester late in 1972
Following the Master of Reality world tour in 1972, the band took their first break in three years.
Pentagram’s first 7-inch , “Be Forewarned”, was released under the name Macabre and included “Lazy Lady” on the B-side. The record was produced by Phillip Knudsen and released on Intermedia. This recording ended up being one of the band’s only proper releases, although a promotional 7-inch of the song “Hurricane”…
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In early December 1971, the band travelled to Switzerland to record Machine Head . The album was due to be recorded at the Montreux Casino using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio , but a fire during a Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention concert, caused by a man firing…
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Led Zeppelin released their fourth album on 8 November 1971. The album is officially untitled but variously referred to as Led Zeppelin IV , Untitled , IV , or, due to the four symbols appearing on the record label, as Four Symbols , Zoso or Runes . The band had…
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By the end of 1971 it became clear, according to Hensley, that he, Byron and Box had become the tightly knit nucleus of the band. Feeling marginalised and having recently been badly shaken up when he was involved in an accident in Germany in one of the band’s cars, first…
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