Also in 1987, Faster Pussycat appeared in the rockumentary film The Decline of Western Civilization part 2 – The Metal Years . The band was interviewed and performed live versions of “Cathouse” and “Bathroom Wall”.
KMFDM released its debut album, What Do You Know, Deutschland? , in December 1986.
Although major labels had begun scouting the band, Buck-Tick wanted to continue pursuing music on their own terms and refused to sign unless the label would agree to their four conditions: first, that the band would be able to make their own decisions about their hair, makeup, clothing, and general…
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When Sakurai’s father died, he too moved to Tokyo and Buck-Tick became more serious about music. The five members worked during the day and practiced and performed at night. In July 1986, they attracted the attention of Kazuo Sawaki, head of Taiyo Records, an independent label . He had seen…
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Albini claimed to be aiming for a “big, massive, slick rock sound” with Racer-X , which was less frantic than Bulldozer , but ultimately felt that the EP was “too samey and monolithic.” The band had already begun writing new songs by the time Racer-X was released, stating in the…
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Crabb, Mole and Mansell recruited Richard March and changed their band name to Wild and Wandering, derived from a Wasted Youth album, before eventually becoming Pop Will Eat Itself in 1986. The new name was taken from a quotation in an NME article on Jamie Wednesday by David Quantick .
Atomizer was a polarizing record that was praised in the national press and became an underground success, surpassing the band’s expectations by selling three thousand copies soon after its release. Big Black secured a European distribution deal for their records through Blast First , a label recommended to Albini by…
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In 1986, the band released the “Poppies Say Grrr!” single, which became Single of the Week in the NME and was played by Janice Long on BBC Radio 1 and in the Midlands by John Slater on BRMB . The single was sold in a brown paper bag and was…
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The compilation album The Hammer Party , combining Lungs and Bulldozer , was also released through Homestead Records in 1986, but later that year Big Black had a falling out with the label and its distributor, Dutch East India Trading. According to Albini, Dutch East India’s accounting practices were “always…
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But drummer Sakurai had his mind set on becoming a singer. Higuchi’s brother Toll Yagami was in a band called SP, and when they lost their vocalist, Sakurai asked Yagami if he could be the replacement. Yagami politely refused his request, and SP broke up. However, at the same time,…
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