The group’s third full-length album, Fabulous Disaster , was released in January 1989. A music video for the song ” The Toxic Waltz ” would receive consistent rotation on MTV ‘s Headbangers Ball . Promotion for the album included Exodus embarking on a month-long European tour with Nuclear Assault and…
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After being turned down “28 times by every major label on the face of the Earth”, Atco Records representatives Mark Ross and Stevenson Eugenio were asked by their boss Derek Shulman , who was interested in signing Pantera, to see the band perform in Texas. Ross was so impressed by…
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Behler rehearsed various Rust in Peace tracks with Ellefson and Mustaine in 1989, including ” Holy Wars… The Punishment Due ” and “Rust in Peace… Polaris”.
which spawned their first ever live album, released the year after, titled Live in the U.K. recorded during their show in Scotland. The same record was also released as Keepers Live in Japan and I Want Out Live in the US.
In 1989, Weatherman and Reed reformed Corrosion of Conformity and began searching for a new vocalist, even posting a classified in Flipside Fanzine for a singer similar in sound to ” James Hetfield or Ozzy Osbourne ” to go with their new metal sound. Karl Agell was recruited on vocals,…
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In early 1989, Heathcote (who at the time was a father of one child) left the band to support his family and was replaced by Robert Trujillo , who joined Suicidal Tendencies right before their summer European tour with Anthrax . Later that year, Suicidal Tendencies released their fourth album…
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Shortly after the Monsters of Rock appearance, Mustaine fired Behler and Young and canceled Megadeth’s Australian tour. “On the road, things escalated from a small border skirmish into a full-on raging war,” Mustaine later recalled. “I think a lot of us were inconsistent because of [drugs].” During the tour, Mustaine…
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Capitol released the first Helix compilation album Over 60 minutes with… at the end of 1989, which featured new and unreleased material as well as the hits. At the end of the decade, Brent Doerner quit the band, tired of the grind of touring. Helix was left as a four…
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In 1989, Right Between the Eyes was released on Atlantic / Megaforce , with Jerry Harrison on vocals and Drew Bollmann on second guitar. A video for “Taking My Breath Away” was played on MTV ‘s Headbangers’ Ball . Following the release of Right Between the Eyes and a supporting…
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In support of its Headbangers Ball show, MTV also presented the Headbangers Ball Tour in U.S. and invited Helloween to be a part of it in 1989.