made their first performance on 15 December 1985
After waiting around for a year to work with producer Ted Templeman , who had signed the band to Warner Bros. but was busy with David Lee Roth , Eric Clapton , and Aerosmith at the time, Rough Cutt decided to record their debut album, Rough Cutt (1985), with Tom…
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Mick Harris (a local fan) was asked to join as drummer in December 1985.
In 1977, Yoshiki and Toshi formed a band called Dynamite in their hometown of Tateyama, Chiba , when they were just 11 years old. Dynamite changed its name to Noise in 1978, while they were still in high school. At this time, Toshi played guitar and they had a singer…
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The four-piece line-up recorded Hatred Surge (the band’s fifth demo recording) on 23 October 1985
The tour was physically gruelling for the band, who demanded six months off when it ended (although this was later reduced to four months). This was the first substantial touring break in the group’s history, including the cancellation of a proposed supporting tour for the new live album, with Bruce…
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Poland rejoined Megadeth in October 1985
Recorded over a couple of weeks and produced by Keith Nichol, Future Warriors was released in September 1985. Despite getting a poor review in Kerrang! magazine, other reviews were more positive and they got further requests for interviews. The band also opened for Slayer at The Marquee , where faulty…
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In September 1985, Peter Shaw joined on bass.
The group played their first concert as a trio on 31 August 1985 (playing two concerts on the same day: Telford with Chumbawamba and Blyth Power , and Birmingham with We’ve Got a Fuzzbox and We’re Gonna Use It ), and began to play regularly in the Birmingham area (particularly…
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