Kiss’s first album of new material in two years, Dynasty (1979), continued the band’s Platinum streak. The disco-flavored ” I Was Made for Lovin’ You ” became one of the band’s biggest hit singles to date, peaking at No. 11. Session drummer Anton Fig performed almost all the percussion on…
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Exodus was formed in 1979 by guitarists Kirk Hammett and Tim Agnello, drummer and vocalist Tom Hunting , and vocalist Keith Stewart, while they attended high school together. The band added bass guitarist Carlton Melson in 1980, and the quintet began making a name for themselves playing backyard parties and…
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Trust rose to fame in 1979 and 1980 with their music, which mixed hard rock influences, acerbic social and political commentary, anarchist undertones and a renegade attitude similar to that of MC5 . Trust’s success was also due to Krief’s stature as a French guitar hero and Bonvoisin’s sincere and…
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Other major political songs includes “Darquier” (7″ single, 1979) commenting on notorious Nazi Germany collaborator Louis Darquier de Pellepoix , “Les Brutes” (from the 1981 album Marche ou Crève ) describes the savage acts done by the Warsaw Pact military forces at the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia , “H &…
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It was followed by the studio album Mirrors (1979). For Mirrors , instead of working with previous producers Sandy Pearlman (who instead went on to manage Black Sabbath) and Murray Krugman, Blue Öyster Cult chose Tom Werman , who had worked with acts such as Cheap Trick and Ted Nugent…
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From Killing Machine ‘ s supporting tour came the live album Unleashed in the East (1979). It was the first of many Judas Priest albums to go platinum. There was some criticism of the band’s use of studio enhancements and overdubbing in what was marketed as a live album. By…
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Harris, Murray and Sampson spent the summer and autumn of 1978 rehearsing while they searched for a singer to complete the band’s new line-up. A chance meeting at the Red Lion, a pub in Leytonstone , in November 1978 evolved into a successful audition for vocalist Paul Di’Anno . Steve…
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The final product, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park , debuted on NBC on October 28, 1978.
The band spent five months at Sounds Interchange Studios in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, writing and recording what would become Never Say Die! . “It took quite a long time”, Iommi said. “We were getting really drugged out, doing a lot of dope. We’d go down to the sessions, and…
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The solo albums were released on September 18, 1978. Casablanca spent $2.5 million on the marketing campaign for the albums, and announced they were shipping five million copies, guaranteeing Platinum status. Despite the large shipments, none of the albums sold particularly well and were later sold as cut-outs . Of…
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