Achtung Baby was released in November 1991. The album represented a calculated change in musical and thematic style, their most dramatic since The Unforgettable Fire . Sonically, the record incorporated influences from alternative rock , dance, and industrial music, and Bono referred to it as “four men chopping down the…
Read More
This performance was recorded and filmed to become Live Baby Live , a live album that was released in November 1991 and peaked in the Top 30 in the Australia and UK album charts. The album had less success on The Billboard 200.
On 2 October 1991 (Sting’s 40th birthday), Summers joined Sting on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during The Soul Cages Tour to perform “Walking on the Moon”, “Every Breath You Take”, and “Message in a Bottle”.
The band’s second-greatest hits compilation, Greatest Hits II , followed in October 1991; it is the tenth best-selling album in the UK, the seventh best-selling album in Germany , is certified Diamond in France where it is one of the best-selling albums , and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.
Jon Bon Jovi fired manager Doc McGhee in 1991. Jon took on the management responsibilities himself by closing ranks and creating Bon Jovi Management . In October 1991, the band went to a Caribbean island of St. Thomas to discuss plans for the future. They managed to resolve their differences…
Read More
The album, titled Pretty on the Inside , was released in September 1991 to positive reception from underground critics, branded “loud, ugly and deliberately shocking”, and earned a spot on Spin ‘ s “20 Best Albums of the Year” list. It was also voted album of the year by New…
Read More
INXS performed at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1991, during their “Summer XS” tour stop in London to a sold-out audience of 74,000 fans.
In July 1991, the band was signed to Interscope following a performance at the Gavin Convention , where they opened for Primus on Valentine’s Day of the same year. As they began pre-production for their debut album, Day was fired and replaced by Dawn Richardson. In 1992, while recording Bigger,…
Read More
After the Third Stage Tour in 1988, Delp left Boston and formed RTZ with Barry Goudreau, releasing the Return to Zero LP in July 1991. With Delp’s departure, Scholz was then the last remaining original member. Before he left, Delp co-wrote with Scholz and David Sikes the song “Walk On”,…
Read More
“Bohemian Rhapsody” was re-released as a single shortly after Mercury’s death, with ” These Are the Days of Our Lives ” as the double A-side. The music video for the latter contains Mercury’s final scenes in front of the camera. Ron Hart of Rolling Stone wrote, “the conga-driven synth ballad…
Read More