By 1985, Jagger was spending more time on solo recordings.
When the album was remixed and re-released in 1985 with a non-makeup cover and a slightly different song order, to reflect the band’s roster change and abandonment of its makeup and costumes, Vincent was again absent from the album cover, as then-current lead guitarist, Bruce Kulick , appeared instead. The…
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White City: A Novel (1985)
In 1985, Soda Stereo visited Los Angeles California for a press tour and was interviewed by Miguel Banojian, a U.S. journalist with a degree from UCLA , who was also the first Hispanic rock concert promoter in Los Angeles, and was scheduling Hispanic music concerts around Hollywood in clubs like…
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The band hired Bruce Kulick , the brother of Balance ‘s Bob Kulick , in 1985 to replace St. John.
” Never ” (No. 4, 1985)
Later on the same year Mr. Banojian repeated the show at the same theater with a second sold out show.
Even with Duran Duran on hold, band members were soon anxious to record new music, leading to a supposedly temporary split into two side projects. John Taylor and Andy Taylor wanted to break away from the Duran Duran sound and pursue hard rock material; they collaborated with lead vocalist Robert…
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for the rest of the 1980s, Kiss released a series of Platinum albums: 1985’s Asylum
” What About Love ” (number 10, 1985)