for the rest of the 1980s, Kiss released a series of Platinum albums: 1985’s Asylum
” What About Love ” (number 10, 1985)
The first U.S. single from the album, ” This Time “, stalled at No. 81 in late 1985,
Although the song ” Notorious ” was a US and UK top ten hit, the album was a relative failure globally, reaching number 16 in the UK and spending one week in the top 50 album chart. The band found they had lost much of the momentum and hysteria they…
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Copeland recorded and filmed The Rhythmatist (1985);
The band moved to Capitol Records and their first album for the label was simply titled Heart (1985).
On the afternoon of 31 December 1984, drummer Rick Allen was involved in a car accident on the A57 road in the countryside a few miles west of Sheffield. While trying to pass another car at a high speed, he lost control of his Corvette C4 , which hit a…
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Soda Stereo presented their debut album at El Teatro Astros on 14 December 1984, their first show at the venue. The TVs there were turned on and out of sync with each other to the theme of “Sobredosis de TV” (TV Overdose), creating a captivating visual effect.
By December 1984, The Swing had gone double platinum , making it one of the five biggest domestic albums in the history of Australian music at the time.
Garrett ran as a Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) candidate for a New South Wales seat in the Australian Senate during the December 1984 federal election , Garrett obtained 9.6% of votes but was unable to obtain the required quota of 12.5%.