In December 1980, Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York City apartment by Mark David Chapman , an American former Beatles fan.
In the 1980s, the Beach Boys transitioned into an oldies act and spent the next several years touring, often playing in front of large audiences, and recording songs for film soundtracks and various artists compilations. On June 21, 1980, they performed a concert at Knebworth , England, later released in…
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Formed in Dayton, Ohio , in the early 1980s, Guided by Voices began their career as a bar band working the local scene. As lineups and day-jobs shifted, however, Pollard moved the band towards a studio-only orientation. Guided by Voices’ recording career began with a stream of self-financed, independent releases…
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The Wall was supported by Pink Floyd’s first single since “Money”, ” Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) “, which topped the charts in the US and the UK. The Wall was released on 30 November 1979 and topped the Billboard chart in the US for 15 weeks, reaching…
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The group’s first two albums for CBS, 1979’s L.A. (Light Album) and 1980’s Keepin’ the Summer Alive , struggled in the US, charting at 100 and 75 respectively, though the band did manage a top-forty single from L.A. (Light Album) with ” Good Timin’ “. The recording of these albums…
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In 1979, the band sued the producers, settling for several million dollars in damages.
After their return to the US, the Metamorphosis group played a few homecoming shows in early 1979, joined by Erik Brann for guest appearances. Later in 1979, Bushy returned to his other group, Gold, and the next IB lineup was: Mike Pinera, Lee Dorman, Doug Ingle, a returning John Leimseider…
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IB’s lineup was in a constant state of flux from late 1979 on as exhibited in the following groupings: Brann, Dorman, Leimseider, Caldwell and Hasbrook (1979); Pinera, Brann, Dorman, Hasbrook, Caldwell and Nathan Pino – keyboards (1979); Dorman, Brann, Hasbrook, Tim Kislan – keyboards, Zam Johnson – drums and Starz…
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The group had still owed one more album for Reprise. Released in September 1978, M.I.U. Album was recorded at Maharishi International University in Iowa at the suggestion of Love. The band originally attempted to record a Christmas album, to be titled Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys , but this…
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In July 1978, amid a financial crisis caused by negligent investments, Waters presented two ideas for Pink Floyd’s next album. The first was a 90-minute demo with the working title Bricks in the Wall; the other later became Waters’s first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking .…
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