In early 1988, Butthole Surfers were ready to record a new album and wanted to use a modern studio for the first time, choosing a state-of-the-art facility in Texas. The following sessions took only one week, as the band had been performing most of the material for years. The band…
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While touring during the winter of 1988, Butthole Surfers used a portable DAT recorder to tape various concerts. The strongest of these recordings were packaged as Double Live , a limited edition double album released on vinyl and cassette in 1989, and on CD the following year. This was the…
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Constrictor and Raise Your Fist and Yell were recorded with lead guitarist Kane Roberts and bassist Kip Winger , both of whom left the band by the end of 1988 (although Kane Roberts played guitar on ” Bed of Nails ” on Cooper’s 1989 studio album Trash ).
the Fopp EP in 1988
Cooper recorded a music video for the “Poison” B-side ” I Got a Line on You ” after the song was featured on the soundtrack to Iron Eagle II (1988).
Columbia Records was not interested in releasing the Imaginos project as an Albert Bouchard solo album so it was arranged for the record to be released in 1988 by Columbia as a Blue Öyster Cult album, with some new lead vocal overdubs from Bloom and Roeser and lead guitar overdubs…
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All the remaining material from the singles and EPs that had not appeared on these thirteen studio albums was gathered on the two-volume compilation Past Masters (1988).
in 1988 they signed to the independent label SST Records for their debut album, Ultramega OK
On April 7, 1988, Cooper nearly died of asphyxiation after a safety rope broke during a rehearsal concert wherein he pretended to hang himself, a stunt he often performed during live concerts.
In 1988, the Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , their first year of eligibility.