In 1988, Cooper’s contract with MCA Records expired and he signed with Epic Records . Then in 1989 his career finally experienced a legitimate revival with the Desmond Child produced and Grammy -nominated studio album Trash , which spawned a hit single ” Poison “, which reached No. 2 in…
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In late 1988 Soda Stereo were considered the most important band of Latin American pop/rock. They began to work on a new album alongside Puerto Rican producer Carlos Alomar . Alomar had worked with David Bowie , Mick Jagger , Simple Minds , Iggy Pop , and Paul McCartney ,…
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In January 1988, Jane’s Addiction went into the studio to record its major label debut and follow-up to Jane’s Addiction , Nothing’s Shocking . Warner Bros. gave Jane’s Addiction a list of producers to choose from, and the group chose Dave Jerden .
In 1988, with the Rolling Stones inactive, Richards released his first solo album, Talk Is Cheap , which reached No. 37 in the UK and No. 24 in the US.
Nothing’s Shocking was released in 1988. “Mountain Song” was released as a single; MTV refused to air the song’s music video because of a scene containing full frontal nudity. Farrell then decided to release the music video commercially with added live footage to create the Soul Kiss home video. Because…
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The parties reached a legal agreement on 23 December; Mason and Gilmour retained the right to use the Pink Floyd name in perpetuity and Waters received exclusive rights to, among other things, The Wall .
In December 1987 the “classic lineup” of Ingle, Brann, Dorman and Bushy got together at The Roxy Theatre to prepare for a thirty date tour of the East Coast in the winter and spring of 1988 that culminated with an appearance at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary celebration at Madison Square…
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A Momentary Lapse of Reason was released in September 1987. Thorgerson, whose creative input was absent from The Wall and The Final Cut , designed the album cover. To emphasise that Waters had left the band, they included a group photograph on the inside cover—the first since Meddle —featuring only…
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Soda’s first show in Mexico occurred on 4 August 1987 at the Magic Circus in Mexico City .
On 23 April 1987, Soda broke records for ticket sales in Paraguay with their show at the Yacht Club.