In 1986, Alice Cooper officially returned to the music industry with the studio album Constrictor . The album spawned the hits ” He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask) ” (the theme song for the movie Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives ; in the video for the song…
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Their second LP was finally issued as Rembrandt Pussyhorse on Touch and Go in April 1986. Coming out some two years after the original sessions, it featured a different mix and song selection than Alternative Tentacles’ unreleased version. Best known for its minimalist reworking of The Guess Who ‘s ”…
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Dirty Work was released in March 1986 to mixed reviews, reaching No. 4 in both the US and UK.
In February 1986, Wyman alleged to author Bill German that Jagger tried several times to throw him out of the band. German chose not to report this in his Beggars Banquet newsletter at that time given the poor state of relations within the band.
The Rolling Stones played a private tribute concert for him at London’s 100 Club in February 1986.
Two days later they were presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award .
However, by the end of 1986, Gilmour had decided to make the material into a Pink Floyd project, the first without Waters.
The rest of the recordings, as well as some alternative takes and instrumental tracks were later bundled on Another View , an album released in 1986. After Reed’s departure, he later reworked a number of these songs for his solo records over the years: “Stephanie Says”, “Ocean”, “I Can’t Stand…
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In 1986, Gilmour began recruiting musicians for a new project.
More unreleased recordings of the band, some of them demos and unfinished tracks, were released in 1986 as Another View .