At Expo ’70 , members of Canadian rock band Lighthouse saw Flower Travellin’ Band perform, liked what they saw and suggested they go to Canada. The group quickly recorded their first album of original material, Satori released in 1971, to have something to bring with them. In December 1970, they…
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In autumn 1970, the Alice Cooper group teamed with producer Bob Ezrin for the recording of their third studio album, Love It to Death . This was the final album in their Straight Records contract and the band’s last chance to create a hit. That first success came with the…
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While Loaded was finalized and mixed, it had yet to be mastered and was not set to be released by Atlantic until November of that year.
and with the pending release of Loaded in November 1970
the band, now with Sterling Morrison on guitar, Moe Tucker on drums, Walter Powers on bass, and Doug Yule taking over lead vocals and guitar, played periodic shows to promote the album from November 1970 to August 1971, playing shows around the U.S.
In October 1970, Pink Floyd released Atom Heart Mother . An early version premièred in England in January, but disagreements over the mix prompted the hiring of Ron Geesin to work out the sound problems. Geesin worked to improve the score, but with little creative input from the band, production…
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the recording of the Velvet Underground’s final performance with Reed (also with Doug Yule, Morrison, and Billy Yule) made by a fan, Brigid Polk , on August 23, 1970.
Alice Cooper appeared at the Woodstock -esque Strawberry Fields Festival near Toronto , Ontario, in August 1970. The band’s mix of glam and increasingly violent stage theatrics stood out in stark contrast to the bearded, denim-clad hippie bands of the time. As Cooper himself stated: “We were into fun, sex,…
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Disillusioned with the lack of progress the band was making, and facing pressure by manager Steve Sesnick , Reed quit the band during the last week of the Max’s Kansas City shows in August 1970.
During the Loaded recording sessions, the Velvets (with Billy Yule deputizing on drums) secured a nine-week residency (from June 24 – August 28, 1970) at the New York nightclub Max’s Kansas City , playing two lengthy sets per night with altered arrangements of songs from their previous albums and the…
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