Amid rumors that the band was disbanding due to Cobain’s health, Nirvana headlined the closing night of the 1992 Reading Festival in England. Cobain programmed the performance lineup. Nirvana’s performance at Reading is often regarded as one of the most memorable of their career. A few days later, Nirvana performed…
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Bassist Michelle Leon left the group in early 1992, shortly after the murder of Joe Cole , her then boyfriend.
In 1992 Big Black’s catalog reverted to Touch and Go Records, who re-released their entire discography and kept their records in print long after the band’s breakup.
Fontanelle was released in 1992, and sold over 250,000 copies in the United States alone.
Lagwagon originally started under the name Section 8 but were dissatisfied with the name because multiple other bands were already using it. According to the liner notes of the re-release of Duh , it was Fat Mike ‘s idea to switch to Lagwagon based on the already written song of…
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In 1992, Attaque 77 released their third studio album Ángeles caidos , which first made their name widely recognizable, and the last with Adrián Vera, replaced by Luciano Scaglione.
In 1992, WIZO’s album, Bleib Tapfer (English translation: “Stay Brave”) was released. On the first anniversary of German pop-star Roy Black ‘s death, WIZO released the single “Roy Black ist tot” (English translation: “Roy Black Is Dead”) as a dubious tribute. The tribute in question was a punk cover of…
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the sessions were released as The Peel Sessions — the band’s second EP — in 1992.
In 1992, Animal was told by JB that Metallica wanted him to guest at Wembley Arena , when they did their cover version of “So What”. Animal puts it thus on ANL’s website: “As I waited on the edge of the stage waiting to go on it suddenly dawned on…
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In 1990, the band was featured as the nightclub performers in the Direct-to-Video film, Pale Blood . Songs included were Fire and the Rain, Bite the Hand That Feeds, and So Strange. In 1991, Restless Records released the Real Live Sound live album, recorded at The Roxy in Hollywood on…
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