Funplex , the band’s first original album in 16 years (since 1992’s Good Stuff ), was released on March 25, 2008, by Astralwerks . Talking about the record’s sound, Strickland noted, “It’s loud, sexy rock and roll with the beat turned up to hot pink.” The album was produced by…
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Fugazi recorded its third album, In on the Kill Taker , in the fall of 1992 with Steve Albini in Chicago, but the results were deemed unsatisfactory and the band rerecorded the album with Niceley and Don Zientara . With the breakthrough of alternative rock in the early 1990s, In…
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In 1992, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana went into the Rough Trade Shop in Talbot Road, London, in search of a new copy of The Raincoats , and Jude Crighton sent him around the corner to see da Silva at her cousin’s antique shop. Cobain wrote passionately about this meeting in…
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In January 1992, the album displaced Michael Jackson ‘s Dangerous at number one on the Billboard album charts, and topped the charts in numerous other countries.
The band reformed in 1992 with the earlier line up of Bri, Jon, Pete and Stick. They toured Japan and recorded a 12-inch of new songs released on the label Vinyl Japan. This proved to be the last recording with this line up. About this point the band almost split…
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D.R.I. toured throughout 1992 and 1993 in support of Definition , including opening for Testament , as well as headlining their own shows. During this tour, they recorded their gig at the Hollywood Palladium on November 27, 1992, and it was released in 1994 as their first live album, appropriately…
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Against All Authority was founded in Cutler Ridge, Florida , in 1992 , driven by willingness to promote their message—”questioning our economic differences and promoting our human similarities”. A strong engagement in political and social issues is clearly evident in their lyrics. The band maintain a fierce DIY stance influenced…
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The month Nevermind reached number one, Billboard proclaimed, “Nirvana is that rare band that has everything: critical acclaim, industry respect, pop radio appeal, and a rock-solid college/alternative base.”
By Christmas 1991, Nevermind was selling 400,000 copies a week in the US.
While still in high school in Ukiah, California , lead vocalist Davey Havok formed a band called AFI in November 1991 with Mark Stopholese and Vic Chalker.