On 2 October 1991 (Sting’s 40th birthday), Summers joined Sting on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during The Soul Cages Tour to perform “Walking on the Moon”, “Every Breath You Take”, and “Message in a Bottle”.
and performing their first gigs at the Estadio Obras in October 1991.
Their first EP, To Mother , was composed of outtakes from Spanking Machine and was released in July 1991
For Fugazi’s second studio album, Steady Diet of Nothing , released in July 1991, the band again asked Ted Niceley to produce. Niceley had become a chef and had to reluctantly turn down the job, so the band decided to produce the record themselves. After the success of Repeater and…
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The Saints issued a compilation album, Songs of Salvation and Sin 1976–1988 in 1990 on Raven Records with liner notes penned by Glenn A. Baker . Over the years, Kuepper had grown unhappy with Bailey’s ongoing use of the Saints name and, in particular, with Baker crediting Bailey for the…
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Drummer Pete Finestone left Bad Religion again in April 1991 to focus on his other band, the Fishermen, which had signed with a major label, and Bobby Schayer joined the band as his replacement. In May 1991, Bad Religion entered the Westbeach Recorders studio to begin recording material for their…
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On 2 March 1991, a reissue of “Should I Stay or Should I Go” gave the Clash their first and only number-one UK single.
In early 1991, Hank left the band and was replaced by Fred Backus on guitar to record Political Sin in March 1991 for the Benefit for Beer compilation. Soon more changes were in the works, with new guitarist Fred heading off to school. C Squat’s Scott temporarily filled Fred’s shoes…
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Babes in Toyland subsequently performed alongside Sonic Youth at 1991’s Reading Festival , which was documented in Dave Markey ‘s music documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke .
The band was on the verge of breaking up when a German promoter offered them a contract to tour Europe. Cheetah quit the band after this tour and was replaced by Dom Pompeo, with whom they recorded their fourth LP Exile from Floontown . Released in 1991 (on CD, unlike…
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