The Wrights began working with guitarist Tom Holliston as the Hanson Brothers in 1989. The earliest sessions from this time still featured John Wright on drums; however, Ken Jensen of D.O.A. soon joined as the drummer and John Wright devoted himself to the lead vocals. After releasing a debut 7-inch,…
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“Fork Down Throat” was performed as a Hole song in 1989 at their second and third shows, and verses from “Swamp Pussy” can be found in Hole’s first recorded track, “Turpentine”. Lines such as “spit to see the shine” and “my doll mouth to your deaf ear”, which come from…
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They released their debut album On Yer Toez on Oi! Records in 1989. The album included “House Of The Fascist Scum” an anti-fascist cover version of House of the Rising Sun .
At the tour’s conclusion in December, the band recorded songs for its intended debut album, but the band was exhausted from touring and found the resulting sessions were unsatisfactory. The track list was cut down to an EP and released as Margin Walker the next year. Both EPs were eventually…
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In December 1988, the Ramones recorded material for their eleventh studio album, and what was originally intended to be a “comeback” for the band, Brain Drain was co-produced by Beauvoir, Rey, and Bill Laswell .
The following month, the band began recording its debut album, Bleach , with local producer Jack Endino .
The idea of forming Atheist Rap came to vocalists Aleksandar Popov (also known as Dr. Pop) and Vladimir Kozbašić (also known as Pećinko) at the Rambo Amadeus concert, which took place on 29 November 1988, at the local club Mašinac. They merged with members of Fluorel Tatchkash, Vladimir Radusinović (also…
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Nirvana released its first single, a cover of Shocking Blue ‘s ” Love Buzz “, in November 1988 on the Seattle independent record label Sub Pop .
When bassist Colin Dredd contracted pleurisy , he left the band; Mac (Travis Cut /The Pharaohs /The Skabilly Rebels) was brought in to play bass for some farewell shows (at which the band’s entire catalogue was played), and the band called it quits in October 1988.
In 1983, the band released the three-song Shake Up the City EP on Abstract Records, which they also recorded at Jacobs studios. Drummer Kim Wylie played on the EP and for the subsequent tours of the UK, Europe, and the US. They again played several concerts in Poland in 1983…
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