In January 1987, Sears returned to Dag Nasty and was replaced by Brendan Canty, formerly of Rites of Spring . One day, Picciotto, Canty’s Rites of Spring bandmate, dropped by during a practice session to see how his friend was getting along; he later admitted he secretly harbored the idea…
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Operation Ivy’s first live performance was on May 27, 1987, in Dave Mello’s garage. The next day began a tradition of performances at the Berkeley punk collective center 924 Gilman Street . Operation Ivy began playing a number of performances which led to its almost immediate cult-following.
Radical Dance Faction (RDF) were founded by Chris Bowsher in Hungerford in 1987. Originally known as Military Surplus, the band have experienced many line up changes, with at least thirty different people having been part of the band at one time or another. Bowsher is the only person who has…
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Late in 1987, the Damned began to work on a new studio album for MCA, but the output of these sessions remains unreleased as the record contract was dissolved. Two of the new songs (“Gunning for Love” and “The Loveless and the Damned”) were later rerecorded by the Dave Vanian…
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On December 16, 1987, during the recording of the first All album Allroy Sez , Pat McCuistion died when his fishing boat sank during a storm. Stevenson remarked that “He had 15,000 pounds of fish onboard, so I guess you could say he died in heated pursuit of All. He…
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This lineup played several concerts in a crossover metal style. Bri and Jon decided this wasn’t the direction they wanted the band to move in. Consequently, they left the crossover style of heavy metal music and decided to move toward a Discharge -influenced crust punk -style that Doom became known…
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Babes in Toyland formed in 1987 after frontwoman Kat Bjelland met drummer Lori Barbero at a friend’s barbecue. Originally from Woodburn, Oregon and a former resident of San Francisco , Bjelland had moved to Minneapolis to form a band. Bjelland was a self-taught guitarist, and at the time Barbero had…
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In 1987, Anti-Nowhere League disbanded. However, there was a belated ‘farewell’ show at the Victoria Hall in Tunbridge Wells, in 1989, which was recorded and can be heard on their live album Live Animals .
The Live At The Ritz video was recorded next, on June 27, 1987, at The Ritz in New York, during the band’s worldwide Crossover tour.
The group began performing shows at local art galleries and other venues in late 1987.