D.R.I.’s second full-length album, Dealing with It! , was released in March 1985 on Metal Blade Records . The group toured extensively in support of the album. During the recording of the album, Josh Pappe took a leave from the band. Mikey Offender (Mikey Donaldson – bass player of The…
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At the 1985 Brit Awards held at London’s Grosvenor Hotel on 11 February, the band received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
In 1985 the first TV film about the band was made, but it was never broadcast because communist TV leaders labelled it as “unsuitable for socialist youth.” In 1986, the secret police seized the band’s passports to prohibit them from performing at the Polish music festival Jarocin. At the beginning…
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During their North American tour, the band met James Hetfield and Scott Ian at their CBGB show in New York. Upon their return to Britain, singer Nick Dobson had decided to remain in the US and Hoddy took over vocal duties, reducing the band to a trio. With this line-up…
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The band’s “Mighty and Superior” was voted number 53 best song of the year by the John Peel Festive Fifty radio show audience in 1985, a year that show played a top 70.
Davidson (who had previously recorded with the Sage-produced Rancid Vat in 1985) played bass on The Jesus and Mary Chain ‘s 1993 EP Sound of Speed .
Pryor issued a retrospective album consisting of demos and live tracks on his Syndicate label, the success of which prompted the band to reform and record a what was to be marketed as a live album, Loud, Proud, and Punk . It was recorded in a studio, with crowd noise…
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The band’s only release of 1985 was the British single ” Bonzo Goes to Bitburg “; though it was available in the United States only as an import, it was played widely on American college radio. The song was written, primarily by Joey, in protest of Ronald Reagan ‘s visit…
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Soon after, Graffin reassembled Bad Religion with Circle Jerks guitarist Greg Hetson replacing Gurewitz, who had gone into rehab for his drug problem. Bad Religion returned to a somewhat mellower, rock and roll version of their original sound with the Back to the Known EP. Eventually the band split toward…
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In January 1985, the B-52s performed in Brazil at Rock in Rio for their largest crowd ever. Later in the year, the band struggled to write new material for their next album. The band members all lived together in the same house and felt that collaboration was not working, so…
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