After high school, Dando enrolled at Skidmore College but could not maintain his grades and dropped out to pursue a musical career. Having signed to local label Taang! Records , the Lemonheads released the albums Hate Your Friends (1987), Creator (1988), and Lick (1989) with Deily and Dando sharing lead…
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In late 1989 the band signed to new Geffen Records imprint DGC Records . They chose John Leckie to produce their first album for the label and Dear 23 was released in August 1990. ” Golden Blunders ” reached No. 17 on the U.S. Modern Rock charts. Ringo Starr covered…
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While on his Lock Up the Wolves US tour in August 1990, former Sabbath vocalist Ronnie James Dio was joined onstage at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium by Geezer Butler to perform “Neon Knights”. Following the show, the two expressed interest in rejoining Sabbath. Butler convinced Iommi, who in turn broke…
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Dale Crover filled in on drums on Nirvana’s seven-date American West Coast tour with Sonic Youth that August.
Alice in Chains soon became a top priority of the label, which released the band’s first official recording in July 1990, a promotional EP called We Die Young . The EP’s lead single, ” We Die Young “, became a hit on metal radio. After its success, the label rushed…
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That July, Nirvana recorded the single ” Sliver ” with Mudhoney drummer Dan Peters .
This was followed by a set at a charity gig at the 1990 Knebworth Festival on 30 June, headlined by Pink Floyd .
They held their first anniversary concert, Kurofuku Gentei Gig ( 黒服限定GIG ; “dress code black gig”) , at Machida Play House on June 10, where they distributed the free demo “Lastly”.
For the next Howe-era album, 1988’s Dangerous Age , the band replaced Olsen with producer Terry Thomas , who got rid of most of the keyboards and returned the band to a guitar-driven sound. Thomas also added small amounts of keyboards as well as rhythm guitars and backing vocals and…
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Ralphs, who was taking care of personal and family matters, sat out for most of the Holy Water tour, although he did perform on the album. Beginning in June 1990, Ralphs was replaced on the road and in the videos by ex-Crawler guitarist Geoff Whitehorn and producer Thomas guested on…
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