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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In June 1990, the group toured America as an opening act on Rush ‘s Presto Tour. In August 1990, two songs, “Strike Like Lightning” and “Shadows”, performed by Mr. Big, were exclusively released on the soundtrack album of the action film Navy SEALs .
Suede’s first breakthrough came with their second demo, Specially Suede, which they sent to compete in Demo Clash, a radio show on Greater London Radio hosted by DJ Gary Crowley . “Wonderful Sometimes” won Demo Clash for five consecutive Sundays in 1990, leading to a recording contract with the Brighton-based…
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The legal trouble slowed progress toward the completion of the next album, which took six years to record and produce. Joining Scholz in the album’s development again were Delp and Jim Masdea. In 1985, guitarist Gary Pihl left Sammy Hagar’s touring band to work with Scholz as both a musician…
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Hole released their no wave -influenced debut single ” Retard Girl ” in April 1990
In April 1990, Nirvana began working on their next album with producer Butch Vig at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin .
Blind Melon formed in Los Angeles in March 1990 after West Point, Mississippi , transplants Rogers Stevens and Brad Smith, a guitarist and bassist respectively, met vocalist Shannon Hoon , a native of Lafayette, Indiana . Guitarist Christopher Thorn, originally from Pennsylvania , was added shortly thereafter; the four eventually…
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In late 1989 the band entered a studio in Sausalito, California to record their debut album Apple . Despite some initial difficulties, the record was on time for its projected March 1990 release. Only days before Apple was slated to be released, Wood, who had a long history with drug…
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Released on April 19, 1990, through Dischord Records , Repeater did not initially reach the Billboard 200 charts or become a commercial success. But the band spent most of 1990 and 1991 touring heavily behind Repeater , performing 250 concerts between March 1990 and June 1991, routinely selling out 1,000-plus…
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Food Records finally signed the rechristened band in March 1990.