In January 1989, Claypool and LaLonde were joined by Tim “Herb” Alexander , drummer from the Arizona -based group Major Lingo . A month later, this lineup recorded the band’s first album: Suck on This , a live recording culled from two of their Berkeley Square concerts. The initial pressing…
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The Iron Man (1989, featuring Daltrey and Entwistle and two songs credited to the Who)
Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records contacted Ranno in 1989, telling him of his longtime admiration of the band and asked if Ranno held the rights to any of the band’s material.
Kick was nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1989.
Robertson and Page recorded the cassette Buck Naked in 1989. They subsequently invited brothers Andy and Jim Creeggan, whom they knew from music camp, to join them for performances. A second cassette, Barenaked Lunch , followed in 1990. Stewart joined as drummer that year while Andy Creeggan was studying abroad;…
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Jane’s Addiction was scheduled to begin recording its next album in mid-1989. Navarro later stated he had almost no recollection of working on the album due to his addiction to heroin. Ritual de lo Habitual was released in 1990. To support it, the band embarked on a lengthy tour. Farrell…
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Kiss continued, introducing veteran drummer Eric Singer . Singer had played with Paul Stanley previously, as part of Stanley’s backing band during a 1989 solo tour.
Steve Mackey , a fellow Sheffielder and supportive fan, was also studying in London by this time and was asked to join as a bass player. In 1989, Fire Records approached Cocker about re-signing Pulp, promising a £10,000 recording budget; still wary from their prior experience with the label, the…
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In 1989, the Who embarked on a 25th anniversary The Kids Are Alright reunion tour as a 15-piece band comprising Daltrey, Townshend and Entwistle with Bundrick, drummer Simon Phillips , percussionist Jody Linscott , guitarist Steve “Boltz” Bolton , a horn section of Simon Clarke, Simon Gardner, Roddy Lorimer ,…
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In 1989, Noe Goldwasser, the founding editor of Guitar World , described Are You Experienced as “the album that shook the world … leaving it forever changed”. In 2005, Rolling Stone called the double-platinum LP Hendrix’s “epochal debut”, and they ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time, noting…
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