The stabilized lineup quickly set about recording and playing shows, and by late 1988 had become one of Seattle’s more promising bands. Wood’s exuberant on-stage personality, outlandish clothes, and dreamy lyrics helped bring attention to the band. Years later in the 1996 grunge documentary Hype! , Seattle engineer Jack Endino…
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Nothing’s Shocking was released in 1988. “Mountain Song” was released as a single; MTV refused to air the song’s music video because of a scene containing full frontal nudity. Farrell then decided to release the music video commercially with added live footage to create the Soul Kiss home video. Because…
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In 1988, the compilation album The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 was released and the single “I Fought The Law” was reissued and reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart.
Anti-Flag was originally formed in 1988 by Justin Sane and Pat Thetic. Various guitarists and bassists joined and left the band during the band’s early years, including Sane’s sister, Lucy Fester, who was formerly part of the Chicago band Toothpaste. The band failed to solidify and disbanded after performing in…
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Woodward left the band in early 1988, reportedly because he believed that the band were moving away from their punk roots.
The follow-up to The Final Countdown was entitled Out of This World and was released in 1988. The biggest hit from the album was ” Superstitious ” which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. “Superstitious” would be the last…
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Following the 1988 American tour in support of Diesel and Dust with Australian band Yothu Yindi , Midnight Oil launched the Building Bridges – Australia Has A Black History album with various artists contributing, including Paul Kelly , Scrap Metal , Coloured Stone, Hunters & Collectors , James Reyne ,…
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In early 1988, Arm played Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt a poor boombox recording Mudhoney had made. Pavitt suggested the band record with producer Jack Endino and offered to release it on Sub Pop. This recording session resulted in Mudhoney’s first single, ” Touch Me I’m Sick “. The band…
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The final demo, completed in 1988, was named The Treehouse Tapes and found its way to music managers Kelly Curtis and Susan Silver , who also managed the Seattle-based band Soundgarden .
So Far, So Good… So What! was released in January 1988 and was well received by fans and critics. The album featured a cover version of the Sex Pistols ‘ ” Anarchy in the U.K. “; Mustaine changed the lyrics, later admitting that he had simply heard them incorrectly. To…
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