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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Something Happens’ first release was the self-released “Two Chances” EP, which attracted the attention of Virgin Records . After initially declining the label, the band agreed to a second proposal and released a live EP, I Know Ray Harman , in 1988.
At the 1988 Brit Awards , at the Royal Albert Hall , the band were given the British Phonographic Industry ‘s Lifetime Achievement Award. The short set they played there was the last time Jones played with the Who until 2014.
Meanwhile, the band’s most successful song “Antisocial” was covered (in English) in 1988 by Anthrax on their State of Euphoria album and became one of their most popular songs and videos. A year later Anthrax also recorded the French version of the song, which is featured on their 1989 EP…
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They temporarily lost contact with Burckhard, and instead practiced with Dale Crover of the Melvins, with whom Nirvana recorded its first demos in January 1988.
Turner wanted to start a band that practiced before playing to a live audience. He and Arm began songwriting with Bundle of Hiss drummer Dan Peters . The trio decided that Matt Lukin , who had recently left Melvins , should join the band as bassist. The band’s first practice…
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