Equator (March 1985) sold poorly, due to the fact that “CBS just did a terrible job getting it into the shops”, as Box saw it. On the other hand, what Kirk Blows described as “a solid piece of product that had the potential to do extremely well” was regarded less…
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In March 1985, the band returned to Sydney’s Rhinoceros Studios and recorded the Listen Like Thieves album along with producer Chris Thomas (the Sex Pistols , Pink Floyd , the Pretenders , Elton John ). As the band was finishing the recording sessions, Thomas stated that the album was not…
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By this time Gerry Bron was Uriah Heep manager no longer (they were looked after by Neil Warnock in Europe and Blue Öyster Cult’s management team in the US) and then, finally, Bronze Records collapsed under the weight of debts, which, according to Box, “cost Heep a lot of money”.…
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At the 1985 Brit Awards held at London’s Grosvenor Hotel on 11 February, the band received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
Blue Öyster Cult re-united with Albert Bouchard for a California tour in February 1985, infamously known as the ‘Albert Returns’ Tour. This arrangement was only temporary and caused more tensions between the band and Bouchard, since he had thought he would be staying on permanently, which was not the case.…
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On 26 January 1985, Soda played the Rock in Bali festival in Argentine port city of Mar del Plata .
In January 1985, The Membranes appeared on The Tube and released the Death to Trad Rock EP which reached number 8 in the UK Indie Chart and saw the band on the front cover of Sounds . At this point Tilton left the band: he was replaced shortly after by…
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The band moved to Capitol Records and their first album for the label was simply titled Heart (1985).
After the departure of Race and Lane, the remaining members moved to West Berlin, Germany in 1985
Two other former Ratt members and bandmates in Sarge—guitarist Chris Hager and bassist Matt Thorne , a.k.a. Matt Thorr (who replaced Cristofanilli)—would also soon join Rough Cutt. After his departure, Cristofanilli temporarily joined Ratt himself, later joining forces with members of the band Sin, who went on to release the…
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