The second album Wings of Tomorrow was released one year later. The album got interest from CBS Records who offered them an international contract in 1985. “I think one of the most important albums for the band was Wings of Tomorrow ,” Tempest said, “We were learning how to write…
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In 1985, Soda Stereo visited Los Angeles California for a press tour and was interviewed by Miguel Banojian, a U.S. journalist with a degree from UCLA , who was also the first Hispanic rock concert promoter in Los Angeles, and was scheduling Hispanic music concerts around Hollywood in clubs like…
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The band released Disturbing the Peace in the spring of 1985. The album was produced by Eddie Kramer who had worked with Led Zeppelin , Jimi Hendrix , and Triumph , among others. “God Blessed Video” was the first single and video, yet MTV barely played it. The album peaked…
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She’s the Boss (1985), which reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 13 in the US
Kato and Roeser met at Northwestern University in 1985. They formed Urge Overkill (getting the name from a phrase in the lyrics of the Parliament song ” Funkentelechy “) in Chicago in 1986, with drummer Pat Byrne, and released an EP , Strange, I… , on Ruthless Records . The…
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” Never ” (No. 4, 1985)
In 1985, Scott Weiland and his friends in their band Soi-Disant — guitarist Corey Hickok and drummer David Allin — first encountered Robert DeLeo playing live at various gigs, deciding to track him down after witnessing his shows.
In 1985 Europe recorded the soundtrack for the film On the Loose , which gave them the hit ” Rock the Night “. Several months later, Joey Tempest was asked to write a song for the charity project Swedish Metal Aid . He wrote “Give a Helping Hand”, which would…
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Later on the same year Mr. Banojian repeated the show at the same theater with a second sold out show.
In 1985, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke, having just worked together the previous year on Ralphs’ solo album Take This , decided to reteam for a new project. But in 1986, their label, Atlantic Records , insisted they resume the Bad Company name. However, Paul Rodgers was already engaged with…
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