Simmons stated in his autobiography Kiss and Make-Up that Van Halen founder Eddie Van Halen was eager to replace Frehley as Kiss’s lead guitarist. Simmons and Eddie’s brother Alex convinced Eddie to remain with Van Halen. Eddie was willing to break up Van Halen due to tensions between himself and…
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In 1985, Crane joined Dexy’s Midnight Runners , playing piano for their album Don’t Stand Me Down and two singles, one becoming the theme song for the television series Brush Strokes .
In April and May 1985, Queen completed the Works Tour with sold-out shows in Australia and Japan.
The band’s 1985 single “Falling” gained some airplay. The 7″ single release contained a prize draw competition in which the prize was a parachute jump (i.e. free-‘falling’) with the band at Bovingdon Green Airfield in Buckinghamshire. The winner (23-year-old John Michael Dunn (later known as John Michael Richards), of Thatto…
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There were concerns about Diesel and Dust and Midnight Oil’s attempts to express indigenous issues to white urban audiences – namely, the question “who holds the power to tell whose history?” The lyrics of “The Dead Heart” tell the story of colonisation from an indigenous point of view but some…
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Fire released the singles ” Little Girl ” (1985), ” Dogs Are Everywhere ” (1986), and ” They Suffocate at Night ” (1987) before finally releasing the band’s next LP Freaks (1987), recorded in one week on a budget of £600 due to record label pressure. Cocker was irritated, and…
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Their first release was the 1985 single ” Party at Ground Zero “, followed by a self-titled EP, Fishbone produced by David Kahne .
When the album was remixed and re-released in 1985 with a non-makeup cover and a slightly different song order, to reflect the band’s roster change and abandonment of its makeup and costumes, Vincent was again absent from the album cover, as then-current lead guitarist, Bruce Kulick , appeared instead. The…
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In 1985, the band released the album Done with Mirrors , their first studio album since reuniting. While the album did receive some positive reviews, it only went gold and failed to produce a hit single or generate any widespread interest. The album’s most notable track, ” Let the Music…
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In January 1985, Queen headlined two nights of the first Rock in Rio festival at Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, and played in front of over 300,000 people each night. The Boston Globe described it as a “mesmerising performance”. Highlights from both nights were released on VHS as Queen: Live…
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