The foundations for the Offspring began with guitarist/vocalist Bryan “Dexter” Holland (who was a drummer at the time) and bassist Greg “K.” Kriesel playing music together in a garage in Cypress, California , in 1983. After hearing the T.S.O.L. album Change Today? at a party, and following a riot at…
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The film, directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola from the S. E. Hinton novel, also had a song released to radio on A&M Records ” Don’t Box Me In ” (UK singles chart n. 91)—a collaboration between Copeland and singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway , leader of the band Wall of…
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Gautrey replaced French on vocals. Later that year, the band released the single “No More” b/w “Rebel Devil”, which was the first new music under the Atomic Rooster name since 1983. This was sold only at the band’s concerts.
The 1983 single ” Confusion ” firmly established the group as a dance music force, inspiring many musicians in subsequent years.
The band’s debut album, No Parole from Rock ‘n’ Roll was released in late 1983 on Rocshire Records. Decent support was given by MTV to the lead single, “Island in the Sun”, which showed a heavy Rainbow influence. Despite the commercial nature of the song, it received little radio play.…
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Subterranean Jungle , produced by Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin, was released in 1983. According to Trouser Press , it brought the band “back to where they once belonged: junky ’60s pop adjusted for current tastes”, which among other things meant “easing off the breakneck rhythm that was once Ramones…
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The Smiths signed with the American record label Sire Records in late 1983, after its owner, Seymour Stein , agreed to buy Marr an electric guitar, as Marr had heard Stein had for Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones . Marr bought a 1960 Gibson ES-355 at a shop on…
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Fishbone were signed to Columbia Records in 1983 after being spotted at a club gig by Brian O’Neal of The BusBoys .
Townshend wanted the Who to stop touring and become a studio act; Entwistle threatened to quit, saying, “I don’t intend to get off the road … there’s not much I can do about it except hope they change their minds”. Townshend did not change his mind, and so the Who,…
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In December 1982, the Smiths recorded their second demo, at the Drone Studios in Chorlton-cum-Hardy ; the tracks recorded were ” What Difference Does It Make? “, “Handsome Devil” and “Miserable Lie”. This was used as their audition tape for the record company EMI , who turned the band down.…
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