In 1982, Tempest’s girlfriend entered Force in the Swedish rock talent contest Rock-SM . Competing against 4000 bands, they won the contest thanks to two songs, “In the Future to Come” and “The King Will Return”. The reward was a record deal with Hot Records. Tempest won the individual award…
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In 1982, Sting furthered his acting career by co-starring in the Richard Loncraine film Brimstone and Treacle . He also had a minor solo hit in the United Kingdom with the movie’s theme song, a cover of the 1929 hit ” Spread a Little Happiness ” (which appeared on the…
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“Love Is a Battlefield” was one of two studio tracks included on the live album, Live from Earth , which was recorded during her sold-out ‘Get Nervous’ world tour of America and Europe in 1982 and 1983, the other being “Lipstick Lies”. The album had mixed success in different countries:…
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Soon afterward, Kiss made major changes to its business dealings – chief among them was severing ties with its manager of nine years, Bill Aucoin, and cutting back on its unwieldy organizational tree. Although Frehley had already decided to leave the band, he was pictured on the covers of 1982’s…
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An aborted fourth studio album recorded in 1982 was later released by Levene as Commercial Zone , which included contributions from bassist Pete Jones. Lydon and Atkins claim that Levene stole the master tapes. Atkins stayed on through a live album (one of the first digital live albums ever recorded),…
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Metallica was ready to record their debut album, but when Metal Blade was unable to cover the cost, they began looking for other options. Concert promoter Jonathan “Jonny Z” Zazula , who had heard the demo No Life ’til Leather (1982), offered to broker a record deal between Metallica and…
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In 1982, the original members, minus Johnson, re-grouped as a quintet with new singer Rob Turnbull and additional guitarist David Stephenson. They went on to record an album titled No Sweat in 1983. The album was released on heavy metal independent record label , Neat Records . It was critically…
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Synchronicity became a No. 1 album in both the UK (where it debuted at No. 1) and the US. It stayed at No. 1 in the UK for two weeks and in the US for seventeen weeks. It was nominated for Grammy Awards for Album of the Year , but…
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On November 13, 1982, the Beastie Boys played Philip Pucci’s birthday for the purposes of his short concert film Beastie . Pucci held the concert in Bard College ‘s Preston Drama Dance Department Theatre. This performance marked the Beastie Boys’ first on-screen appearance in a published motion picture. Pucci’s concept…
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From 1982 to 1983, the new lineup of Kiss became Simmons (the Demon), Stanley (the Starchild), Eric Carr (the Fox) and Vincent (the Wiz).