Asia in 1981
The band was formed in 1981 when vocalist Stuart “Snake” Neale (26 April 1963 – 20 December 2006), guitarist Nigel Evans, and keyboard player Jem Davies from the Bedford-based band, Stranger, joined forces with guitarist Mick Newman, bassist Steve Woodward and drummer Allan Vallance.
The band released the ” Statues ” single on their own Reflex Records in January 1981. Playing a show in Chicago brought them to the attention of Black Flag . When Hüsker Dü were ready to release their first album Land Speed Record , Black Flag’s label, SST, was not…
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In the summer of 1981, Gustavo Cerati and Hector Zeta Bosio, then 22 and 23 respectively, met at Punta del Este , Uruguay , both studying majors and both part of rock bands, Cerati with his group Sauvage and Bosio with the Morgan. Cerati and Bosio, each drawn by the…
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Wrote critic Robert Palmer in 1981:
In 1981, King Crimson recorded Discipline in London with producer Rhett Davies , who had previously worked with Belew on Talking Heads’ Remain in Light and with Fripp on Eno’s Another Green World and Before and After Science .
The 1981 their album Allied Forces sold over a million copies in the US, while attaining the highest chart positions any Triumph album would attain; No. 23 in the US and No. 13 in Canada. It included the songs “Fight the Good Fight” and “Magic Power”, the latter of which…
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New Order embarked on a short US tour in early autumn 1980. In these shows, Sumner, Morris and Hook all sang lead vocals on different tracks. Sumner ultimately took the role of frontman even though he struggled to sing while playing guitar. During this tour, the band recorded two tracks…
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In 1981, they signed Gary Grant as their tour manager, who then became co-manager a year later.
After the release of the album and the EP, Henry left to join the Rats , and Koupal moved to Ohio. Sage would rebuild the rhythm section with bassist Brad Davidson and drummer Brad Naish (ex-Stiphnoyds), Wipers recorded a second album for Park Avenue, the last for that label. Youth…
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