A meeting at the manager’s office concerning the songwriting dissent was the last straw and, in September 1980, Hensley quit. Gregg Dechert, a Canadian who had worked with Sloman in Pulsar, came in and the band went on a 23-date tour of the UK. After recording an album’s worth of…
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In September 1980, Queen performed three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden.
One of Bauhaus’ first US shows was in a venue called Space Place in Chicago, Illinois in September 1980, booked by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher, the owners of the independent record label Wax Trax! Records .
Duran Duran spent the next months writing, developing and demoing their songs and performed in clubs around Birmingham and London. In September 1980 they had written all of what would become their debut album. Touring as an opening act for Hazel O’Connor , the band attracted critical attention, resulting in…
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On 18 August 1980, after a show in Bloomington, Minnesota , Ward quit the band.
Carter left the band in August 1980, after the band’s UK tour with Ted Nugent , to join UFO and later Gary Moore . His replacement was guitarist John Lockton (ex- Next Band , Red Alert) whose first appearance was on the band’s Japanese tour in the autumn of 1980…
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In August 1980, she released her second LP, Crimes of Passion , featuring her signature song ” Hit Me with Your Best Shot ” along with the controversial song ” Hell Is for Children .” The lyrics of the song discuss things that child abusers tell their victims, such as,…
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CBS dismissed this idea and the band released only one single—an original reggae song called ” Bankrobber “, in August.
In August 1980, the band travelled to North America to play four dates in cities such as Toronto , Chicago and New York .
On July 30, 1980, Kiss introduced Carr on ABC’s Kids Are People Too! , which would air in September.