Blue Cheer was once again inactive in the early 1980s. There was another attempt to reunite in 1983, but that fell through. In 1984, Peterson had better luck when he returned with Whaley and Rainier as Blue Cheer and a brand new album The Beast Is Back , which was…
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by early 1980 the band had signed a five-album record deal with a Sydney independent label, Deluxe Records, run by Michael Browning, a former manager of AC/DC .
Ward left the band in 1980, to be replaced by Paul Gray , formerly of Eddie and the Hot Rods . The Black Album was released later that year, produced by the band themselves apart from one track produced by Hans Zimmer , with three sides of the double album…
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Over the next four years, the band toured non-stop, never taking more than two weeks to record an album. Their album Women and Children First was released in 1980, and further cemented Van Halen’s platinum-selling status to Warner Bros. It yielded two hit singles, ” And the Cradle Will Rock……
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Bauhaus released two more singles, ” Dark Entries ” in January 1980
They played their first show on April 5, 1980, supported by the Side Effects at O’Brien’s birthday party held in the same church, performing a mix of originals and 1960s and 1970s covers. After considering names such as “Cans of Piss”, “Negro Eyes”, and “Twisted Kites”, the band settled on…
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Blues Traveler originated as a high school garage band in Princeton, New Jersey in the mid-1980s. Harmonicist, singer and guitarist John Popper and drummer Brendan Hill formed a group called The Establishment (later renamed Blues Band) with Hill’s brother on bass and a rotating roster of guitarists. The band produced…
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In the 1980s, Vedder worked part time as a night clerk at a local gas station . Through the Southern California music scene, Vedder met former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons , who became a friend and would play basketball with him. Later in 1990, Irons gave him…
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The band continued to have success during the new wave of British heavy metal period, playing the Reading Festival in 1980 and then headlining the festival in 1982. They built a particular following in Poland , where they played as the first heavy metal band behind the Iron Curtain ,…
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by mid-1980 had achieved gold status.