In the late autumn of 1980, having spent several years on spiritual pursuits and then gradually returning to music (including playing guitar for David Bowie , Brian Eno , Peter Gabriel and Daryl Hall ; pursuing an experimental solo career; and leading the instrumental new wave band The League of…
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In January 1980, Peter Buck met Michael Stipe in Wuxtry Records , the Athens record store where Buck worked. The pair discovered that they shared similar tastes in music, particularly in punk rock and proto-punk artists like Patti Smith , Television , and the Velvet Underground . Stipe said, “It…
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In 1980, though Thin Lizzy were still enjoying considerable success, Lynott launched a solo career with the album, Solo in Soho : this was a Top 30 UK album and yielded two hit singles that year, ” Dear Miss Lonely Hearts ” and “King’s Call”. The latter was a tribute…
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Wickett was replaced by Roger Taylor’s friend and former singer of The Scent Organs Jeff Thomas. In early 1980, they became the resident band at the city’s Rum Runner nightclub.They worked at the club and regularly rehearsed and performed there. Curtis was unhappy with the Rum Runner club scene and…
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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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