An earlier incarnation of the band was known as ‘The Dazzmen,’ fronted by singer Martin Lynch. After Lynch departed to front another early 1980s Dublin band, The Cracker Factory, the band recruited Dunne and rebranded as Something Happens.
Daltrey took a break in 1980 to work on the film McVicar , in which he took the lead role of bank robber John McVicar . The soundtrack album is a Daltrey solo album, though all members of the Who are included in the supporting musicians, and was his most…
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1980 also saw the release of PiL’s first live album, Paris au Printemps – also the group’s last album featuring Jah Wobble. On this release’s album sleeve, the band’s name and all of the track titles were translated into French. The album cover was a painting by John Lydon depicting…
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Farner continued as a solo performer and became a Christian recording artist while Brewer went on to join Frost in Bob Seger ‘s Silver Bullet Band . Farner was promoted by David Fishof in the late 1980s and was a part of Fishof’s concept Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band…
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it peaked at number 9 on the British album chart and at number 27 in the United States, where it was issued in January 1980.
After a flexi-disc debut, the Flexible Membrane EP in 1980, they released the debut single proper “Muscles” in 1982, which was raved over by both the music press and John Peel . That record’s success saw the band sign a deal with Rondelet Records who issued a follow-up, the Pin…
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Rossington, Collins, Wilkeson and Powell formed the Rossington Collins Band , which released two MCA albums, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere in 1980 and This Is The Way in 1981. Deliberately avoiding comparisons with Ronnie Van Zant as well as suggestions that this band was Lynyrd Skynyrd reborn, Rossington and Collins chose…
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The albums Mink DeVille recorded for Atlantic sold well in Europe but not in the United States. Explained Kenny Margolis, who played piano and accordion in DeVille’s early 1980s bands, “I don’t think the American public had a chance to experience him because in America at that time you had…
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By the end of the year, the band scored its highest-charted single at the time, a version of the ballad ” Tell It Like It Is “, which peaked at No. 8.
Later in 1980, Jah Wobble left the band and was not formally replaced. The resulting studio album was notable for its almost complete lack of bass parts. Martin Atkins, who had initially joined at the tail end of the Metal Box sessions, was re-recruited to drum on The Flowers of…
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