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 .
On 26 December 1979, Queen played the opening night at the Concert for the People of Kampuchea in London, having accepted a request by the event’s organiser, Paul McCartney . The concert was the last date of their Crazy Tour of London.
By the end of the Dynasty tour in December 1979, tensions between Criss and the rest of the band were at an all-time high. His drumming skills had noticeably eroded, and he even intentionally slowed down—or stopped playing altogether—during some concerts. The final show of the tour (December 16, 1979)…
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AC/DC released their first theatrical concert film , AC/DC: Let There Be Rock , which was recorded on 9 December 1979 in Paris during their Highway to Hell Tour on 1 September 1980. It was produced and directed by Eric Dionysius and Eric Mistler and distributed by Warner Bros.
On 3 December 1979, a crowd crush at a Who gig at the Riverfront Coliseum , Cincinnati killed 11 fans. This was partly due to the festival seating , where the first to enter get the best positions. Some fans waiting outside mistook the band’s soundcheck for the concert, and…
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