In 1979, Willy DeVille’s love of art and French culture led him to relocate to Paris for a short while. Here he took his band in a new direction and recorded an entirely original album called Le Chat Bleu . For this album, DeVille wrote several songs with Rock and…
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and a gruelling 1979 North American tour in which the band drove themselves and their equipment around the country in a Ford Econoline van.
After being dropped by Capitol and manager Aucoin, Starz split up in mid 1979. Dube and Ranno put together a trio with bassist Peter Scance called Hard Core. In late 1980 Starz reunited with a lineup of Smith, Ranno, Harkin, Davis, with Doug Madick on drums. The group played clubs…
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ZZ Top signed with Warner Bros. Records and released the album Degüello in late 1979.
Prior to forming the Beastie Boys, Michael Diamond , a childhood friend of Adam Yauch , played in bands including the Walden Jazz Band and BAN. The Young Aborigines formed in 1979. In 1981, when the bassist, Jeremy Shatan, left New York City for the summer, the remaining members Diamond,…
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Lacking a recording deal and money, creative differences split the band in 1979, leading to the Document and Eyewitness LP (1981), a recording of a live performance that featured, almost exclusively, new material. The album was described as “disjointed”, “unrecognizable as rock music” and “almost unlistenable”. The LP came packaged…
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Back in 1979, he had made a well-received debut as the “Ace Face” in the British drama film Quadrophenia , a film loosely based on the Who ‘s 1973 rock opera , followed by a role as a mechanic in love with Eddie Cochran ‘s music in Chris Petit ‘s…
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On 29 September of that year, Alberts released the Out of the Blue four-track EP, which provided the third studio version of “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again” in three years. The EP reached No. 29 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. On New Year’s Eve 1979,…
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It was released theatrically, after many changes, outside the U.S. in 1979 under the title Attack of the Phantoms .
Fishbone got started in 1979 as a “disparate, all-black oddball crew” when the members were in junior high school. The Fisher brothers, Jones, Dowd, and Kibby were all from South Central Los Angeles and were included in a school busing program that sent them daily to the San Fernando Valley…
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