The band’s 1978 follow-up album Return to Magenta continued in the same vein as Cabretta , but with a twist. “We went against strings on the first album—decided it should be outright, raw, and rude.” On Return to Magenta , Willy DeVille and producers Nitzsche and Steve Douglas employed lavish…
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Following the 1978 US Tour , the band appeared on the first show of the fourth season of the TV series Saturday Night Live .
Original Quiet Riot bassist Kelly Garni, who had been fired from the band after hatching a plan to kill the vocalist in 1978, urged fans to be patient and not offer any speculation until authorities ruled on the cause of death. Recognizing the negativity DuBrow’s behavior had created among fans…
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Filming commenced in the spring of 1978.
one (“Don’t Care”) entering the UK singles chart that year
Wipers’ first single, “Better Off Dead”, was released in 1978 on Sage’s own Trap Records. Sage wanted to make his own recordings and manufacture and run his own label without outside financing. In 1979, Sage approached several Portland punk bands (including Neo Boys , Sado-Nation and Stiphnoyds) and asked them…
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The group’s fortunes changed in 1978 with the release of Some Girls , which included the hit single ” Miss You “, the country ballad ” Far Away Eyes “, ” Beast of Burden “, and ” Shattered “. In part as a response to punk, many songs, particularly ”…
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By 1978, they “were Australia’s highest paid band, attracting record crowds wherever they played. As the consummate frontman, the charismatic Doc Neeson injected a strong theatrical edge into the band’s on-stage antics. The Angels were often seen as a punk/new wave outfit, yet the high energy sound, powerful guitar riffing…
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Daniel Ash, his friend David J. Haskins and Haskins’ younger brother Kevin had played together in various bands since childhood such as Jam and Jackplug & the Sockets, playing cover songs by the Rolling Stones and the Beatles . Ash initially tried unsuccessfully to convince his school friend Peter Murphy…
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releasing several UK singles in 1978