Irish magazine Hot Press was influential in shaping U2’s future; in addition to being one of their earliest allies, the publication’s journalist Bill Graham introduced the band to Paul McGuinness , who agreed to be their manager in mid-1978. With the connections he was making within the music industry, McGuinness…
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In 1978, Queen released Jazz , which reached number two in the UK and number six on the Billboard 200 in the US. The album included the hit singles ” Fat Bottomed Girls ” and ” Bicycle Race ” on a double-sided record. Critical reviews of the album in the…
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On Halloween 1978, the singer bumped into his friend Joe Hasselvander at the Louie’s Rock City club in Falls Church, Virginia while seeing Sex, a band featuring ex-members of both Pentagram and the Boyz (Hasselvander’s previous band). Hasselvander was playing in a group consisting of himself (drums), Richard Kueht (guitar),…
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Elliott proposed the name ” Deaf Leopard ” which was originally a band name he thought of while designing band posters in art class. At Kenning’s suggestion, the spelling was slightly modified to make the name seem less like that of a punk band. In January 1978, Steve Clark joined…
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The accident came just three days after the release of the group’s fifth studio album Street Survivors . Following the crash and the ensuing press, Street Survivors became the band’s second platinum album and reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200 , their highest position on the chart. The single…
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Touring extensively around the UK, often with Siouxsie and the Banshees, Adam and the Ants were unpopular with much of the British music press, who disliked their fetishistic lyrics and imagery. In response, the group formed a strong – and at times ideological – rapport with amateur punk fanzines such…
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In 1978, Queen toured the US and Canada
Coupled with their inability to secure an American recording deal, tensions between vocalist DuBrow and bassist Garni began to tear the band apart. According to Garni, “I was on a constant quest to get him out of the band and get a different singer. I hated him, he hated me…
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In 1978, after almost seven years of touring and a string of successful albums, ZZ Top went on hiatus while Beard dealt with addiction problems.
In 1978, Lynott began working on projects outside Thin Lizzy. He was featured in Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds , singing and speaking the role of Parson Nathaniel on “The Spirit of Man”. He performed sessions for a number of artists, including singing backing vocals…
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