Following the breakup, Farner began a solo career and signed with Atlantic Records , which resulted in two albums: Mark Farner (1977) and No Frills (1978). Brewer, Schacher and Frost remained together and formed the band Flint. Flint released one 1978 album on Columbia Records ; a second record was…
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Their next two albums, Leave Home and Rocket to Russia , were both released in 1977
In late 1977, while in rehearsal for their next album and just days before the band was set to enter the studio, Osbourne abruptly quit the band.
Looking at music magazines in City Lights Bookstore , DeVille noticed a small ad in The Village Voice inviting bands to audition in New York City (his hometown was nearby Stamford, Connecticut ). “I convinced the guys that I could get them work, and we climbed in the van and…
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In 1977, Led Zeppelin embarked on another major concert tour of North America .
In 1977 the Bushy/Brann/Kramer/DeMartines grouping wound down after being plagued with bad management and tour dates that had started off in theaters but ended up in bars and clubs. Bushy, Kramer and DeMartines formed Magic and Lee Dorman put together a new IB lineup with Rhino that contained British singer…
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Pete Willis joined in 1977, departing briefly but returning full time.
Walker, who was at that time fronting a band called Mistress, flew to Birmingham from California in late 1977 to write material and rehearse with Black Sabbath.
Mink DeVille recorded their debut album Cabretta (entitled Mink DeVille in the U.S.), produced by Jack Nitzsche , in January 1977. Nitzsche would, in alternation with Steve Douglas , produce the first four Mink DeVille albums. Both men, members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , had apprenticed…
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Last Concert in Japan , a live album of the last concert on the Japanese leg of the Come Taste the Band tour, was issued in 1977.