On 28 March 1992, the band played what would turn out to be Taylor’s last engagement at Irvine Meadows, Irvine, California. The band had been wanting Lemmy to get rid of their manager, Doug Banker, for some time and after an unsolicited visit from Todd Singerman, who insisted he should…
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On 28 March 1992, INXS performed at the controversial Concert for Life at Centennial Park in Sydney (a fundraiser for the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Centre), and other performers included Crowded House , Yothu Yindi , Jenny Morris , Diesel , Ratcat , and Def FX . Due to inclement…
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After almost two years of practicing and performing locally in the Los Angeles area, the band was approached by record companies, and eventually signed a record deal with Zoo Entertainment . In March 1992, Zoo released the band’s first effort, Opiate . Described by the band as “slam and bang”…
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In March 1992, the band returned to the studio.
In March they held a small fan club tour
In March 1992, Argentine producer and musician Daniel Melero and Gustavo Cerati released an album titled Colores Santos , Cerati’s first musical venture away from the band.
Citing exhaustion, Nirvana did not undertake another American tour in support of Nevermind , and made only a handful of performances later that year. In March 1992, Cobain sought to reorganize the group’s songwriting royalties (which to this point had been split equally) to better represent that he wrote the…
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Following the tour, Alice in Chains entered the studio to record demos for its next album, but ended up recording five acoustic songs instead. While in the studio, drummer Sean Kinney had a dream about “making an EP called Sap “. The band decided “not to mess with fate”, and…
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At the conclusion of the tour in late 1990, the band members pursued their own interests. Stick Around for Joy , their third and final album, was released in February 1992. It featured guest guitarist John McGeoch (formerly of Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees ) on the opening track,…
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When Gary Gersh of Geffen Records heard the band’s demo tape, he was “blown away”. A bidding war between nine different record labels broke out in February 1992. In April, the band—which, by that time, included other members—”signed a deal with Gersh and Geffen believed to be so lucrative that…
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