The Dog Faced Hermans struck up a deal with Dutch record label Konkurrent for the release of 1991’s Mental Blocks for All Ages and 1993’s Hum Of Life , which featured covers of songs by free jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman and American no wave group 8 Eyed Spy . A…
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The Great Escape , which Albarn told the public was the last installment in the band’s Life Trilogy, was released in September 1995 to ecstatic reviews. The NME hailed it as “spectacularly accomplished, sumptuous, heart-stopping and inspirational”, while Mojo argued “Blur are the very best that ’95 Britpop has to…
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A tour of Scandinavia was organised for September 1995, however Scoot decided not to go due to problems at home, so he was replaced by Denis Boardman of Blood Sucking Freaks, moving to second guitar after the tour. Tom Croft also left just before the tour and was replaced by…
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The band’s self-financed debut release ” Take It Easy Chicken ” in September 1995 on their own “Sci-Fi Hi-Fi Recordings” label soon attracted the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJs Steve Lamacq and John Peel and the band found themselves, despite not having played a single gig and later admitting…
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The band’s first release following Edwards’ disappearance was a cover of ” Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head ” for the various artists charity album The Help Album , issued in September 1995 in aid of War Child .
Following five months of touring, starting with the band’s first gig in August 1995 at The Lomax in Liverpool and support gigs with Heavy Stereo and The Charlatans
Black Sabbath embarked on a world tour in July 1995 with openers Motörhead and Tiamat , but two months into the tour, drummer Cozy Powell left the band, citing health issues, and was replaced by former drummer Bobby Rondinelli . “The members I had in the last lineup – Bobby…
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In 1995, Lant, Dunn and Bray reunited the “classic” line-up, beginning by headlining the Waldrock Festival on 24 June 1995. They recorded and self-released the Venom ’96 EP with four re-recorded old tracks and one new song, resulting in a record deal with the SPV label. Following this was a…
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The resulting Forbidden was released on 8 June 1995
Roberts left Blaggers ITA in June 1995, stating he was depressed and felt he was “holding the band back”.