United Kingdom

1994
The Raincoats O’Loughlin persuaded Birch and da Silva to play a show at The Garage

O’Loughlin persuaded Birch and da Silva to play a show at The Garage in London in March 1994 with Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth) on drums and Anne Wood on violin to celebrate the album re-releases. They recorded a session for BBC Radio 1 ‘s John Peel , which was released…
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Motörhead In February and March 1994, Motörhead toured the United States with

In February and March 1994, Motörhead toured the United States with Black Sabbath and Morbid Angel . In April the band resumed their tour of the States until early May, playing an engagement with the Ramones on 14 May at the Estadio Velez in Buenos Aires, attracting a crowd of…
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Catatonia (band) Hooked was recorded

On 19 and 20 February 1994, the band’s follow-up EP, Hooked was recorded in Llandwrog , Gwynedd , and produced by Ken Nelson who they had met on Radio Wales.

Black Sabbath released their seventeenth studio album

Under pressure from their record label, the band released their seventeenth studio album, Cross Purposes , on 8 February 1994, under the Black Sabbath name.

Suede (band) In February 1994, the band released the stand-alone single ” Stay

In February 1994, the band released the stand-alone single ” Stay Together “, which became their highest-charting single at the time, reaching number three in the UK. The single was backed by a collection of strong B-sides. However, the new expansive sound fractured the band and led to the departure…
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Black Sabbath Touring in support

Touring in support of Cross Purposes began in February with Morbid Angel and Motörhead in the US

Depeche Mode Exotic leg

The tour continued into 1994 with the Exotic leg, which began in February 1994 in South Africa,

Bad Company Howe left the band in 1994. Regarding his departure from the band

Howe left the band in 1994. Regarding his departure from the band, Howe stated: “Leaving Bad Company was not a difficult decision. It had got to the point where nobody was contributing anything to songwriting and quite frankly, the band was getting very very sloppy live. I quite simply, along…
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Anathema (band) Serenades , Anathema’s debut LP, attracted a lot of mainstream

Serenades , Anathema’s debut LP, attracted a lot of mainstream attention, propelling their “Sweet Tears” music video onto the MTV playlist. Anathema’s first European tour was in 1994, and was closely followed by gigs at the Independent Rock Festival in Brazil.

The Who Daltrey toured that year

Daltrey toured that year with Entwistle, Zak Starkey on drums and Simon Townshend filling in for his brother as guitarist.