Q magazine described the 1993 Devotional Tour as “The Most Debauched Rock ‘n’ Roll Tour Ever”. According to The Independent , the “smack-blasted” Gahan “required cortisone shots just to perform, borderline alcoholic Gore suffered two stress-induced seizures, and Andrew Fletcher’s deepening depression resulted, in the summer of 1994, in a…
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During their hiatus, Halliday formed the band Scylla and Garcia began a solo project under the name Headcase. Scylla’s track “Helen’s Face” was featured on the Showgirls soundtrack. Halliday also collaborated with The Future Sound of London for the song “Cerebral” from Lifeforms (1994), with Freaky Chakra for the song…
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Joe Satriani was drafted to complete the Japanese dates in December
After Sylvian/Fripp’s closing concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in December 1993, Fripp decided to ask the tour’s drummer Pat Mastelotto , formerly of Mr. Mister , to join instead of Marotta.
The band’s second live album, Songs of Faith and Devotion Live , was released in December 1993.
Motörhead played two dates at the Arena Obras Sanitarias in Buenos Aires in April 1993 and toured Europe from early June until early July, returning to the United States to play one show at the New York Ritz on 14 August. A new producer was sought for the band’s next…
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After warm-up gigs in Cardiff and Birmingham , the London performance took place at the Samuel Beckett pub in Stoke Newington on 13 November 1993 alongside Anrehfn and Margi Clarke .
Blackmore left Deep Purple for the second and final time after a show in Helsinki , Finland, in November 1993.
A collection of B-sides and unreleased tracks recorded between 1984 and 1993, called Retro Active , was released in October 1993, preceded by the success of the acoustic ballad ” Two Steps Behind ” (from the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero ). The song charted in many countries, reaching…
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In 1993, Dickinson left the band to pursue his solo career, but agreed to remain for a farewell tour and two live albums (later re-released in one package ). The first, A Real Live One , was released in March 1993 and featured songs from 1986 to 1992, and the…
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