Even the more indie-focused television programs like Snub TV and Rapido failed to give them much coverage, although Snub TV played the video for the title track of their 1991 EP Drive that Fast . Likewise, they were not at first offered a John Peel radio session; they eventually did…
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In 1991, the band was sued by the publishing company of American singer John Denver , who claimed that the guitar break in “Run 2″ was similar to his song ” Leaving on a Jet Plane “.
Beat Existentialist (1991)
In 1991, the Who (Daltrey, Townshend and Entwistle with producer Jon Astley on drums) recorded a cover of Elton John’s ” Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting ” for the tribute album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin . It was the last studio recording to…
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The band entered the studio with Weatherall, Hugo Nicolson , the Orb and Jimmy Miller producing, and Martin Duffy now full-time on keyboards after Felt disbanded. They released two more singles, “Higher Than the Sun” and “Don’t Fight It, Feel It” which featured the lead vocals of Manchester singer Denise…
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and it won Best British Single at the 1991 Brit Awards
Produced by Trevor Bolder and released early in 1991, Different World got a mixed reception from the press (put down in Kerrang! , hailed in Metal Hammer ) and sold poorly. “Yet another technically sound but artistically bland recording from Uriah Heep” (according to AllMusic) failed to chart and marked…
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and the concert film Live at the Max , also released in 1991.
In 1991, Siouxsie and the Banshees returned with the single ” Kiss Them for Me “, mixing strings over a dance rhythm laced with exotica . The group collaborated with the then unknown Indian tabla player Talvin Singh , who also sang during the bridge. The single received glowing reviews…
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In 1991, the Depeche Mode contribution “Death’s Door” was released on the soundtrack album for the film Until the End of the World . Film director Wim Wenders had challenged musical artists to write music the way they imagined they would in the year 2000, the setting of the movie.