Sufficient noise was made for the American market to take notice and New Jersey’s Megaforce Records signed them, issuing their next recording in the States as All for One in 1983. The band came stateside in 1983, and toured extensively on the “Kill ’em All for One” tour with young…
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The La’s formed in 1983, with original member Mike Badger stating that the band name occurred to him in a dream, as well as it being Scouse for “lads” (“La’” is just an abbreviation for “lad”, so “The La’s” simply means “The Lads”) and also having obvious musical connotations. The…
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Bullen joined Broadrick’s Final project for a period in 1983.
From their early days of spraying stencilled anti-war , anarchist, feminist and anti-consumerist graffiti messages in the London Underground and on billboards, Crass was involved in politically motivated direct action and musical activities. On 18 December 1982, the band helped coordinate a 24-hour squat in the empty West London Zig…
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Townshend wanted the Who to stop touring and become a studio act; Entwistle threatened to quit, saying, “I don’t intend to get off the road … there’s not much I can do about it except hope they change their minds”. Townshend did not change his mind, and so the Who,…
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In December 1982, the Smiths recorded their second demo, at the Drone Studios in Chorlton-cum-Hardy ; the tracks recorded were ” What Difference Does It Make? “, “Handsome Devil” and “Miserable Lie”. This was used as their audition tape for the record company EMI , who turned the band down.…
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In December 1982, the Raincoats recorded a live album at the arts space The Kitchen in New York. The Kitchen Tapes was released on cassette by ROIR in 1983.
In December 1982, drummer Clive Burr was fired from the band and replaced by Nicko McBrain , who previously played for Trust . Although Harris said the dismissal took place because his live performances were affected by offstage activities, Burr later claimed he was unfairly ousted from the band. The…
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The band settled on then-former Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan to replace Dio in December 1982.
The Banshees followed in 1982 with the psychedelic A Kiss in the Dreamhouse . The record, featuring strings on several numbers, was an intentional contrast to their previous work, with Severin later describing it as a “sexy album”. The British press greeted it enthusiastically. Richard Cook finished his NME review…
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