In September 1981, the band began work on their fifth album Combat Rock
Abacab was released in September 1981 and reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 7 in the US.
Abacab was supported with a tour of Europe and North America from September to December 1981, ending with shows at Wembley Arena and the NEC Birmingham.
Released in September 1981, Discipline reached No. 41 in the UK and No. 45 in the US.
By 1981, Paul Di’Anno was demonstrating increasingly erratic behaviour, particularly due to his drug usage, about which Di’Anno comments, “It wasn’t just that I was snorting a bit of coke, though; I was just going for it non-stop, 24 hours a day, every day … the band had commitments piling…
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The band had by then caught the attention of AC/DC producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange , who agreed to work on their second album, High ‘n’ Dry , released on 6 July 1981.
The following single, ” The Passion of Lovers “, peaked at No. 56 in July 1981.
The band’s debut album, Duran Duran , was released on the EMI label in June 1981. The first single, ” Planet Earth “, had reached the United Kingdom’s top 20 at number 12 in February. A follow-up, ” Careless Memories “, released in April, stalled at number 37. The third…
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In June 1981, Robertson and Edwards both left Wild Horses following the band’s Paris Theatre show in London . Robertson teamed up with Motörhead a year later and recorded Another Perfect Day in 1983, before moving on to join fellow Scotsman Frankie Miller on the Dancing in the Rain album…
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In 1980, Jaguar sent their demo also to a Battle of the Bands competition and eventually a letter came through saying: “Congratulations, you’ve made it through to the Bristol heats!” Their first performance at that contest was on 2 May 1981 and they arrived to the final. Jaguar got a…
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