They recorded their first self-funded album Official Album (re-released in 1981 as Official Bootleg ) in 1980 in only four hours. In 1981 they were invited to support Hawkwind on their UK tour. They recorded and self-financed their second album, entitled Plug It In in 1982, and achieved a hit…
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During the 1981 accompanying tour, Siouxsie and Budgie secretly became a couple. At the same time, they debuted a drum-and-voice duo the Creatures , releasing their first EP , Wild Things .
Asia in 1981
Reverting once again to the name of the Specials, the band’s second album, More Specials , was not as commercially successful and was recorded at a time when, according to Hall, conflicts had developed in the band. Female backing vocalists on the Specials’ first two studio albums included Chrissie Hynde…
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The band was formed in 1981 when vocalist Stuart “Snake” Neale (26 April 1963 – 20 December 2006), guitarist Nigel Evans, and keyboard player Jem Davies from the Bedford-based band, Stranger, joined forces with guitarist Mick Newman, bassist Steve Woodward and drummer Allan Vallance.
For Juju (1981), the band took a different approach and practised the songs in concert first before recording them. Juju , according to Severin, became an unintentional concept album that “drew on darker elements”. Sounds hailed it as “intriguing, intense, brooding and powerfully atmospheric”. The album later peaked at number…
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In 1981, King Crimson recorded Discipline in London with producer Rhett Davies , who had previously worked with Belew on Talking Heads’ Remain in Light and with Fripp on Eno’s Another Green World and Before and After Science .
Between 1981 and 1985, Wire ceased recording and performing in favour of solo and collaborative projects such as Dome , Cupol, Duet Emmo and several Colin Newman solo efforts.
Venom’s professional recording debut was the 1981 single ” In League with Satan / Live Like an Angel “, which was released by Neat Records . Later that year they released their full-length debut album, Welcome to Hell .
A third single ” Antmusic ” was released later in November; it peaked at number two in January 1981 and at number one in Australia, where it stayed for five weeks. Both Decca and Do It Records re-released the band’s previous output; “Young Parisians” reached number nine in the UK…
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