The album was titled Dirk Wears White Sox ; it peaked at number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart , which was launched in early January 1980. Ant asked Malcolm McLaren to take over as manager for a flat fee. Adam and the Ants played a sell-out New Year’s…
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Daltrey took a break in 1980 to work on the film McVicar , in which he took the lead role of bank robber John McVicar . The soundtrack album is a Daltrey solo album, though all members of the Who are included in the supporting musicians, and was his most…
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Hatred of the band reached such a level that a petition calling on them to split up was launched by a jealous young Julian Cope resulting from a rivalry with the Crucial Three . Displayed in local shop Probe Records , the petition gathered numerous signatures, including those of the…
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The band made their recording debut in late 1980 for the Some Bizzare Album
Paolo “Apollo” Negri from an Italian hard rock band Wicked Minds agreed to join the project on keyboards. The next Black Widow studio album, Sleeping With Demons , had a 1980s new wave style. Rock singer Tony Martin is featured on the album as a guest vocalist on the song…
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A singles compilation, Alternative Hits , was released in 1980; it was also issued in the U.S. by I.R.S. Records , retitled No Escape . In 1980 Stevenson left to join Generation X
Blackmore asked Ian Gillan , also formerly of Deep Purple, to replace Dio, but Gillan turned him down. After a series of auditions, Graham Bonnet , former singer/guitarist of The Marbles , was recruited. Powell stayed, but Daisley was fired, and Stone quit the band to be replaced by Powell’s…
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October sporadically released albums with various Chelsea line-ups throughout the 1980s, including Original Sinners , Rocks Off and Underwraps in which the band were joined by Clash drummer Nicky ‘Topper’ Headon on a cover of The Clash’s song “Somebody Got Murdered” ‘.
The band continued to have success during the new wave of British heavy metal period, playing the Reading Festival in 1980 and then headlining the festival in 1982. They built a particular following in Poland , where they played as the first heavy metal band behind the Iron Curtain ,…
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Signed by EMI after just four gigs, the Cockney Rejects quickly rose to fame with sell-out UK tours and a chart-topping debut album. Their wild antics on Top of the Pops earned them a ban from the show, adding to their rebellious reputation. In 1980, they recorded the iconic ”…
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