In June, the album was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Institute for selling over 100,000 copies which helped the band clear the £400,000 of debt (equivalent to £2,700,000 in 2025) they owed when Gabriel left.
High and Mighty followed in June 1976. It was considered lightweight; even Box stated: “less of the ‘eavy and more of the ‘umble” (making pointed reference to Uriah Heep ‘s self-description as “‘umble” in Dickens’ David Copperfield ). The matter of production here became the point of major contention. With…
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Black Sabbath began work for their next album at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, in June 1976.
On 31 May 1976, they played a second concert at the Valley which was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s loudest concert at over 120 dB.
Bassist Steve Harris formed Iron Maiden in 1975, a few months before Christmas. Harris attributed the band’s name to a film adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask from the novel by Alexandre Dumas , as the title reminded him of the iron maiden torture device . They originally…
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Their third album, Run with the Pack , was released in 1976 and reached No. 4 in the UK and No. 5 in the US. Bad Company scheduled a British tour with the band of former Free member Paul Kossoff , Back Street Crawler , to support the album, as…
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With Kossoff in better health again in late 1975, he was delighted that ex-colleagues Rodgers and Kirke asked him to join them on stage for two nights. A British tour was set to begin on 25 April 1976 with Back Street Crawler headlining with Bad Company in support of Back…
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On 24 April 1976, during a broadcast of Saturday Night Live , producer Lorne Michaels jokingly offered the Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were watching the live broadcast at Lennon’s apartment at the Dakota in New York, which was within driving distance of the NBC…
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The last show on the tour was on 15 March 1976 at the Liverpool Empire Theatre . At the end of the concert, Coverdale walked off in tears and handed in his resignation. He was told there was no band left to quit, as Lord and Paice had already decided…
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In March 1976, deciding that two guitarists were required, the band auditioned an acquaintance of drummer Taylor’s named “Fast” Eddie Clarke . Wallis, who was continuing to tour with a reformed Pink Fairies, quit immediately after the auditions and Clarke remained as the sole guitarist. This trio of Lemmy/Clarke/Taylor is…
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