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Hey Stoopid is the twelfth #solo #album by #rock #singer Alice Cooper, released on July 2, 1991. After his smash 1989 hit album Trash, Cooper attempted to continue his success with his follow-up album, which features guest performances from Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars (both of Mötley Crüe). Hey Stoopid was Cooper's last album to feature bassist Hugh McDonald before he joined Bon Jovi in 1994.

4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth #studio #album by #rock #band Foreigner, released on July 2, 1981 on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were hugely successful, including “Urgent”, “Waiting for a Girl Like You” and “Juke Box Hero”.

The album was an immediate smash worldwide, holding the #1 position on the Billboard album chart for a total of 10 weeks. It eventually sold over seven million copies in the United States alone.

Mark Hart (born July 2, 1953), is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known for being a member of both Supertramp (1986–1988, 1996–2002) and Crowded House (1993–1996, 2007–2016). As well as being a group member, touring and session musician for acts such as Ringo Starr, Hart has composed film scores and is a record producer.

Hart began his association with British rock band Supertramp in 1986, initially as a studio and touring musician, taking on the vocal and keyboard parts previously done by Roger Hodgson. He provided guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals for their album, Free as a Bird, which was issued in October 1987.[2] He again participated on the ensuing tour, which was recorded on the album Live '88.

Hart also shared the same manager as pop-rockers Crowded House, who suggested he fill in for their keyboardist Eddie Rayner with session work for the band after they experienced difficulties working together. In 1991 Hart contributed to Woodface as a session musician, later joining the band as a touring member when Tim Finn left.[3][4] In 1993 Hart was credited as a full member for Together Alone.[3] He stayed with the band after founding drummer Paul Hester left,[3] and is seen along with the group's founders Neil Finn and Nick Seymour in the photographs from the sleeve for Recurring Dream, the 1996 greatest hits album. Hart played with the band during their farewell concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in November 1996, known as Farewell to the World.[3][4]

Johnny Colla (born 2 July 1952) is an #musician, playing the #guitar and #saxophone is a founding member of #rock #band Huey Lewis and the News. He has been heavily involved in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for more than 35 years, having been in several other bands, including Sly and the Family Stone, Sound Hole, and Johnny Colla & The Lucky Devils.[2]

The first bands that Colla was involved with were Yewess Army and Cottonmouth from Fairfield CA and the Furlanders.[2] After these he joined Sound Hole as a saxophonist. Sound Hole was successful at a local level and became Van Morrison’s backing band for a time. Other members of Sound Hole were drummer Bill Gibson and bassist Mario Cipollina. Sound Hole was the major local competition to Huey Lewis’ band, Clover. After Sound Hole, Colla was part of Sly and the Family Stone for a few months and recorded with them. In the late 1970s Sound Hole and Clover merged to form a new group, the American Express, which later became known as Huey Lewis and the News. For the News, Colla became saxophonist, rhythm guitarist,backing singer and songwriter.

Colla co-wrote hit songs such as “The Heart of Rock & Roll”, “If This Is It”, “The Power of Love”, and “Back in Time”. Lewis and Colla co-produced the band’s 2001 album Plan B.

Frederick William Schneider III (born July 1, 1951) is an American #singer, #songwriter, #arranger, and #musician, best known as the #frontman of the #rock #band The B-52's, of which he is a founding member.[1]

The B-52's got their start in 1976 when founders Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, and Schneider played an impromptu number after drinking at a Chinese restaurant in Athens, Georgia.[5] The band played their first real gig in 1977 at a Valentine's Day party for their friends.[6]

The band's first single was "Rock Lobster" which was recorded for DB Records in 1978. It was an underground success,[7] and sold over 20,000 copies in total.[8] In 1979, the B-52's signed a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records for South America, North America, Australia, and New Zealand. They also signed with Island Records for Europe and Asia. After the death of Ricky Wilson in 1985, the band went on hiatus.[5] They reformed in 1989 and went on to mainstream success.

With her distinctive photogenic features and two-tone bleached-blonde hair, Harry quickly became a punk icon.[22] Her look was further popularized by the band’s early presence in the music video revolution of the era. She was a regular at Studio 54. In June 1979, Blondie was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. Harry’s persona, combining cool sexuality with streetwise style, became so closely associated with the group’s name that many came to believe “Blondie” was the singer’s name. The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was famously highlighted with a “Blondie is a group” button campaign by the band in 1979.[23] In 1981, Harry issued a press release to clarify that her name was not “Debbie Blondie” or “Debbie Harry”, but Deborah Harry, though Harry later described her character in the band as being named “Blondie”, as in this quote from the No Exit tour book.

Joining his schoolfriends Billy Gould and Mike Bordin in Faith No More in 1982 (replacing Wade Worthington), Bottum remained in the band until its demise in 1998. However, after 1992’s Angel Dust and its ensuing tour, Bottum’s input into Faith No More was reduced significantly. In an interview made available to fans on the band’s King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime album (vinyl collection box set), Bottum explained that his contributions to the band’s efforts had necessarily declined because of the death of his father that year.

In 1994 and 1995, Bottum formed Imperial Teen with Lynn Perko, another Bay Area music veteran. The band is perhaps best known for their single “Yoo Hoo”, used in the 1999 film Jawbreaker.

In 2009, Bottum returned to Faith No More for a reunion tour and possibly a recording.[3]

Moreve’s early influence was essential in creating the unique musical style for which Steppenwolf became famous. Moreve joined the band in 1967 and performed on their debut album, Steppenwolf, which was composed of covers and songs written by Kay. Moreve’s influence was heavier on the follow-up, The Second, his final album with Steppenwolf. Morey was killed in 1981 in an auto accident.

While a member of Whitesnake, he badly injured his arm in an accident at a fairground in Germany and had to leave the band, as he was unable to play guitar because of a nerve damage as result of incompetent surgery. Later he became known for playing with “The Claw”, a specially developed spring and wire device fitted to his hand which enabled him to play guitar again. Together with his brother Tom Galley and Wilfried Rimensberger, he was a founding member of Phenomena where his songwriting and guitar playing skills had a major impact on its success. 

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again. Top Of The Pops 1982.

The Game features a more pop sound than its predecessor, Jazz. The album’s style would be augmented on Queen’s next release Hot Space, and future Queen albums. At approximately 35 minutes 39 seconds, The Game is the second shortest of Queen’s studio albums, with their subsequent soundtrack for the film Flash Gordon being shorter by 39 seconds. It is estimated to have sold twelve million copies worldwide, including over 4.5 million copies in the US.

In 1980 he began recording a solo album with producer Al Kooper, along with Herbie Flowers on bass and John Bradbury (of The Specials) on drums. The project was halted mid-stream when Lindes received an invitation by Mark Knopfler to join the British #rock #band Dire Straits.

Following a year of playing small pubs with the band, during which they gained a small following,[5] he participated in the recording of Iron Maiden’s demo, later released as The Soundhouse Tapes, on 31 December 1978,[6] some tracks from which appeared in the charts of Neal Kay’s Heavy Metal Soundhouse club, published weekly in Sounds.[7] Iron Maiden eventually signed to EMI in 1979,[8] following which they undertook two failed attempts at recording their debut album, although one song from these sessions (“Burning Ambition”) was included on the B-Side of “Running Free”.[9]

Sampson eventually left the band on 22 December 1979, following health issues brought about by the band’s extensive touring schedule, and was replaced by Clive Burr four days later.[10]Although he calls it “a blow,” he states that “the truth is, I don’t think I could have handled it, so maybe it turned out for the best.”[11] Although he would form other bands, Sampson has never played professionally since his time with Iron Maiden, after which he ran an off-licence before becoming a forklift driver. [12]

In 2015, Sampson’s old band, Airforce, contributed a track (“War Games”) to the “Origins of Iron” compilation, which featured nine tracks by former members of Iron Maiden. After seeing the response from fans, in 2016, Sampson rejoined Airforce after a 20-year absence. He recorded three new tracks with the band and they are set to release their debut album, Judgement Day on 15 July 2016 via their friends, WatchOut Records.

Pantera was an unsigned glam metal band, with three self-released albums to their name. In 1986, it was decided by the band to replace singerTerrence Lee, who was primarily a glam metal singer, because they were heading in a different direction musically. Seeking a new frontman to continue on this heavier path, the band was led to 19-year-old Anselmo. In 1987, after several meetings, Anselmo was added to the Pantera lineup. The band was so impressed with Anselmo that they re-recorded some of Terrence Lee’s vocals for their latest release. Anselmo relocated to Texas to record Power Metal, which was released in 1988 on the band’s own record label, Metal Magic Records.