Hair Band History (January 8th)

Remembering Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark, who died January 8, 1991 at age 30. R.I.P.

January 1990: Warrant released "Sometimes She Cries" as the fourth single from the album "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich". Along with "Heaven", the second successful power ballad from the LP pushed it to double platinum in the US. Release information source: [US] HITS radio trade publication ad - January 8, 1990.

January 1989: In between the "Crazy Nights" and "Hot In The Shade" album releases, KISS were celebrating the band's 15th anniversary... "We're still having fun!!!"

January 8, 1989: Vixen headlined a few dates in Germany, concluding with Hamburg before joining the Scorpions tour two days later in Copenhagen.

January 8, 1986: The music video for W.A.S.P.'s "Wild Child", the second single from the album "The Last Command", was added to the rotation at MTV in the US. It was filmed in Red Rock Canyon California in November 1985.

With the success of Twisted Sister's "Stay Hungry" album, "friends since high school" Eddie Ojeda and Jay Jay French, were peak rock stars and featured in the January 1985 issue of Circus Magazine.

January 8, 1992: KISS sent a strongly worded letter to Rolling Stone Magazine for not acknowledging the death of Eric Carr in their December 1991 issue, understandable given printing, production and turnaround time. But it didn’t mention the drummer in the January issue either. Read more

January 1986: KISS with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons sending their tongues in opposite directions, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe "And Other Metal Wildmen" were on the cover of Movie Mirror Magazine.