Hair Band History (February 2nd)

February 2, 1988: Lita Ford released her third and most successful album "Lita" featuring hit singles "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever" with Ozzy Osbourne. Sharon Osbourne had become Lita's manager before this record. Release information source: Cashbox Magazine spotlight - February 13, 1988.

10 years before she released her most successful album "Lita" with hit single "Kiss Me Deadly", Lita Ford was tearing it up with The Runaways.

February 2, 1988: Def Leppard brought the "Hysteria" Tour with special guest Tesla to Cleveland. "And perched above them all, pounding out the beat in a revolving set in the center of the stage, was drummer Rick Allen." -Cleveland Plain Dealer

February 2, 1988: Guns N’ Roses with openers Great White played a show at The Ritz in New York City that was taped by MTV. We watched Slash play a guitar solo lying on his back and Axl Rose leap into the crowd during "Paradise City" 🤘

February 2, 1984: KISS made their first ever appearance in Bakersfield, California on the "Lick It Up" Tour with special guest Vandenberg.

February 2, 1977: Van Halen played the Starwood Club in Hollywood, California. The following night producer Ted Templeman along with Warner Bros'’ Mo Ostin offered the band a recording contract.

After the grueling "Jersey Syndicate" Tour concluded in early 1990, Bon Jovi took most of the year off, but returned to the road briefly for a New Year's Eve show in Tokyo, followed by January 1991 dates in Yokohama, Nagoya and Osaka, Japan. Images: Kerrang! - February 2, 1991