Hair Band History (April 14th)

April 14, 1987: With a Top 10 single and Top 10 Platinum album, Europe launched their first American tour, the "The Final Countdown" Tour in Los Angeles.

April 14, 1993: Poison launched their first ever full UK tour in Belfast. Despite their massive success in the '80s, the band played the UK for the first time in 1990. -Kerrang!

April 1991: Slaughter released "Mad About You" as the fourth and final single from their debut album "Stick It To Ya". You may recall the music video with Mark Slaughter entering the auditorium where the band was playing on a zip line. Release information source: [US] HITS radio trade publication ad - April 15, 1991.

April 14, 1983: Getting close to releasing an EP, RATT played the infamous Country Club in Reseda, California with opener Rough Cutt.

April 14, 1982: Van Halen released their fifth studio album "Diver Down" in North America. After coming off the "Fair Warning" Tour just six months earlier, the band planned to take a break and just release a single, but the success of "(Oh) Pretty Woman" led to an LP. Release date source: Billboard Magazine - April 10, 1982.

Happy Birthday to Thunder co-founder and lead singer Danny Bowes (April 14, 1960).

April 14, 1989: San Francisco hard rockers Sea Hags released their only album "Sea Hags". It was produced by Mike Clink (Guns N' Roses "Appetite for Destruction"). Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett co-produced their first demos. The band disbanded less than a year later, apparently because of drug abuse and poor management (Kerrang! - February 24, 1990). Release date source: FMQB radio trade publication - April 7, 1989.

April 14, 1992: Ozzy Osbourne's "Mama, I'm Coming Home" was well-received in North America, so the next single from the album "No More Tears" was another power ballad and "Road To Nowhere" followed a similar path to success, reaching No. 3 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Release information source: [US] R&R radio trade publication ad - April 10, 1992.

April 14, 2023: L.A. Guns released their 17th studio album and fourth LP since the much-welcome reunion of the band's core foundation of Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns, "Black Diamonds", featuring singles "You Betray" and "Diamonds". Release date source: Blabbermouth.net - January 22, 2023.