Hair Band History (April 30th)

Late April 1984: Mötley Crüe released "Too Young To Fall In Love" as the third single from the album "Shout At The Devil" in North America. Written by Nikki Sixx, it was a US Top 20 rock hit but left off "Decade Of Decadence" and "Greatest Hits". Release information source: [US] R&R radio trade publication ad - May 11, 1984; Billboard Magazine front page ad - May 12, 1984.

April 30, 1991: Cinderella brought the "Heartbreak Station" Tour to Evansville, Indiana. Two weeks earlier, the band had just finished touring Canada with Slaughter, but picked up Nelson and Lynch Mob for the US leg.

Released in late March 1986, Keel's third studio album and second to be produced by KISS bassist Gene Simmons, "The Final Frontier", was on its way to becoming the band's most successful thanks to singles "Because The Night" and "Tears Of Fire". Release date source: [US] FMQB radio trade publication - March 14, 1986.

April 1985: With their debut album in stores since February, Rough Cutt wanted everyone to know they were on the road with this ad placed in Billboard Magazine. The band toured with Accept and Krokus before opening for DIO the rest of year.

April 30, 1990: English hard rockers Thunder released the title track in the UK as the third single from their debut album "Backstreet Symphony". Release date source: Kerrang! - April 28, 1990.

Heavily influenced by AC/DC, Swedish hard rockers Trash released their second and last album "Burnin' Rock" in 1985. It was produced by Max Norman (Ozzy, Y&T, Dangerous Toys, more). The band broke up during the recording of this record.

April 1990: David Lee Roth holed up with his band in sleazy $15-a-night rooms above a strip club in Vancouver... "It's like living in a fraternity house, like 'Animal House'... I told the guys in the band, Look, if you lose sleep because there's two drunk strippers fist-fighting outside your door in the hallway at 4:30 in the morning, put that into the microphone!" -Kerrang!

April 30, 1988: Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil was on the cover of Circus Magazine. Inside he talked about the band's beef with MTV for not showing the music video for "You're All I Need". The network called it "excessively violent and disturbing".