Hair Band History (May 7th)

Remembering Tawny Kitaen, star of several Whitesnake videos and model on two RATT album covers, who died May 7, 2021 at age 59. R.I.P.

May 7, 1988: Scorpions tenth studio album "Savage Amusement", featuring singles "Rhythm Of Love", "Believe In Love" and "Passion Rules The Game", debuted at No. 33 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It would peak at No. 5 a month later.

May 7, 1982: "An Evening Of Thrills & Chills With The Original Boys Of Metal Madness", a recently signed to Elektra Records, Mötley Crüe played Glendale, California. "Too Fast For Love" would be re-released by Elektra four months later.

May 7, 1983: With their debut EP due by the end of the month, RATT played Six Flags Magic Mountain Club in Valencia, California with Great White opening. Quiet Riot performed at Six Flags the following night.

May 7, 1988: With their debut album set to be released in June, Britny Fox were spotlighted in this radio industry ad... "This four-man band hails from Philadelphia and is already one of the most talked about up-and-coming bands in the glam-metal mode!"

May 7, 1986: With a show in Birmingham, England, the latest album from Keel, "The Final Frontier", was just issued in the UK, where the band were touring with DIO. Kerrang! ad - May 1, 1986

May 7, 1988: Aerosmith power ballad "Angel" peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, their highest-charting single until "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" ten years later.

Remembering Whitesnake co-founder and guitarist Bernie Marsden who would have celebrated a birthday today (May 7, 1951). Bernie wrote or co-wrote with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, including "Fool For Your Loving" and "Here I Go Again." Bernie died in 2023. R.I.P.

May 7, 2016: With singer Brian Johnson sidelined due to hearing loss, AC/DC resumed the "Rock Or Bust" World Tour with Axl Rose on vocals. Axl had broken his foot a month earlier and sat through most of AC/DC's set in Lisbon, Portugal.

May 7, 2013: "Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life In Rock", the biography of RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy, was now available in book stores... "The groupies, the trashed hotel rooms, the drugs—and just how much you can get away with when you’re one of the biggest hair metal stars of all time."