Hair Band History (September 22nd)

Happy Birthday to Whitesnake singer David Coverdale (September 22, 1951).

Late September 1983: After appearing on MTV without their trademark make-up, the new album from KISS titled "Lick It Up" was issued to record stores in North America (September 30th in the UK), featuring singles the title track and "All Hell's Breakin' Loose".

KISS "Lick It Up" release information source: [US] Billboard Magazine ad - October 1, 1983; [UK] Sounds Magazine - September 17, 1983.

September 22, 1985: Sammy Hagar performed at the first Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois that was also broadcast live on radio and TV. Sammy dropped the F-bomb just before he was joined by Eddie Van Halen and the feed was cut.

Happy Birthday to BulletBoys (and King Kobra for a minute) singer Marq Torien (September 22, 1961).

Happy Birthday to Joan Jett (September 22, 1958).

Happy Birthday to Jackyl lead singer and guitarist Jesse James Dupree (September 22, 1962).

September 22, 1992: Great White released their sixth studio album "Psycho City" in North America (one day earlier in the UK), their last recording for Capitol Records and featuring single "Big Goodbye". Release information source: [US] Billboard Magazine - September 5, 1992; [UK] Kerrang! ad - September 26, 1992.

September 22, 1992: Extreme released their third studio album "III Sides To Every Story" in North America (September 14th in Europe), a concept LP with three sections labeled as "sides", as in "different sides to a story", and featuring No. 1 US rock hit "Rest In Peace". Release information source: [US] Billboard Magazine - September 5, 1992; [Europe] Music & Media trade magazine ad - September 19, 1992.

September 1992: Georgia hard rockers Southgang released their second studio album "Group Therapy" featuring single "Fire In Your Body". One radio trade magazine proclaimed singer Jesse Hart "possesses the stuff that rock legends are made of." Release information source: The Hard Report radio trade publication ad for lead single - September 11, 1992.

September 22, 1990: Queensrÿche's fourth studio album "Empire" debuted at No. 35 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. Powered by singles "Jet City Woman" and "Silent Lucidity", it would reach No. 7.

"Up All Night", the first single from Slaughter's debut album was a US Top 25 rock hit in the Spring and now available in the UK. Kerrang! ad - September 22, 1990

September 22, 1984: After playing Philadelphia a night earlier, RATT were now in the Boston area for a show at the Centrum in Worcester where Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton paid the RATT Gang a visit backstage. "An honor to have one of our heroes come out and jam “Walkin’ the Dog” (Aerosmith version same as on our 1983 EP) with Warren DeMartini and Joe (playing Warren's skull guitar) soloing." -Stephen Pearcy social media post (December 2024)

September 22, 1983: Kerrang! reported "Drinks are on Def Leppard, who's 'Pyromania' has quietly (quietly???) become the biggest-selling non-soundtrack album in its label Polygram's history, with almost five million copies sold."