In high school he drew advertisements and record covers for local clubs and bands and created the Stiv Bators logo still being used for the late Dead Boys ' solo career.

A retrospective album released in 1994, L. A. L. A. documented Bators ' efforts as a pop-punk singer.

* L. A. L. A., a retrospective album of music by Stiv Bators and also the name of a song by the artist

( catalogue # 12136 ) and was later included in Bators ' compilation album L. A. L. A. On the compilation album's liner notes, label owner Greg Shaw described the band as " an adequate but rootless Hollywood glam-damaged band with tattoos ".

The knife used had been bought by Vicious on 42nd Street and was identical to a collector's knife given to punk rock vocalist Stiv Bators of the Dead Boys by Dee Dee Ramone.

To exact revenge on the label, Bators purposely sang off mic and the resulting recording was unusable.

** Dead Boys frontman Stiv Bators dies on June 4 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

He was also in a band called The Little Kings, which backed Stiv Bators on his version of " Have Love Will Travel ".

Along with a cover of the Moody Blues song " The Story in Your Eyes " ( by other musicians ), the song was released by Bators in the Fall of 1986 as a 12-inch single on Bomp!

Records, Bators had re-recorded the vocals in a studio.

* Stiv Bators -" Not That Way Anymore " Teenline # 7 Hyped-2-Death Records 2001

* Stiv Bators -" I'll Be Alright " Teenline # 8 Hyped-2-Death Records 2003

In a broadcast interview at WNUR Northwestern University radio station in Evanston, IL in 1984, Stiv Bators of the Lords of the New Church and the Dead Boys confirmed the long-standing rumor that it was he who had provided the peanut butter, having carried a large tub from his home in Youngstown, OH and handing it up to Iggy from the audience.

On more than one occasion, lead singer Stiv Bators slashed his stomach with his mic stand.

Bators later formed Lords of the New Church with Brian James from The Damned and Dave Tregunna from Sham 69.

In 1990, Bators died in France due to injuries sustained after having been hit by a bus.

This was reportedly a " 007 " hunting knife he had obtained after seeing Dee Dee Ramone give one to The Dead Boys ' Stiv Bators, although conflicting reports claim the knife to be a Jaguar K-11 with a five-inch blade.

* Chinese punk rock band Joyside's " Neptune Child " is in tribute of Stiv Bators and Johnny Thunders.

In the course of his career Bators was involved with a variety of bands beyond those for which he was best known.

It was as the lead singer and driving force of the Cleveland, Ohio based Dead Boys, however, that Bators helped pioneer the punk rock sound, look and attitude.

After England's Sham 69 disbanded, Bators, now located in London, formed the Wanderers with Dave Tregunna, the Sham 69 ex-bass-player.

Bators formed The Lords of the New Church later in 1981 with Brian James of The Damned and Dave Tregunna of Sham 69.

A devotee of Iggy Pop, Bators had developed a fearless reputation in his Dead Boys days and continued such antics with The Lords, the most famous being the time he reportedly hanged himself during a show.

In 1981, Bators co-starred in the satirical John Waters film, Polyester.

Seven years later, Bators made a memorable cameo appearance as " Dick Slammer ", lead singer of " The Blender Children ", in the offbeat comedy, Tapeheads, starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins.

In December 1985 Bators flew to New York with his best friend Michael Monroe to work Artists United Against Apartheid music video.

The Lords of the New Church broke up in 1989, when Bators injured his back and guitarist Brian James secretly began advertising for a replacement singer.

In mid-1990, Bators was struck by a taxi in Paris.

" In 1949, still retaining his soprano, he recorded a bluesy solo rendering of Hank Snow's " My Two Timin ' Woman " on a wire recorder borrowed by a friend who worked in a music shop.

Until Jefferson, very few artists had recorded solo voice and blues guitar, the first of which was vocalist Sara Martin and guitarist Sylvester Weaver.

Nobody's Daughter featured a great deal of material written and recorded for Love's aborted solo album, How Dirty Girls Get Clean, including " Pacific Coast Highway ", " Letter to God ", " Samantha ", and " Never Go Hungry ", although they were re-produced with Larkin.

In May 2006, climber Dean Potter made the first recorded free solo ( no ropes or protection ) ascent of this formation.

Enya recorded two solo instrumental pieces called " An Ghaoth Ón Ghrian " ( Irish for " The Solar Wind ") and " Miss Clare Remembers " that were released on the 1984 album Touch Travel.

These recordings are ' race-records ', intended for the black market of the southern states with solo recordings by DeFord Bailey, duo recordings with a guitarist Hammie Nixon, Walter Horton, Sonny Terry, as well as hillbilly styles recorded for white audiences, by Frank Hutchison, Gwen Foster and several other musicians.

Her first two albums were recorded with and fully credited to Big Brother and the Holding Company and the later two being solo albums.

Though most of her concerts were recorded during her solo career, few have been officially released, resulting in being heavily bootlegged.

Twenty years after his first CD, Kaira ( Hannibal, 1988 )-that was also the first CD ever recorded with solo kora pieces without any song -, Toumani Diabate alternates traditional pieces on a kora with leather rings and his own creations with a special tuning on a kora with wooden pegs.

Derrick recorded a solo EP under the moniker Today's Sounds in 1996, and later on in 1999 took charge of re-issuing the Puppets ' original seven records on Rykodisc as well as putting out their first live album, Live in Montana.

The Who's 1971 song " Baba O ' Riley " was named in part after Meher Baba, and on his first solo album, Who Came First, Townshend recorded the Jim Reeves song " There's A Heartache Following Me ," saying that it was Meher Baba's favorite song.

Medley recorded a few solo recordings on several labels, while Bobby Hatfield teamed briefly with another singer, Jimmy Walker ( drummer and one of the singers of the Knickerbockers, of " Lies " fame ), using the Righteous Brothers ' name, but neither he nor Medley was able to achieve any significant level of success.

While in England, he recorded his solo The Paul Simon Songbook in 1965.

The first musician to be recorded using the style was Sylvester Weaver who recorded two solo pieces " Guitar Blues " and " Guitar Rag " in 1923.

Bono also recorded as a solo artist under the name of Sonny.

Kelli Ali ( Dayton ) recorded her third solo album Rocking Horse at the beginning of 2008 and released it through One Little Indian late Autumn 2008.

Although it was Sondheim's only Top 40 hit, his songs are frequently performed and recorded by cabaret artists and theatre singers in their solo careers.

* 1994: Renato Russo, a Brazilian singer, recorded it on his solo album called The Stonewall Celebration Concert

Meanwhile Burnel released an experimental solo album Euroman Cometh backed by a small UK tour and Cornwell recorded the album Nosferatu in collabaration with Robert Williams.

Material recorded with Tom Waits in 1988 was released on the Westerberg solo album 3oclockreep in 2008.

* January 24 – Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays the solo improvisation ' The Köln Concert ' at the Cologne Opera, which, recorded live, becomes the best-selling piano recording in history.

Encouraged to continue her career, she recorded a solo album, Christine Perfect ; following her success as a member of Fleetwood Mac, the album was reissued under the name The Legendary Christine Perfect Album.

Nicks wrote and recorded demos for the solo project during Tusk sessions in 1979 and the Tusk world tour of 1979 – 80.

" Tork recorded a second set of demos in New York City, but little is known about these ( other than the fact that one track was a yet another version of " Pleasant Valley Sunday " with an unknown rock band, and featured a violin solo ).