He was in the chorus and played the tenor saxophone, winning first chair in the state band's saxophone section.

Although Hole's sound changed over the course of the band's career, the pretty / ugly dynamic has often been noted as a consistent theme in Love's music, most prominently in Hole's first two studio albums.

" Pull My Strings " was never recorded for a studio release, though the performance at the Bay Area Music Awards, which was the first and only time the song was ever performed, was released on the band's compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

The front and back covers of Devo's first release, the 45rpm single ( music ) | single " Mongoloid ( song ) | Mongoloid " b / w " Jocko Homo " ( 1977 ), released on the band's Booji Boy Records

2008 also saw a Japan exclusive box set containing the band's first six albums, This is the Devo Box.

The Beatles song " Norwegian Wood ", which first appeared on the band's 1965 album Rubber Soul, was the first western pop song to actually incorporate the sitar ( played by lead guitarist George Harrison ).

In November of the same year, the band's first album with Jeepster, ' If You're Feeling Sinister ' was released to critical acclaim.

The acid jazz flavours and ethnic influences of the first three albums continued with the release of Synkronized, and Jay Kay's interest in funk and disco music were shifting the band's directions towards such.

The band's first involvement was on the 1994 demo of " Dark & Gray " on his Bootleg Series Tapes, they would make three more appearances on the tapes in Watch Me Come, Only a Dog and Box # 10.

In a 2002 story for the Chicago Daily Record, Mark Guarino, the newspaper's music critic, wrote that "' Forever Changes ' is a touchstone for serious pop fanatics ..." He added that, "... the band's first three albums were since rediscovered as visionary classics, all three culminating in ' Forever Changes ' ( Elektra ), the band's 1967 masterpiece of ornate pop.

A North American tour, the band's first since 1977, was scheduled to commence on 17 October.

The first Led Zeppelin box set, featuring tracks remastered under Page's supervision, was released in 1990 and bolstered the band's reputation, leading to abortive discussions among members about a reunion.

The band spent the first few months of 2004 touring around the world, first with the third Projekt Revolution tour, and later several European concerts. At the same time, the band's relationship with Warner Bros. Records was deteriorating rapidly on account of several trust and financial issues.

The band's first 7 " EPs, Minor Threat and In My Eyes, were released in 1981.

" Straight Edge ," a song from the band's first EP, helped to inspire the straight edge movement.

Lyle Preslar was briefly a member of Glenn Danzig's Samhain, and his playing appears on a few songs on the band's first record.

The band's first release was the single " Stick to Your Guns / Toast of the Town ", which was released on their own record label, Leathür Records, which had a pressing & distribution deal with Greenworld Distribution in Torrance, California.

Despite the tour ending prematurely in financial disaster, it was the basis for the band's first international press.

On October 14, 1991, the band's first compilation album, Decade of Decadence, was released.

The band's first experience in the recording studio was recording the music to Riff Raff, a low-budget stage musical on which Sneddon had worked.

Curtis committed suicide on 18 May 1980, the day before Joy Division were scheduled to depart for their first American tour, and prior to release of the band's second album, Closer.

The single, " True Faith ", with its surreal video, became a hit on MTV and the band's first American top 40 hit.

The band's American breakthrough came with the third album, Travelling Without Moving in 1996, which yielded two big hits, " Virtual Insanity " and " Cosmic Girl ".

The band's fashion-sense has been seminal ; Simeon Lipman, head of pop culture at Christie's auction house, has commented that " Led Zeppelin have had a big influence on fashion because the whole aura surrounding them is so cool, and people want a piece of that ".

The band's frontman Dave Grohl ( a big Led Zeppelin fan ) has described Jones ' guest appearance as the " second greatest thing to happen to me in my life ".

The band's frontman Fred Durst claimed the band had attempted to take precautions that fell on deaf ears, " We begged, we screamed, we sent letters, we tried to take precautions, because we are Limp Bizkit, we know we cause this big emotional blister of a crowd ".

Stick Around for Joy received better reviews than Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week !, and spawned the band's first big hit single, the aptly titled " Hit ".

" Recording abroad disrupted the band's normal method of operation and that had a big negative effect on the group.

Eckstine left the Hines band in late 1943 and formed his own big band with Gillespie, leaving Hines to become the new band's musical director.

It marks the band's second album under Atlantic and their first to be produced by Brendan O ' Brien, who had just come off scoring big hits with Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Black Crowes.

According to frontman Doug Pinnick, while longtime King's X producer Sam Taylor had a big influence on the band's sound, he never captured the heaviness of their live performance in the studio.

In 1999, Pinnick described " Black The Sky " as his new " standard to mix to " due to its " big and fat " sound comparable to the band's live performance.

" Allmusic editor Jason Ankeny viewed the album as the band's artistic breakthrough and " ticket to the big leagues ", calling it " an incendiary and insidious set which bridges the gap between the noisy aggression of the band's early releases and the soulful swagger of their later work.

The band's first single, " Get It On ," was a big enough hit on AOR stations that the band's eponymous debut went gold.

The album also featured the band's first collaboration with composer Max Richter, which included the big beat track " We Have Explosive ", released in 1997 ; it was used on the Mortal Kombat: Annihilation soundtrack, and ( before the single release ) in 1996 on the video game WipE ' out " 2097, along with the track " Landmass ", which they wrote especially for " 2097 " and WipE ' out ".

" " Senzafine " was added onto the band's next big project: their 2001 album Unleashed Memories.

Most of their big R & B hits were recorded from 1952 to 1953 and written by guitarist Lowman " Pete " Pauling ; later cover versions of the band's songs hit the Top 40, including " Dedicated to the One I Love " ( The Shirelles, the Mamas & the Papas ), " Tell the Truth " ( Ray Charles ), and " Think " ( James Brown & The Famous Flames ).

The track " Repeat ( Stars and Stripes )" is a remix of the band's own anti-monarchy tirade by Public Enemy production team The Bomb Squad ( of whom Bradfield and Edwards were big fans ).

" AllMusic wrote, " Since the Manics deliver these charged lyrics as heavy guitar-rockers, the music doesn't always hit quite as forcefully as intended ", stating that the " relatively polished production and big guitar sound occasionally sell the music short, especially the lesser songs ", but calling the band's passion " undeniable, even on the weaker cuts [...] Debut albums rarely come as ambitious as the Manic Street Preachers ' Generation Terrorists.

The band's Greatest Hits album, released in 2000, was another big seller, again debuting at number one and also being certified six-times platinum.

The operation was a success and, although the band were forced to cancel their show at the 35th Tønder Festival in Tønder, Denmark, Malcolm returned to the stage in late August 2009, at the band's big outdoor Scottish Homecoming show for 2009 at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

At one of the band's first shows was Seppo Vesterinen, who had brought big name artists like Iggy Pop and Frank Zappa to Finland.

The next single " Ride " was released on 8 March 2004, although it wasn't a big chart success, " Ride " is one of the band's best known songs because it was featured in a number of advertisements, including commercials for Apple's iPod, Nissan, American Chopper, NASCAR Hot Pass, WKCF and Split Second: Velocity.