In November 2007 Led Zeppelin made the band's songs available as legal digital downloads, one of the last major rock bands to do so.

When his manager informed him that a band by the name of " Bastard " would never get a slot on " Top of the Pops ", Lemmy changed the band's name to " Motörhead " – the title of the last song he had written for Hawkwind.

On the last day of the university's spring semester, guitarist Joe Matt called the band's leader and told him that he, drummer Gratzer, and bassist Mike Blair had decided to leave the band and start a new one with Doughty.

In a recent webisode posted on the band's website, Lewis stated that eight songs are written and that " every one of them is as heavy or heavier than the heaviest song on the last record ".

Brown had got a taste of being a frontman during the last Patrol show, singing The Sweet's " Blockbuster " to close the set, with the band's friend / roadie Pete Garner standing in on bass, and Couzens wanted to concentrate on guitar.

This would be the band's last work with Sherwood, who left the band after at the tour's conclusion in early 2000.

The band's tenth studio album, Heritage, is the last Opeth recording with Per Wiberg as the keyboardist as on April 6, 2011 it was announced that Wiberg would be leaving the band as part of a mutual decision.

It was followed by a second compilation, The World Won't Listen – the title was Morrissey's comment on his frustration with the band's lack of mainstream recognition, although the album reached number two in the charts – and the single " Sheila Take a Bow ", the band's second ( and last during the band's lifetime ) UK top-10 hit.

The next album, Afraid Of Sunlight, would be the band's last album with record label EMI.

The band played their farewell show on 5 July 1983 at the Hammersmith Palais ; dedicated fans had been warned by the band's crew not to miss the show without telling them it was the last.

The last song on the album, the 7 minute, 47 second-long " 747 ", with a characteristic keyboard riff and a long instrumental outro, became the band's closer for every show for the next 8 years, and won numerous best-song polls on Kent's website.

The band didn't last long, but due to feedback from the tape release, the Riot / Clone EPs were reissued along with a book detailing the band's history.

The lead-off single to their 2001 album " When It All Goes South " was released in late-2000, and peaked at No. 15 in early-2001, and was the band's last top 40 hit.

' A live DVD of the band's last tour was released in late 2003, featuring all aforementioned epics with " Suite Charlotte Pike " mixed with the Abbey Road medley by the Beatles.

The band's last concert was performed on 18 September 1992 with the line-up of Lydon, McGeoch, Ted Chau ( guitar, keyboards ), Mike Joyce of The Smiths ( drums ), and Russell Webb ( bass ).

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling band / artist in United States history, with sales of over 56 million albums in the U. S. and over 86 million albums worldwide, ( with the band's former record company, Warner Bros. Records, last certifying Van Halen's albums in 2004.

Rejected contenders for the band's name included ' Muddy Rabbit ', ' Gossamer Wump ', and ' Creedence Nuball and the Ruby ', but the last was the start that led to their finalized name.

The band's last performance of this era was captured on the live album Metallic K. O ..

This album spawned the band's last two top ten hits, " Some Kind of Wonderful " and " Bad Time ".

The album featured the Earth, Wind and Fire brass section, and two singles from the album (" Sunset Now " and " This Is Mine ") both reached the UK Top 40, but would be the band's last singles to do so until various remixes were released in the 1990s.

The album was the band's first in five years, and is rumoured to be their last, although the band have stated that they have no concrete intentions of either recording another album or splitting up, and that various members of the band may soon be announcing side projects.

As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

No mention of this album has been made on the band's official website or Twitter page, which suggests that they are not involved with its release.

" 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

Following the band's breakup, Rollins established the record label and publishing company 2. 13. 61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups from 1987 until 2003, and during 2006.

1998 then saw a further increase of activity, with the signing of Salako, and the release of albums for all three of their signed bands-most notably Belle & Sebastian's ' The Boy With The Arab Strap ', which enjoyed similar approval from reviewers and fans to the band's previous release.

The following year finally marked the release of Snow Patrol's second album ' When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up ', which, despite slightly disappointing initial sales, would eventually go gold in the wake of the band's later fame, along with their debut ' Songs For Polarbears '.

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.

1982 saw the release of a collection of out-takes and unused tracks from the band's career, entitled Coda.

In the time between the release of the band's second seven-inch EP and the Out of Step record, the band briefly split when guitarist Lyle Preslar moved to Illinois to attend college for a semester at Northwestern University, Preslar was a member of Big Black for a few tempestuous rehearsals.

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.

The band's 1994 album Too High to Die subsequently became their most successful release.

Thanks to the persistence of the band's management, the album was eventually released in the US and the UK six months after its Australian release.

It had been finished in the summer of 1982, but held for release due to the phenomenal success of the band's debut.

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.

Republic, released around the world in 1993, was the band's first album release since parting company with the now-defunct Factory Records.

Next to that, the release also contains a bonus disc of footage from the band's personal archive including 1980s footage from Glastonbury, Rome, Cork, Rotterdam and Toronto.

Upon signing with 4AD, eight tracks from the Purple Tape were selected for the Come On Pilgrim EP, the band's first release.

4AD and Elektra Records continued to release Pixies material in the band's absence.

Meanwhile, in 2002 material from the band's original 17-track demo tape was released as an EP, Pixies, on Cooking Vinyl in the U. K. and SpinArt Records in the U. S .; Frank Black has also used these labels to release solo work and albums with The Catholics.

Since the release of the band's self-titled debut album in March 1974, Rush has become known for its musicianship, complex compositions, and eclectic lyrical motifs drawing heavily on science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy.

The band's 2007 album, Snakes & Arrows, debuted at No. 3 ( just one position shy of Rush's highest peaking albums, Counterparts ( 1992 ) and " Clockwork Angels " ( 2012 ), which both debuted at No. 2 ) on the Billboard 200 selling approximately 93, 000 its first week of release.

Virgin Records was scheduled to release a box-set entitled Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 on 6 August, celebrating 40 years since the release of the band's debut album in 1972.