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 Reformation ( album ), the band's 2011 self-titled debut album

The band's self-titled debut released in 1995.

They contributed two tracks to the influential Marty Thau Presents 2x5 compilation and their debut album, the self-titled Comateens, ( 1980 ) featured the band's bizarrely original compositions alongside covers of " Summer in the City " ( The Lovin ' Spoonful ), " TVC 15 " ( David Bowie ), and the theme song from TV's The Munsters.

" The band's self-titled sixth album Stone Temple Pilots was released on May 25, 2010, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.

Particularly, the band Aerosmith was a large influence on the band collectively, with guitarist Dean DeLeo acknowledging the band's influence on songs such as " Huckleberry Crumble " off their self-titled record.

* The band Animal Logic recorded a song " Winds Of Santa Ana " appearing in the band's self-titled 1989 album.

The band's self-titled EP debuted on Universal Records of Berkeley in ' 81 and was followed by the " nineteen eighty-four " single on the band's own Freak Records in 1982.

" Their 1987 self-titled release was reviewed favorably by Rolling Stone magazine and produced " The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes & the Pride of Life ," the band's biggest single to date.

The band's self-titled debut album hit the charts in 1969 and is widely credited as a catalyst for the heavy metal genre.

The band's self-titled album was recorded in the studio, which was built partly over a now defunct indoor swimming pool.

Following the mass success of the band's self-titled album, author Dick Porter wrote that the anticipation for a follow up was intense.

The band's self-titled debut album, Earth, Wind, Fire, was released in February 1971 to critical acclaim, as was November 1971's The Need of Love.

The band's self-titled debut album began selling copies again off of the success of Tragic Kingdom and reached total sales of over a quarter of a million copies.

re-issue, though reclaiming the original title of the band's debut LP, contained all of the same material as the previously issued 80 – 85 compilation, including their first EP, the Public Service EP ( with different versions of the songs Bad Religion, Slaves, and Drastic Actions than the self-titled EP ) and the " Back To The Known " EP.

However, a group shot of the band does appear on a poster in the background of both shots, bearing captions of the band and album name ( the same photograph previously appeared on the back cover of the band's self-titled album ).

The band's first official release was a self-titled vinyl record EP, now referred to as the Temptation EP.

Although their previous self-titled effort furthered dark themes and aggressive musicianship, Dogman marked a transitional point in the band's career with its considerably heavier sound than previous King's X records.

" Bell also contributed the song " Thought I Knew " to the band's 2008 self-titled album as well as " It's Easy ," an iTunes exclusive demo that serves as a bonus track to that album.

He is bandleader Gary Numan's uncle, and played on the band's self-titled debut album and on the highly successful Replicas, which featured the hit " Are ' Friends ' Electric ?".

The band's self-titled debut album was released on February 21, 2006, by Pinkett Smith's production company 100 % Women.

An early example of this is the song " Anthem " from the album The Book of Taliesyn ( 1968 ), but a more prominent example is the song " April " from the band's self-titled third album ( 1969 ).

Their second release, the Glimpse EP, came in 2000, and another EP, 2001's self-titled Trapt, served as the band's demo.

He has worked with 30 Seconds to Mars for the band's self-titled debut album.

The band's debut single, " Smalltown Boy ", the tale of a boy who was cast away by his family for being homosexual, was a hit, peaking at No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

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.

The band's album debut, Tin Machine ( 1989 ), was initially popular, though its politicised lyrics did not find universal approval: Bowie described one song as " a simplistic, naive, radical, laying-it-down about the emergence of neo-Nazis "; in the view of biographer Christopher Sandford, " It took nerve to denounce drugs, fascism and TV [...] in terms that reached the literary level of a comic book.

After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

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 '.

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

* The Phoenix ( Mastercastle album ), the Italian heavy metal band's debut album

** Queen ( album ), the band's debut album

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.

The band's debut album, produced by King Crimson's Pete Sinfield, was the first in a series of increasingly sophisticated album covers, art-directed by Ferry in collaboration with his friend Nick De Ville.

The band's debut album, REO Speedwagon, was released on Epic Records in 1971.

The band's debut gig in March 1984 was supporting The Saints and The Triffids at the Old Civic Theatre in Perth.

In January 1979, the Undertones recorded their eponymous debut album at Eden Studios in Acton, West London, using producer Roger Bechirian, whom the band had worked with for the first time the previous December, when Bechirian had produced the band's second single, " Get Over You ".

Rumours abounded of a renewal of activity to mark the 30th anniversary of the band's debut as a four-piece and the re-release of Pink Flag.

X: The Unheard Music was released on DVD in 2005, as was the concert DVD X-Live in Los Angeles, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the band's landmark debut album, Los Angeles.

" Lenny " was followed soon afterwards by the band's debut album, I Should Coco ( May 1995 ), which entered the UK Album Charts at number one.

The band's debut album warranted a Parental Advisory label solely because of the album's lyrics.

The band's debut performance was on December 13, 1982 with Dwayne Goettel on additional keyboards.

Nico sang lead vocals on three songs (" Femme Fatale ", " All Tomorrow's Parties ", " I'll Be Your Mirror ") and backing vocal on " Sunday Morning ", on the band's debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico ( 1967 ).

" Guitarist John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers cited Van Vliet as a prominent influence on the band's 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik as well as his debut solo album Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt ( 1994 ) and stated that during his drug-induced absence, after leaving the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he " would paint and listen to Trout Mask Replica.