The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single " Whip It ", and has maintained a cult following throughout its existence.

The band members have often been noted for their hedonistic lifestyles, and the persona they maintained.

Sixx has long maintained that Neil quit the band.

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There was a general riot by the Ghibelline party in Rome when news of his election got out, but peace was maintained by the aid of King Ladislaus of Naples, who hastened to Rome with a band of soldiers to assist the Pope in suppressing the insurrection.

An " Eternal Flame " in memoriam to Presley is maintained on the site, but on the day the band visited, the flame had gone out and its clear-plastic enclosure was flooded.

Although members of the band have since gone on to other projects, Hawkes and Pressly maintained a relationship and were married on January 8, 2005.

Turner maintained strict discipline over the band, insisting they lived in a large house with him so he could conduct early morning rehearsals at a moment's notice.

For years, even after Miller died, the Miller estate maintained an unfriendly stance toward critics that derided the band during Miller's lifetime.

Early in their career, the band was considered to be a part of the " grunge " movement ; despite assertions by critics that their style in the early 90's was derived from contemporary artists such as Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam, the band maintained that the similarities were coincidental, due in part to having the same musical idols growing up.

Although it has been their only hit single in the U. S., the band has maintained critical respect and, to a lesser extent, commercial viability through albums such as 1999's The Soft Bulletin ( which was NME magazine's Album of the Year ) and 2002's Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

A further development took place during the ninth century ( according to pictorial representations, at first outside of Rome where ancient traditions were not maintained so strictly ): the band, which had hitherto been kept in place by the pins, was sewn Y-shaped, without, however, being cut.

In any case, Escalante maintained legal control over the rights to the Vandals ' name and catalogue and continued to perform with Quackenbush under the name, recruiting new members to continue the band.

Since then, the band has maintained a large fan base all over the world, most notably in the United States, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Canada, France, Brazil and Australia.

Gudinski maintained control of most other Mushroom Group companies ( including interests in music publishing, film production, band booking, national touring and venue management ) and the name Mushroom Records.

The Vandals maintained a close friendship with fellow Orange County band No Doubt, who covered the album's title track " Oi to the World " for a Christmas compilation in 1997.

Phoenix was committed to gaining credibility by his own merit and so he maintained that the band would not use his name when securing performances that were not benefits for charitable organizations.

The band were also often described as Slash's solo or side project though Slash maintained that they were a band, stating " everybody wrote, everybody had equal input even though I had my name on it.

Like Sinatra did, Mullican went solo from the Cliff Bruner band and had a successful solo career that included many songs that maintained a swing structure.

His regular rhythm guitarist Homesick James maintained his longevity was due to his not partaking of the heavy drinking sessions after — and often during — gigs, a refusal that was unpopular with the rest of the band.

In January 2011, Gorham maintained that Lynott would have approved of the continuation of the band: " He worked long hours and travelled thousands of miles get it to a certain level.

Adrian Belew has been the singer, guitarist and frontman ( as well as occasional drummer ) in King Crimson since 1981, and has maintained the position ever since despite several splits or hiatuses in group activity ( and despite a very brief period in the early 1990s during which group leader Fripp unsuccessfully invited singer David Sylvian to front a possible new version of the band ).

After wrapping up the tour promoting Test for Echo in 1997, the band entered a five-year hiatus primarily due to personal tragedies in Peart's life.

And, despite continued denials by the band, it settled a five-year legal battle with Hudson, paying him $ 600, 000 after he proved he held the copyright to the song " Thug " which appeared on Eliminator.

Late in 1971, the band signed a five-year deal with a Liberty subsidiary, United Artists, who released the band's first of ten albums with the label, Nuff Said.

On 18 July 1966 The Spectres signed a five-year deal with Piccadilly Records, releasing two singles that year, " I ( Who Have Nothing )" and " Hurdy Gurdy Man " ( written by Alan Lancaster ), and one the next year called "( We Ain't Got ) Nothin ' Yet " ( a song originally recorded by New York psychedelic band The Blues Magoos ).

The band released an EP ( The Fleshless EP ), and three albums ( For the Incomplete, This Is My Blood, Immune ) over a five-year span.

The band signed a five-year, $ 5. 5 million contract with MCA Records in 2002, the label issuing the band's debut album Escape from Cape Coma in July of the following year, the title a sarcastic reference to their home town, which they described as a place where " old people retire-it's like the walking dead ".

The band announced a three-week residency in Las Vegas, with bassist Nikki Sixx stating, " This is the beginning of what will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band's career.

A local Saturday night residency at the Wizbah venue saw throwback covers with a growing list of original songs which developed a cult following for the band.

The Five Spot residency ended Christmas 1957, Coltrane left to rejoin Miles Davis's seminal sextet, and the band was effectively disbanded.

Monk did not form another long-term band until June 1958, when he began a second residency at the Five Spot, again with a quartet, this time with Griffin ( and later Charlie Rouse ) on tenor, Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums.

Harris joined on March 24, 1944, while the band was in the middle of a week-long residency at the Regal in Chicago.

New trumpeters Lew Soloff and Chuck Winfield brought the band up to nine total members and the new lineup of the band debuted at the Cafe Au Go Go on June 18, 1968, at the beginning of a two week residency.

By 1966, Ralphs, Tippins, and Watts ( the latter now on bass ) had come together in a band called The Doc Thomas Group, and soon secured a residency at a club in a resort town in Italy.

Although the next three singles also failed, they had a residency as support band at The Marquee.

From about 1908 to 1912 he led a band in residency at Delacroix Island, Louisiana.

In 1983, he formed a 1930s style jazz band, Vile Bodies, which for many years enjoyed a residency at the Ritz Hotel in London.

This six week stint at the Red Dog was important because band members Mike Ferguson and George Hunter produced a rock concert poster in advance of the residency to promote the performances.

American musician and composer Frank Zappa and his band The Mothers of Invention were central to the freak scene in the mid to late 1960s, both in the Los Angeles / San Francisco Bay Area music scene and in New York, where the band had a now infamous residency at the Garrick Theatre.

During 1970 the band played a residency at Jonathon's Disco, playing seven hours a night, four days a week for eight months.

The band secured a residency at the Marquee Club, and an invitation to the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival in 1967 led to their first recording contract.

With this new line-up, the Hot Rods played a set at London's famous Marquee Club – their opening act was a young band named The Sex Pistols playing their first London gig, which descended into chaos with the Pistols smashing the Hot Rods ' gear ; During a residency at the club in the summer of 1976 they duelled for alternate weeks with AC / DC, to see who could cram more bodies into the Marquee during one of the hottest summers on record.

In 1969 he became acquainted with the blues band, Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, which was holding a residency at London ’ s Studio 51 club, joining as a vocalist and piano player.

In April of that year, the band were offered a short residency at the Arcadia Club in Frankfurt, Germany, playing from 7pm to 3am every night for a month, with only 15 minutes ' break every hour.

Pencilled in for Glastonbury Festival in 2010 as well as other major fesivals across the globe the band recently played the Glade Festival, Irie Vibes Festival, Flyover Show as well as a residency at the prestigious West Bromwich venue The Public.

He began to sit in with some old friends, The Fleadh Cowboys, at their Sunday afternoon residency in The Lower Deck in Dublin, and soon decided to move back to Portstewart and put a new band together.

In late 2001, the band revived their tradition of a week's club residency, formerly known as " Green Sprouts Music Week ", and played 11 straight evenings at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern.

The band had a residency at the Albion Free State's ' Meat Roxy ' in Ladbroke Grove, and made their last performance at the August, 1974 Windsor Free Festival.

Lacking a vocalist, they were strictly an instrumental band until the addition of singer Al Jackson in 1963 ; they began playing rock and roll songs and secured a residency at Solihull Civic Hall.