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List of albums, with selected chart positions Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications (sales thresholds) US [3] US Blues [3] AUS [9] NZ [11] 1989 The George Thorogood Collection. Released: May 1989; Label: EMI; Format: CD, CS — — 2 6 AUS: 2× Platinum [9] RIANZ: Platinum; 1992 The Baddest of George Thorogood and the ...
[31] It was included in Wired magazine's unranked list of the "5 Audio Atrocities to Throw Down a Sonic Black Hole" [32] and placed first on Guitar Player ' s "10 Awful Albums by 10 Amazing Bands" list. [33] Chinese Democracy was ranked as the worst record of 2008 by several publications, including Time Out New York, Asbury Park Press and IGN.
EMI America released The Baddest of George Thorogood on July 28, 1992. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The album debuted at No. 122, [ 3 ] and peaked at No. 100 on the Billboard 200 chart. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 8, 1995.
Many notable bands originally went by different names before becoming successful. [1] This list of original names of bands lists former official band names, some of them are significantly different from the eventual current names. This list does not include former band names that have only minor differences, such as stylisation changes, with ...
List of bands from Los Angeles; List of bands from the San Francisco Bay Area; List of Belarusian musical groups; List of music artists and bands from England; List of biker metal bands; List of bluegrass bands; List of bands from British Columbia; List of British Invasion artists
The The are an English rock band from London, formed in 1979 by singer-songwriter Matt Johnson. Johnson is the only constant, and often sole, band member. The The achieved critical acclaim and commercial success in the UK, with 15 chart singles, seven reaching the top 40. Their most successful studio album, Infected (1986), spent 30 weeks on ...
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band (ISBN 0-06-098915-7) is a collaborative autobiography of Mötley Crüe by the band – Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx – and New York Times writer Neil Strauss. First published in 2001, it chronicles the formation of the band, their rise to fame and their highs and ...
The band was initially unnamed, although in early 1982 it was occasionally jokingly referred to as "The World’s Most Dangerous Band" when closing the show, sometimes alternating it with "Paul Shaffer and the Orchestra," "Paul and the Organization," "Paul Shaffer and the Folks," "Paul Shaffer and the Melody Makers," or a combination: "Paul Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Orchestra."