1989

 

						THE YEAR IN REVIEW: 1989

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1989

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FORMED

Bruce Dickinson (Solo career)   Benediction   Doro (Solo career)   Gamma Ray   Lynch Mob   Opeth

DISBANDED

Dokken (reformed in 1993)   Quiet Riot (reformed in 1991)

LINEUP CHANGES

Schmier left Destruction.   Warlock dissolves over the rights to their name and their vocalist Doro Pesch starts her solo   career.    Frank Blackfire left Sodom and joined Kreator.

IMPORTANT EVENTS

The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years is released.   The Monsters of Rock tour featuring Metallica, Van Halen, Scorpions, Kingdom Come and   Dokken plays across America.   Mötley Crüe reached the #1 spot on the Billboards list with their Dr. Feelgood album.   Death Metal was starting to reach the peak of it's popularity with Morbid Angel's Altars of    Madness and Obituary's Slowly We Rot.

IN MEMORIAM

Urpo 'Upi' Sorvali (Kimmo Kuusniemi Band)   Evan McKaskey (Exodus & Blind Illusion)

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