Heaven
Although they somehow managed to get both Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford to sing backup on their third and final album, Knockin' on Heaven's Door (maybe they were favors for the band's manager, Michael Browning -- formerly attached to AC/DC), Australia's Heaven are now only barely remembered for their contributions to '80s hard rock. Formed in Sydney in 1980 by Scottish-born singer Allan Fryer -- who had only recently narrowly lost out to Brian Johnson in becoming AC/DC's replacement for deceased vocalist Bon Scott -- Heaven debuted two years later with the Twilight of Mischief album, and its 1983 follow-up, Where Angels Fear to Tread, saw former Rose Tattoo guitarist Mick Cocks brought into the fold. And, even though sales for both were pretty modest worldwide, belief in Heaven's -- or at least Fryer's -- promise was such that the band was relocated to Los Angeles and sent out on the road with, at different times, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Kiss.
Still, come the release of the aforementioned Knockin' on Heaven's Door in 1984, Heaven's image had been buffed up with a SoCal glam rock sheen, and their lineup sexed up so that Fryer was now backed by suitably poof-haired and pouting guitarists Mitch Perry (ex-Steeler) and Mark Cunningham (ex-Rick Derringer band), bassist Dennis Feldman, and drummer Tommy Dimitroff. Alas, all this Machiavellian scheming was ultimately for naught, as the album's title track cover of the classic Bob Dylan anthem failed to gain the expected amount of traction on radio and irritating lineup changes continued apace (even former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans was brought in to play guitar for one hot minute). By the end of 1985, Heaven had officially folded. Its musicians immediately scattered toward other, mostly inconsequential band hookups and Allan Fryer eventually returned to Australia, where he unexpectedly convened a Heaven reunion of sorts in 2001 and set out on tour in support of a visiting Judas Priest.
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Lonesome Town
Electronic - Released by Italians Do It Better on May 10, 2017
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Truth Or Dare
Electronic - Released by Italians Do It Better on Apr 26, 2019
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While My Flame Burns (feat. Sick Jacken)
Rock - Released by Lsp, LLC on Apr 26, 2023
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Eternal Sunshine Behind the Clouds
Lounge - Released by Celestial on Feb 11, 2021
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Hard Rock - Released by Planet Blue Records on Jan 1, 1985
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Where Angels Fear To Tread
Metal - Released by Planet Blue Records on Jan 1, 1983
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All Love is Blue
Alternative & Indie - Released by Little Cloud Records on Mar 9, 2018
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Down By The Ocean
Rock - Released by Now Again Records on Feb 9, 2024
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Hard Rock - Released by CBS Inc on Jan 1, 1985
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Looking At A Part Of You (It Happens All The Time)
Pop - Released by Heaven on Nov 3, 2023
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Turn Up Turn On (feat. Harold Jamez & Smoke)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by G.O.D.N. Entertainment on Jun 10, 2014
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Telepathic Love
Alternative & Indie - Released by Goodnight Records on Jul 30, 2013
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Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody / Heaven Split 7"
Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody, Heaven
Rock - Released by Goodnight Records on May 8, 2012
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Know Yourself
Ed Whiting, Joe Lano Trio, Heaven
Rock - Released by Now Again Records on Mar 1, 2024
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