The poppy, romantic flavorings of bands like
Echo and the Bunnymen and The Cure broke
through the cult status barrier to wider au-
diences in 1906. lan McCullogh/Echo and the
Bunnymen, Oakland, Winter 86.
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The master of puppets, Metallica, captured it
big-with neither videos nor major airplay to
boost sales-and ended the year with a suc-
cessful tour and nearly a million albums sold.
Metallice backstage with Tokyo fans at one of five
sold-out Japanese dates. November 86.
RIMIN
Slayer kicked in the jams with their wicked
speed metal sound and a controversial major
label deal. Stone, S.F, November 85