Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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'V MUSIC HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON LOARA STUDENTS THIS YEAR. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY OF HOPE TOUR. VARIOUS MUSICIANS TOURED THE COUNTRY TO DISPLAY THEIR TALENTS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, RAISE OUR AWARENESS OF THE WORLD'S POLITICAL PRISONERS. AMONG THOSE INVOLVED WERE STING, PETER GABRIEL, BRYAN ADAMS, BOB GELDOF, AND U2. THE EVENT WAS NOT ONLY A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THE ARTISTS, BUT ALSO A GREAT VICTORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. MANY BANDS EMERGED ON THE MUSIC SCENE TO REACH A HIGH LEVEL OF POPULARITY. THE SMITHS, A BAND FROM ENGLAND, BE- CAME VERY POPULAR IN THE STATES WITH THEIR ALBUM THE QUEEN IS DEAD. WITH A SUCCESSFUL TOUR AND A HIT ALBUM, BON JOVI WAS ONE OF THE YEARS BIGGEST SURPRISES. THE BANGLES, AN ALL- FEMALE BAND FROM LOS ANGELES, HAD ONE OF THE YEARS BIGGEST ALBUMS WITH DIFFERENT LIGHT. RUN DMC BECAME THE FIRST RAP BAND TO HAVE A TOP ALBUM WITH URAISING HELL. MANY NEW BANDS SUCH AS THE PET SHOP BOYS AND THE BEASTIE BOYS GAINED POPULARITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1986. MANY ESTABLISHED ARTISTS REACHED GREAT POPULARITY THIS YEAR AS WELL. GENESIS' ALBUM NINVISIBLE TOUCH WAS ONE OF THE BANDS BEST EVER. BACKED BY HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE AMNES- TY TOUR AND HIS ALBUM SO, PETER GABRIEL BECAME A BONA- FIDE SUPERSTAR. 1986 MARKED THE REVIVAL AND TOUR OF THE MON- KEES, WHO HAD GAINED STARDOM NEARLY TWENTY YEARS EARLIER. IN ADDITION, PAUL SIMON AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RELEASED AL- BUMS THAT BECAME TOP HITS. ALL IN ALL, 1986 ,WAS A FINE YEAR IN MUSIC. MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS ENIOYED GREAT SUCCESS. IN 1986, NEW ARTISTS ARRIVED AND OLD ARTISTS WERE REVIVED. MUSIC TRULY PLAYED A GREAT PART IN OUR LIVES.