Loara High School - Seaxe Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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MUSICALLY. 1987-88 WAS A VERY ACTIVE PERIOD. WITH OLD BAND REAPPEARING, NEW BANDS. EMERGING. AND ESTABLISHED BANDS BREAKING UP. THE YEAR ' S BIGGEST SURPRISE WAS THE BREAK-UP OF THE ENGLISH BAND THE SMITHS. AFTER DISAPPEARING FROM THE MUSIC SCENE FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS. DEF LEPPARD HIT BIG WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW ALBUM ■HYSTERIA. ALSO REAPPEARING WAS SQUEEZE. AEROSMITH. AND PINK FLOYD. L.L. COOL J. JODY WATLEY, TIFFANY. AND CROWDED HOUSE ARE JUST A FEW NEW BANDS THAT EMERGED THIS YEAR. L.L. COOL J TOPPED THE CHARTS WITH HITS I NEED LOVE AND I ' M BAD. LOS LOBOS MADE A GOOD COMEBACK WITH THE RE- MAKES OF RITCHIE VALENS ' LA BAMBA. COME ON. LET ' S GO. AND DONNA. WITH LA BAMBA BEING THE BAND ' S FIRST NUMBER-ONE SINGLE. BANDS SUCH AS MOTLEY CRUE. T ESLA. WHITESNAKE. AND GUNS N ' ROSES APPEALED TO THE LISTENING TASTES OF MANY SAXONS THIS PAST YEAR. POPULAR RADIO STATIONS KNAC AND POWER 106 DOMINATED THE RADIO RATINGS. WITH KROQ LOSING A FEW LISTENERS. CLOSING OUT THE YEAR OF ' 87 WAS THE ALBUM A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS. WHICH INCLUDED CUTS FROM U2, THE BANGLES. BON JOVI, WHITNEY HOUSTON. AND OTHER BANDS. WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO AID THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS y