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2 unusual facts about Head East


Bangin'

Bangin' is an album by British band The Outfield, which yielded one Top 40 hit, "Since You've Been Gone" (not to be confused with similarly titled songs that were hits for both Rainbow and Head East in the 1970s, and Kelly Clarkson in the 2000s).

Flat as a Pancake

Flat as a Pancake was the first studio release of the hard rock band Head East.


Never Been Any Reason

"Never Been Any Reason" is the first track on Head East's début album Flat as a Pancake, composed by the band's guitarist, Mike Somerville.


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Ballarat, California

The 1969 movie Easy Rider has a scene filmed in Ballarat; after arriving in the town, Peter Fonda's character, Wyatt, removes his Rolex watch and throws it away before he and Dennis Hopper's character, Billy, head east on their motorcycles towards New Orleans.

Flat as a Pancake

Head East recorded the album at Golden Voice Studios in South Pekin, Illinois.

Murong Zhong

At that time, the Western Yan people were on an exodus from Chang'an, the Former Qin capital that they had captured in 385 but abandoned earlier in 386 because they wanted to head east back to their homeland.