Editing Bill Hicks (section)

===Early fame===
In 1990, Hicks released his first album, ''Dangerous'', performed on the [[HBO]] special [[One Night Stand (American TV series)|''One Night Stand'']] and at [[Montreal]]'s ''[[Just for Laughs]]'' festival.<ref name=official /> Hicks was later engaged to his manager, Colleen McGarr, who booked him there.<ref>Bill Hicks | Biography, Death, & Facts - Encyclopedia Britannica</ref> He was also part of a group of American stand-up comedians performing in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] in November. Hicks was a huge hit in the UK and Ireland and continued touring there throughout 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Hicks|url=http://www.icomedytv.com/Top-Comedians/ID/366/Bill-Hicks.aspx|website=Icomedytv.com|access-date=July 16, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703084554/http://www.icomedytv.com/Top-Comedians/ID/366/Bill-Hicks.aspx|archive-date=July 3, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> That year, he returned to ''Just for Laughs'' and filmed his second video, ''Relentless.''

Hicks made a brief detour into musical recording with the ''Marble Head Johnson'' album in 1992, collaborating with Houston high school friend [[Kevin Booth]] and Austin, Texas, drummer Pat Brown. During the same year, he toured the UK, where he recorded the ''Revelations'' video<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billhicks.com/ |title=Flash Intro Page |publisher= Bill Hicks family official site |date=December 9, 2013 |access-date=2013-12-21}}</ref> for Britain's [[Channel 4]]. He closed the show with his soon-to become-famous philosophy regarding life, "It's Just a Ride." Also in that tour, he recorded the stand-up performance released in its entirety on a double CD titled ''Salvation.'' Hicks was voted "Hot Standup Comic" by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in 1993.