In February 1998 the band released the “If They Move, Kill ‘Em” EP. This notably featured the bands’ first collaboration with Kevin Shields , on his remix of the title track. Later that year, Shields joined the band on tour and would have a major influence on their sound in…
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In February 1998, the band received a BRIT Award for Best New Group. In the same week, the band re-released the single ” Local Boy in the Photograph “, which in turn reached number fourteen in the UK Singles chart . The band’s debut album, Word Gets Around , also…
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In late 1997, they came back together to play a small number of live shows. The band returned to the studio with the intent of writing their last chapter by re-recording a dozen unused older songs. Success was released in February 1998, again on the local PopLlama label. A tour…
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The band cancelled their scheduled recording sessions as a result of Berry’s departure. “Without Bill it was different, confusing”, Mills later said. “We didn’t know exactly what to do. We couldn’t rehearse without a drummer.” The remaining members of R.E.M. resumed work on the album in February 1998 at Toast…
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an appearance on Modern Rock Live on January 25, 1998
“Mulder and Scully” launched them into the mainstream public consciousness when it was released on 19 January 1998. It entered the charts at number 3; the highest position a single by Catatonia would ever achieve.
Champion scheduled the band’s live debut a few days later, on 16 January 1998 at the Laurel Tree in Camden . They had not chosen a proper name yet and called themselves Starfish. After settling on the name Coldplay, they released the EP Safety in May, financed by Martin’s lifelong…
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After constant touring throughout 1998, and after selling over 100,000 copies of S.C.I.E.N.C.E. without the support of radio or television exposure, Incubus took a break for two years and then began working on their third album Make Yourself . After just two weeks in the studio with producer Jim Wirt,…
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At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards , the Beastie Boys won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for their contributions to music videos. The following year at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards , they also won the award for Best Hip Hop Video for their hit song “Intergalactic”.…
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Cobra Verde’s Doug Gillard was tapped for yet another new Guided by Voices lineup in 1998, which also included “classic”-era bassist Greg Demos , former Breeders drummer Jim Macpherson , and eventually, former Amps /Breeders guitarist Nate Farley .