Like the second half of 1998, 1999 saw little activity from Buck-Tick. They contributed a cover of ” Doubt ” to May’s hide tribute album Tribute Spirits , released the non-album single “Bran-New Lover” on July 14, and performed at Marilyn Manson ‘s Rock Is Dead Tour (originally scheduled as…
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By the end of the year, the band had only sold 30,000 copies of the album.
Blue October caught the attention of the major record labels while working with producer dB (Don Byczynski) in early 1998. Pre-production started for getting Blue October a more “radio ready” sound, with new songs and to rewrite material off The Answers . Tracking was done in a studio setup at…
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In 1998, the Offspring released Americana . Three of the album’s singles – ” Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) “, ” Why Don’t You Get a Job? ” and ” The Kids Aren’t Alright ” – became the band’s biggest hits and made the album the peak of the…
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The band was discovered by former Kid Rock manager Michael Rand performing at the Pappadeaux Cafe in Houston in 1998.
The song’s music video was critically acclaimed, winning two awards at the 1998 Billboard Music Video Awards
The band issued the self-titled Eve 6 in 1998, attaining platinum success with hit singles ” Inside Out ” and “Leech;” the former capturing the No. 1 spot on the Modern Rock charts, spending several weeks on the top ten list on MTV ‘s Total Request Live , and crossing…
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The group was formed in 1998 by Erik Chapman, Joseph Childres, Justin Cronk, Zach Davidson, Adam Garcia, and Mike Vermillion in Seattle , Washington and nearly a year later they issued their debut release, the 6 Kisses, A Blatant Reminder of Why We Are Alive EP with a tour of…
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Creed continued to top year-end charts and was recognized as the Rock Artist of the Year at the 1998 Billboard Music Awards .
Prior to the release of 1998’s Follow the Leader , Gretchen Plewes, a Zeeland, Michigan high school assistant principal, said in an interview for a Michigan newspaper that Korn’s music is “indecent, vulgar, obscene and intends to be insulting” after giving a student named Eric VanHoven a one-day suspension for…
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