Despite stronger sales with their second Capitol album, the band’s relationship with the label grew increasingly strained. A planned 1998 album, After the Astronaut , was scrapped, and the Butthole Surfers parted ways acrimoniously with their manager, Tom Bunch.
Later in 1998, the band released their first full-album of this style, titled Discouraged Ones .
Managed by Justin and Jeremy’s parents under the name RoDan Entertainment, Blue October released their first album, The Answers in 1998. It was a well-received debut which sold over 5,000 copies in Houston alone. Due to a fan-based connection with ABC ‘s KTRK-TV (Channel 13), Blue October was able to…
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In January 1998, the Pillows released their twelfth single ” Another Morning ” and their first concert DVD ” Hello, Welcome to Bubbletown’s Happy Zoo “. The last three singles were featured on their sixth album Little Busters , which came out in February and became one of their most…
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Dude Ranch shipped gold by 1998,
He then worked briefly with the Smashing Pumpkins on the band’s 1998 album, Adore .
Afterglow provided the band their only Grammy Award nomination to date, a Best Rock Instrumental nod in 1998 for “El Distorto de Melodica”. Later that year, the band won Billboard’s Modern Rock Band of the Year Award . Though Afterglow never charted higher than No. 33 on the Billboard album…
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As swing music steadily gained commercial momentum throughout 1997, sales of Zoot Suit Riot increased dramatically; by December, Mojo was moving 12,000 units per week. In January 1998, the label informed the Daddies of their decision to push the album’s title track as a major single and distribute it among…
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My Own Prison was also the highest-selling heavy music record of 1998 on Nielsen SoundScan ‘s Hard Music chart.
In 1998, his version of Walter Egan ‘s ” Magnet and Steel ” was recorded on the Sabrina The Teenage Witch album with Lindsey Buckingham on guitar.