From February 1997 they supported the European release of their album with concerts in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom. Along the way the group had briefly performed alongside Australian band Silverchair , who were on their first European tour. After that tour Shihad relocated to Melbourne…
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In February 1997, the group released Pop ‘ s lead single, ” Discothèque “, a dance-heavy song with a music video in which the band wore Village People costumes. The song reached number one in the UK, Japan, and Canada, but did not chart for long in the US despite…
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and was self-released in February 1997 through the band’s own record label, E. K. Records Company.
February 1997 saw the release of the band’s critically acclaimed debut album Attack of the Grey Lantern . Although the band had finished recording most of the album prior to Rathbone joining, they went back into the studio to record new songs ” Taxloss ” and “Mansun’s Only Love Song”…
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Stone Temple Pilots were also featured on the cover of issue No. 753 in February 1997.
1997 also saw lineup changes; bassist Victor Damiani and guitarist Greg Brown both left, prompting speculation about the band’s survival; McCrea noted that “Musically, there was a really great symbiosis and I really felt that it (their departures, especially Brown’s) was the most stupid thing in the world”, and said…
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The Posies performed with Burt Bacharach on a recording of his song ” What the World Needs Now Is Love “, which was featured in the 1997 movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery .
They finished off the year with a tour of their own, originally aimed to support the new album, but this was still being held back by the label.
“Pretty Noose” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1997.
While the band at this time was still firmly rooted in the loud, fast punk rock style, the trio were beginning to experiment with songs featuring a more melodic, though no less aggressive, sound. “The early Hüsker stuff was all very fast and furious,” Mould reflected in 1997, “as a…
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