Siblings Arejay (born Terrance Averell Cooper Hale) and Elizabeth “Lzzy” Hale began actively writing and performing original music in 1997 when they were 10 and 13 years old. Lzzy started learning piano at the age of 5; she later progressed to a keytar and Arejay the drums . She took…
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In 1997, the band were asked by friends in the industrial rock band God Lives Underwater to contribute a track for the Depeche Mode tribute album that they were assembling: For the Masses . Failure chose to cover the 1990 hit ” Enjoy the Silence “. That summer, Failure also…
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Headswim re-emerged in 1997 with their second album Despite Yourself
Wilder continued to work on his personal project Recoil , releasing a fourth album ( Unsound Methods ) in 1997.
Gamma Ray changed their name in 1997 after the German power metal band Gamma Ray threatened to sue. The name “Queens of the Stone Age” came from a nickname given to Kyuss by their producer Chris Goss . Homme said of the name: “Kings would be too macho. The Kings…
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The band started touring outside the Philippines in 1997, first performing at BMG Records’ Sentosa Pop Festival in Singapore in March. They made their American debut in May, playing several venues in California . In September, they received the MTV Asia ‘s Viewer’s Choice Award for the ” Ang Huling…
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A promotional disc was released in 1997 to promote both the band and the Life Is Peachy Tour featuring Incubus and the Urge and included three live tracks.
While touring with the American band Weezer , Ash felt the limitations of a three-piece format. This led to the recruitment of a second guitarist and vocalist, Charlotte Hatherley , who had previously been with the band Nightnurse . She was introduced at a few small gigs a week before…
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The Juliana Theory was formed in 1997 by Joshua Fiedler and Neil Hebrank (formerly of the band Noisome) along with Chad Monticue (former singer for Pensive), Jeremiah Momper, and Brett Detar (who also split his time as a guitarist for Zao and Pensive at the time).
As with previous works, this was delayed, and Catatonia performed at festivals during the summer of 1997 while they waited for the release. They were booked for the Glastonbury Festival , but upon arriving they were told their spot had been cancelled.