On April 8, 1997, That Dog released their third album, Retreat from the Sun , and added Kenny Woods (Steven McDonald Group, Beck, Anders & Woods) on guitar. Retreat from the Sun spawned the group’s only charting radio hit, “Never Say Never”, which reached No. 27 on the U.S. Billboard…
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Soundgarden , which had broken up in 1997.
In 1997, INXS released a comeback album entitled Elegantly Wasted . It fared respectably in Australia (No. 14), Canada (No. 14), France (No. 30), UK (No. 16) (where INXS had more success in the 1990s than in the 1980s), Belgium (No. 7), Switzerland (No. 13), but only reached No. 41…
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The idea to create Gorillaz came about when Albarn and Hewlett were watching MTV . Hewlett said, “If you watch MTV for too long, it’s a bit like hell – there’s nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a virtual band, something that would be a comment…
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In 1997, Fadi El-Assad (“Freddy Castro”) ( lead guitar ) and Patrick Lillard (“Spider Stewart”) ( bass ) formed The Riverboat Gamblers with Mike Wiebe (“Rookie Sensation”) ( vocals ). Lillard’s original intention was to emulate Virginia rockers The Candy Snatchers in direct contrast to the popular emo music at…
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The band made a guest appearance in an episode of King of the Hill later that year.
Talk Show released one eponymous album in 1997
Minus Jimmy Allen, the group released an eleven-song indie album, Abrasive , in 1997 on the Madison -based label Hardknocks Records. Three of the songs from Abrasive were later re-recorded for the band’s major-label debut Come Clean . Differences of opinion and other factors led to the break-up of the…
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In late 1997, the band returned to the studio with producer Steve Lillywhite and an array of guest collaborators, including Reynolds, banjoist Béla Fleck , vocalist Alanis Morissette , future touring band member Butch Taylor , Chapman Stick player Greg Howard , and the Kronos Quartet . They composed and…
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The latter received a Grammy nomination in 1997 for Best Metal Performance