In February 1996, the band’s debut on Creation, ” Hometown Unicorn “, became New Musical Express ‘s Single of the Week, chosen by guest reviewers Pulp , and the first Super Furry Animals single to chart in the UK Top 50, peaking at No. 47. The follow-up, a re-recording of…
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Through past connections of Slater and Gotland, Third Eye Blind started recording a third demo with producer and sound engineer Eric Valentine , with some additional funding from a partially interested RCA Records , from late 1995 to February 1996. Valentine noted that he had heard the demos the band…
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U2 began work on their next studio album, Pop , in mid-1995, holding recording sessions with Nellee Hooper , Flood , and Howie B . The band mixed the contrasting influences of each producer into their music, in particular Howie B’s experiences with electronica and dance music. Mullen was sidelined…
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While the mainstream’s growing focus on punk and ska by the mid-1990s presented the Daddies with further commercial opportunities, Perry still insisted foremost on maintaining complete creative control of the band. In February 1996, the Daddies released their third self-produced studio album on Space Age Bachelor Pad, Kids on the…
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“Drugs worked for me for years,” Staley told Rolling Stone in February 1996, “and now they’re turning against me … now I’m walking through hell and this sucks. I didn’t want my fans to think that heroin was cool. But then I’ve had fans come up to me and give…
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In February 1996, when Coxon and James were absent for a lip-synced Blur performance broadcast on Italian television, they were replaced by a cardboard cutout and a roadie, respectively. Blur biographer Stuart Maconie later wrote that, at the time, “Blur were sewn together very awkwardly”.
would eventually reach number 72 on the Billboard 200 in February 1996
In the autumn of 1995, the band was joined by new member Neil Codling , a cousin of Gilbert who played keyboards and second guitar. His first appearance was at a fanclub gig at the Hanover Grand on 27 January 1996, which turned out to be one of Suede’s most…
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The following month, on 18 January 1996, “Sweet Catatonia” was released.
Idlewild played their first show on 16 January 1996, at the Subway Club in Edinburgh to a crowd of thirty friends, which led to many more shows around Edinburgh throughout the course of the year. In May 1996 the band, now with over twenty songs written, entered Split Level Studios…
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