In the spring of 1993, Love and Erlandson recruited Janitor Joe bassist Kristen Pfaff
In early 1993, Peter Mengede left Helmet due to a contractual dispute. He would later join the supergroup Handsome in 1995, which released one album on Epic Records in 1997 before disbanding. Mengede was replaced by Rob Echeverria , guitarist from the hardcore band Rest in Pieces. Helmet collaborated with…
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The band filed for bankruptcy and left Atco Records , but soon after was picked up by Clive Davis ‘ Arista Records label for their 1993 album Animals with Human Intelligence . Before this album’s release, drummer Vikki Foxx quit the band to join Vince Neil ‘s solo band. Foxx…
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In 1993, the band also participated in the Another Roadside Attraction tour in Canada and collaborated with The Tragically Hip , Crash Vegas , Hothouse Flowers and Daniel Lanois on the one-off single ” Land ” to protest forest clearing in British Columbia.
For the recording of the band’s 1992 album The Looks or the Lifestyle? , Pop Will Eat Itself recruited John “Fuzz” Townshend as their drummer to complement their preprogrammed drums. The band had discussed adding a live drummer in 1990, but touring commitments made it impractical to do so until…
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In 1993, the band was chosen to take part in that year’s Lollapalooza tour, playing alongside such acts as Primus , Alice in Chains , Dinosaur Jr. and Rage Against the Machine .
The tour for the album is documented on 1993’s live album Live Seeds and showcases the new group’s aggressive sound.
The group toured extensively in support of their debut, performing dates in Europe and Mexico and supporting such acts as Neil Young and Lenny Kravitz late in 1993. Their activity the following year included a performance at Woodstock ’94 in August and a supporting slot on the Rolling Stones ‘…
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The Hives was formed in 1993 by brothers Per “Pelle” Almqvist (Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist) and Niklas Almqvist (Nicholaus Arson) in Fagersta . Friends of the brothers, Mikael Karlsson (Vigilante Carlstroem), Mattias Bernvall (Dr. Matt Destruction) and Christian Grahn (Chris Dangerous), soon joined the band and took stage names like the…
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In the spring of 1993, the band released their single ” Beautiful Son “, which was recorded in Seattle with producer Jack Endino as a fill-in bass player; Love also played bass on the single’s b-side “20 Years In the Dakota”, as well as on their contribution to the 1993…
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