Like the second half of 1998, 1999 saw little activity from Buck-Tick. They contributed a cover of ” Doubt ” to May’s hide tribute album Tribute Spirits , released the non-album single “Bran-New Lover” on July 14, and performed at Marilyn Manson ‘s Rock Is Dead Tour (originally scheduled as…
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Scholz headed back to the studio in 1998 to begin work on a fifth album, which eventually turned out to be Corporate America . The title track of “Corporate America” was uploaded by Tom Scholz to MP3.com under the pseudonym of “Downer’s Revenge” in early 2002 to test the album’s…
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The four live performances of ProjeKct One in December 1997 would be Bruford’s last involvement with King Crimson.
Following the release of the standalone ” Closed for Business ” EP in October 1997, the band found themselves short of songs going into the studio sessions at Olympic Studios for second album Six . Suffering from writer’s block , Draper took inspiration from books Chad had taken out with…
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Calling All Stations was released in September 1997. It was a commercial and critical success in Europe, where it reached No. 2 in the UK, but the album only reached No. 54 in the US, their lowest charting album there since Selling England by the Pound .
Wilson was announced as the new Genesis singer in June 1997. Though much of the album was already written by the time he joined, Banks was pleased with his contributions to the album, which included writing the lyrics to “Small Talk” and riffs on ” Not About Us ” and…
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The band began rehearsing again in May 1997 in Nashville, Tennessee .
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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The result was Blur , the band’s fifth studio album, released in February 1997. Although the music press predicted that the lo-fi sonic experimentation would alienate Blur’s teenage girl fan-base, they generally applauded the effort. Pointing out lyrics such as “Look inside America/She’s alright”, and noting Albarn’s “obligatory nod to…
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By the time the compilation was released in 1997, the Britpop movement was clearly losing momentum, and the band had chosen to part ways with their longtime producer, Ed Buller, before beginning work on the follow-up to Coming Up . Prior to focusing on their next album, the band recorded…
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