Cantrell and Kinney were also featured on Metallica ‘s 1998 album Garage Inc. , both were guest musicians in the track ” Tuesday’s Gone “, a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover.
In December 1997, the group was joined by Ward, marking the first reunion of the original quartet since Osbourne’s 1992 “retirement show”.
In the summer of 1997, Iommi, Butler and Osbourne reunited to coheadline the Ozzfest tour alongside Osbourne’s solo band. The line-up featured Osbourne’s drummer Mike Bordin filling in for Ward. “It started off with me going off to join Ozzy for a couple of numbers,” explained Iommi, “and then it…
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the EP Sounds of Decay released with the same lineup the next year
The next member to leave the band was drummer John Douglas, who departed in the summer of 1997. He was replaced by Shaun Steels , formerly of Solstice , who would also later play drums for My Dying Bride .
The first of said releases was an EP entitled Saw You Drown , released in early 1997, which also contained the first wide release of “Scarlet Heavens”.
Even though Trouble had gone on an extended hiatus after Wagner’s departure, rumors of an eventual re-formation persisted. From 1997 to 2000, Wagner was replaced by former Exhorder singer Kyle Thomas, who played four public gigs with Trouble.
although it was later certified Gold in 1997.
In 1997, Tony Iommi disbanded the current line-up to officially reunite with Ozzy Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath line-up.
Although Alice in Chains never officially disbanded, Staley became a recluse, rarely leaving his Seattle condominium following the death of his ex-fiancée Demri Parrott on October 29, 1996.