That year, the song ” Wake Up ” was featured on the soundtrack of the film The Matrix .
Their third album, The Battle of Los Angeles , debuted at number one in 1999, selling 450,000 copies in the first week and was certified double-platinum .
Sony Records released Live & Rare , compiling B-sides and live performances, in Japan in June 1998.
In February 1998, Incubus dismissed Koppel (DJ Lyfe). The group’s attorney recommended Chris Kilmore (DJ Kilmore) to fill the position after seeing Chris on the Sunset Strip performing with Beats and Blunts. The band enjoyed Kilmore’s style and attitude towards life and asked him to join the band.
In late 1998, Primus released the Rhinoplasty EP, which has covers of acts like XTC , the Police and Peter Gabriel . The EP also includes two live recordings of Primus, as well as bonus content accessed through a CD-ROM portion of the CD. It was shortly followed by the…
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The band released their first new material in almost half a decade, the Six the Hard Way EP in 1998, which also included two live tracks. Released on Suicidal Records, this EP saw the band switching back to their original punk metal and skatepunk style (with songs originally recorded by…
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After constant touring throughout 1998, and after selling over 100,000 copies of S.C.I.E.N.C.E. without the support of radio or television exposure, Incubus took a break for two years and then began working on their third album Make Yourself . After just two weeks in the studio with producer Jim Wirt,…
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while ” No Shelter ” appeared on the Godzilla soundtrack in 1998.
A live video, Rage Against the Machine , was released later the same year.
In early 1998, rumors of Faith No More’s imminent demise began; commencing with a post to Faith No More newsgroup alt.music.faith-no-more claiming Mike Patton had quit the band in favor of side projects. This rumor, denied at the time, proved to be at least partly true. Faith No More played…
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