This line-up recorded two shows at the Birmingham NEC , released as the double album Reunion on 20 October 1998.
In October 1998, Staley reunited with Alice in Chains to record two new songs, ” Get Born Again ” and ” Died “.
They recorded their sixth studio album, The Last Wave of Summer (October 1998), from February to July with the band members co-producing.
Encouraged by the unexpected success of As Good as Dead , Island Records greenlit a third album with Local H’s preferred producer, Roy Thomas Baker , along with a larger budget and a promise of no interference. That album, Pack Up the Cats , was a 15-track concept album chronicling…
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In September 1998, the reunited group issued Psycho Circus .
The band’s first album All Wound Up… was slightly edited to remove unlicensed samples, fully re-mastered and given a new artwork and layout; the finished self-titled album Godsmack was released to the public six weeks later on August 25, 1998.
In June 1998, Universal / Republic Records signed the band to their label.
In June 1998, System of a Down released their debut album, System of a Down . They enjoyed moderate success as their first singles ” Sugar ” and ” Spiders ” became radio favorites and the music videos for both songs were frequently aired on MTV . After the release…
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Bryan Carlstrom produced their self-titled debut . He had engineered albums by multi- platinum outfits The Offspring and Alice in Chains as well as producing labelmates Stavesacre . Schwab drew upon personal struggles he was experiencing at the time to write meaningful lyrics. Sonny Sandoval , lead singer of nu…
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The band’s song “Lose Control” was included in the Japanese and Philippine releases of the official movie soundtrack of Godzilla , released on May 19, 1998, through Epic Records.