Written in 1998, the album’s lyrical content focused heavily on what Cantrell regarded as the demise of Alice in Chains, which still remained evident as the album approached its June 2002 release.
The band’s fifth album, 1998’s This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours , was their first number 1 in the UK, remaining at the top of the albums chart for three weeks, selling 136,000 copies in the first week and spending a total of 74 weeks in the chart. The…
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In 1998 Rik Emmett resisted overtures from his former bandmates for a potentially lucrative twentieth anniversary US tour, stating he was not interested. Nevertheless, Moore and Levine purchased and acquired back their entire album catalogue from MCA and launched their own label TML Entertainment , and they continued to release…
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That same year, he played drums for Pearl Jam’s Yield Tour following Jack Irons ‘ departure
Benjamin Burnley was originally in a band named Breaking Benjamin in 1998, that played “softer music”, such as Weezer and the Beatles covers, and was “nothing like” subsequent lineups. The name originates from an incident in which Burnley broke a borrowed microphone, prompting its owner to retort, “Thanks to Benjamin…
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In 1998, two years after the band formed, Harrell asked rhythm guitarist Chris Henderson, who was previously in a band named Burning Bridges, to join the group. The band was booked in New York to perform a showcase at the CBGB music club. Daly told HitQuarters : “Once they got…
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They also won the Best Band in the World Today award at the 1998 Q Awards .
Twisted Sister’s first reunion was in 1998 when the band recorded one song, “Heroes Are Hard to Find”, for the soundtrack of Snider’s movie Strangeland .
VH1 revived the band’s fortunes in the US in 1998 by featuring them on one of the first episodes of Behind the Music . Re-runs of the episode yielded some of the series’ highest ratings and brought the band’s music back into the public consciousness (following years of burial by…
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Creed continued to top year-end charts and was recognized as the Rock Artist of the Year at the 1998 Billboard Music Awards .