In 1998, the band maintained its profile by being the subject of an episode of VH1 ‘s Behind the Music .
A short time after Enuff Z’Nuff parted ways from Arista Records, guitarist Derek Frigo left the band, though he still recorded on occasion with them. Despite this setback, the band continued touring and recording, releasing albums on several indie labels and finding a solid fanbase overseas. Some notable events include…
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The band’s hit song “My Own Prison” was featured as a live performance on the charity album Live in the X Lounge in 1998.
Homme returned to Palm Desert, California , where he released Queens of the Stone Age’s self-titled debut album in 1998 on Stone Gossard ‘s and Regan Hagar ‘s label Loosegroove Records , and on vinyl by Man’s Ruin Records . Homme played guitar and bass on the album (the latter…
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a collection of mostly self-penned Christmas songs titled Here is Christmas in 1998
The band’s first greatest hits album, Choice Cuts , arrived in 1998. Geffen Records produced a music video for their cover of We’re an American Band , a 1970s hit song by Grand Funk Railroad .
Mercury dropped the band after the album’s release, and they signed to Wind-up Records instead, which re-released the record in 1998.
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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In 1998, Metallica compiled a double album of cover songs, titled Garage Inc. The first disc contained newly recorded covers of songs by Diamond Head , Killing Joke , the Misfits , Thin Lizzy , Mercyful Fate , Black Sabbath and others, and the second disc featured the original version…
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In a 1998 Chris Welch interview, Fox talks of the Gang’s final years and the breakup: “It became a quest to find a suitable replacement for Joe Walsh. We’d try some guys and do an album or two, but it wasn’t quite what we wanted and so we’d move on…
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