In 1998, the Renaissance Records label issued The Best of Alcatrazz , a look back at the band’s brief career. God Blessed Video appeared in the 2002 videogame soundtrack Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , playing on fictional rock station V-Rock .
In late 1998, the band regrouped and began work on a fourth Stone Temple Pilots album.
The band covered Alice Cooper ‘s song ” I’m Eighteen ” for The Faculty soundtrack in 1998.
Hoobastank started playing at Cobalt Cafe in Los Angeles with Incubus and Linkin Park . They recorded their first full-length, self-released album in 1998, They Sure Don’t Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To , which features a saxophone section headed by Jeremy Wasser, who recorded the “Summer Romance” saxophone…
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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 .