hard rock

1997
Black Sabbath reunited to coheadline

In the summer of 1997, Iommi, Butler and Osbourne reunited to coheadline the Ozzfest tour alongside Osbourne’s solo band. The line-up featured Osbourne’s drummer Mike Bordin filling in for Ward. “It started off with me going off to join Ozzy for a couple of numbers,” explained Iommi, “and then it…
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The Wildhearts The band have continued to multi-format since 1997, in particular

The band have continued to multi-format since 1997, in particular with ” Top of the World ” in 2003, consisting of three CD singles, two with two B-sides and one with one B-side and the video for the song. The band released a full-length album consisting only of B-sides, Coupled…
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System of a Down Demo Tape 3

At the beginning of 1997, System of a Down recorded their final publicly released demo tape, Demo Tape 3 .

Audioslave broken up

Soundgarden , which had broken up in 1997.

3 Doors Down The three-piece began to record demo material in 1997. The demo

The three-piece began to record demo material in 1997. The demo recording sessions took place at the Holly House Recording studio in Biloxi, Mississippi . The band’s demo songs were mixed and recorded by Clyde Holly, with the recordings being released on a self-titled CD in 1997. 1,000 copies of…
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Heart (band) Whirlygig

a full-length album titled Whirlygig in 1997

Black Widow (band) The album was finally released in 1997 on the Mystic Records label

The album was finally released in 1997 on the Mystic Records label. In 1998 the original recordings of their debut album, made before Garrett left the band, were released as Return to the Sabbat . In 2000, Black Widow Records (an Italian label) released King of the Witches: Black Widow…
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System of a Down Khachaturian left the band

In mid-1997, drummer Khachaturian left the band when he broke his hand after punching a wall during an argument, consigning him to a year of recovery. He was replaced by John Dolmayan , who the band knew after sharing a rehearsal space with his band. Khachaturian subsequently co-founded The Apex…
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Creed (band) signed with Wind-up Records

The band signed with Wind-up Records in 1997.

Foo Fighters Smear left the Foo Fighters in 1997, citing exhaustion and burnout

Smear left the Foo Fighters in 1997, citing exhaustion and burnout, and was replaced by Grohl’s former Scream bandmate Franz Stahl . Stahl toured with the Foo Fighters for the next few months and appeared on two tracks recorded for movie soundtracks, a re-recording of ” Walking After You “,…
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