Following a bidding war between rival labels, Silverchair signed a three-album recording contract with Sony Music subsidiary Murmur Records . Initially, the group were managed by their parents. Sony A&R manager John Watson, who was jointly responsible for signing the group, subsequently left the label to become their band manager.…
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While Alice in Chains was inactive during 1995, Staley joined the “grunge supergroup ” Mad Season , which also featured Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready , bassist John Baker Saunders from The Walkabouts , and Screaming Trees drummer Barrett Martin . Mad Season released one album, Above , for which…
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Soundgarden won two Grammy Awards in 1995—”Black Hole Sun” received the award for Best Hard Rock Performance and “Spoonman” received the award for Best Metal Performance.
Urge Overkill retained their sound for Exit the Dragon , released in 1995. Kato and Roeser started feuding, resulting in Roeser leaving the band. Roeser went on to perform with Jim Kimball (formerly of The Jesus Lizard ) as L.I.M.E. and with his brother John in the band Electric Airlines.…
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after releasing four EPs, they issued the album Letters from Chutney (1995), which received generally favourable reviews.
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995.
After some rehearsals in late 1995, Grand Funk Railroad’s three original members (joined on tour by keyboardist/guitarist and background vocalist Howard Eddy Jr.) once again reunited in 1996 and played to 500,000 people during a three-year period.
Their third album Heavenly followed in 1995.
and in 1995 the Clio Award for Alternative Music Video.
1995’s 2preciious was a project record written with members of Sons of Freedom, in which she dropped the name “Lee Aaron” entirely and used her real name, Karen. Neither of these recordings was commercially successful, and shortly afterwards, the Sons broke up.