The Psycho Circus Tour opened at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Halloween in 1998, and was simulcast on FM radio across the U.S.
This line-up recorded two shows at the Birmingham NEC , released as the double album Reunion on 20 October 1998.
The first album with the new lineup was Against , released in October 1998.
In October 1998, Staley reunited with Alice in Chains to record two new songs, ” Get Born Again ” and ” Died “.
The band released the second part of their triptych, Mechanical Animals , on September 15, 1998. Co-produced by the band’s lead singer with Sean Beavan and Michael Beinhorn , the album moved away from the industrial rock production of its predecessor and was strongly influenced by 1970s glam rock ,…
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In September 1998, the reunited group issued Psycho Circus .
The album was considered a complete success by the band, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 with at least 268,000 copies sold in its first week of release and, among other singles, spawning two of their biggest singles: ” Got the Life ” and ” Freak on a…
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The band’s first album All Wound Up… was slightly edited to remove unlicensed samples, fully re-mastered and given a new artwork and layout; the finished self-titled album Godsmack was released to the public six weeks later on August 25, 1998.
Prior to the release of the band’s third album, Korn produced a weekly online TV show called KornTV, which documented the making of the record and featured special guests such as porn star Ron Jeremy , Limp Bizkit , and 311 . The project also gave fans (nicknamed “nibletz”) the…
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The band played their first public show under the pseudonym “Troops of Doom” on July 8, 1998 at the House of Blues in Los Angeles , where they were supported by Human Waste Project , Tura Satana , and Spineshank .