Metallica headlined the alternative rock festival Lollapalooza festival in mid-1996.
Grosskopf said 1996:
The band released the home video The Nona Tapes On December 12, a mockumentary featuring interviews with the band members conducted by journalist Nona Weisbaum (played by Jerry Cantrell), and the music video for “Grind”.
In late 1995 the band resumed its activity, they have reunited many times ever since, with different musicians, except singer Pil Trafa, who remained the only permanent member. With bassist “Polaco” Zelazek and Anel Paz substituting guitarist “Stuka”, they recorded the album Otra patada en los huevos (“Another kick to…
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After completing Asian dates in December 1995, Tony Iommi put the band on hiatus, and began work on a solo album with former Black Sabbath vocalist Glenn Hughes , and former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland .
1995 was also quiet, until November 19 when the band began the tour for their next album, Dahlia Tour 1995–1996 .
On November 7, 1995, Columbia Records released their self-titled album, Alice in Chains , which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and has since been certified triple platinum.
” Shoots and Ladders ” was released on October 31, 1995.
On 23 October 1995, the band entered the Guinness Book of World Records by performing three concerts on three continents in one day (Tangiers, Morocco; Sheffield, England; and Vancouver, Canada).
On October 6, the band released the studio version of the song to radio via satellite uplink to stem the excessive spread of taped copies of the song.