Crabb concentrated on his ambient side project Golden Claw Musics . After the rest of the band split in 1996, March and Townshend formed the big beat band Bentley Rhythm Ace . Townshend also released two solo albums and Mansell wrote film scores, including those for Requiem for a Dream…
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After contributing to remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs, such as ” Closer “, Beavan mixed and co-produced Marilyn Manson ‘s Antichrist Superstar in 1996.
Their manager at the time Gerald Dwyer died of a morphine overdose just after Shihad’s performance at the 1996 Big Day Out, in Auckland. They had found Dwyer’s body in his motel room after returning from the gig. The group missed the Gold Coast concert to attend Dwyer’s funeral and…
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Between Filter’s first and second albums, the band became known for their soundtrack contributions, The first of these tracks, “Thanks Bro”, landed on the Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files album. In 1996, Filter recorded and filmed the video for the song “Jurassitol”,…
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Curve returned to the music business in 1996 with the EP Pink Girl With the Blues . In the same year, Curve collaborated with Paul Van Dyk by reworking the mostly instrumental song “Words” from the album Seven Ways and also adding Halliday’s vocals.
Esch separated from the group, and Xtort was created in 1996 almost entirely without his input.
Their second album, Killjoy , was released in May 1995 and was produced by Malcolm Welsford , who also engineered and mixed the record. It reached No. 4 and they followed with a tour of Western Europe supporting Faith No More for seven weeks. They remained in Europe for four…
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The band found some new popularity after signing with Trent Reznor ‘s Nothing Records in the U.S. and touring with Nine Inch Nails , as well as having their songs included in the PlayStation game Loaded . In March 1995, the band released the Dos Dedos Mis Amigos remix album…
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In March 1995, the band began a two-month tour, this time with Monster Voodoo Machine as support. This would be drummer Sara Lee Lucas’s last tour with the band. Kenneth Wilson, better known by his stage name Ginger Fish , then joined the group before they embarked on a tour…
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Durango, meanwhile, continued to play music during his law school years, releasing two EPs on Touch and Go as Arsenal and recording with Boss Hog . He then became a practicing lawyer , with clients including Touch and Go Records and Cynthia Plaster Caster . Riley recorded tracks with the…
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