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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In 1997, they attended the Emergenza festival, won the regional finals in Munich and finished third in the European competition. For this competition they hired DJ Paul Rzyttka (known as DJ Zamzoe) who afterwards became a permanent member of the band.
After the band completed recording, they toured with Korn and Helmet in 1997.
The next member to leave the band was drummer John Douglas, who departed in the summer of 1997. He was replaced by Shaun Steels , formerly of Solstice , who would also later play drums for My Dying Bride .
During 1997 and 1998, D.R.I. continued to tour the world extensively, including European and South American dates. Also in 1998, D.R.I. announced that they were writing songs for the follow-up to Full Speed Ahead , including “Against Me”, “As Seen on TV”, “Bad News”, “Brick Wall View”, “Destructive Power”, “Insanity…
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The band would play the song “Domination” (from Cowboys from Hell ) leading into the ending of “Hollow” (what is roughly the last 2:30 of the album version), forming a medley referred to as “Dom/Hollow”, as can be heard on the band’s 1997 live album Official Live: 101 Proof .
Holt and Hunting reunited with Baloff and Hunolt for a short Exodus tour in 1997. The lineup was completed with Wardance bassist Jack Gibson. They released a live album titled Another Lesson in Violence recorded at the Trocadero Transfer in front of a home town audience. However, the group disbanded…
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That same year, they also notably served as an opening act on the Album of the Year Tour for Faith No More , a band often credited as paving the way for Limp Bizkit and the nu metal genre.
In 1997, the band changed its name to Finger Eleven, which came from a demo of their song “Thin Spirits”.
The band also received their second and third ” Best Metal Performance ” Grammy nominations for The Great Southern Trendkill ‘s ” Suicide Note (Pt. I) ” and Cowboys From Hell ‘s ” Cemetery Gates ” in 1997 and 1998 , respectively.