In January 1996, they started touring North America with Acid Bath opening for them. But in April, two band members ran into trouble trying to enter Canada, because they had both been previously charged with driving under the influence in the U.S. This resulted in the cancellation of all their…
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After taking a break in most of 1996 and resigning from MCA to Metal Blade , Flotsam and Jetsam resurfaced in 1997 with their sixth album High . The album’s song titles were designed with the font types/logos of famous bands like Iron Maiden , Metallica , Kiss , Van…
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The band spent about a year writing and recording new songs, resulting in the release of Load in 1996. Load debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and ARIA Charts ; it was the band’s second number one album.
In 1996, DeRock Records released Rough Cutt Live , which contained three new studio cuts, “House of Pain,” “Prowler,” and “Peyote,” as bonus tracks. The same label would also issue a full-length studio album by Rough Cutt offshoot Jailhouse in 1998, with all five songs from the 1989 Alive in…
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In 1996, the management company Coalition Entertainment took them on.
followed by the album Diatribes in January 1996.
According to the official Project 86 documentary “XV,” Project 86 formed in mid 1996 by vocalist Andrew Schwab in Orange County, California . Guitarist Randy Torres , who was a sophomore in high school, was the first member recruited. The original lineup included Schwab, Torres, Ethan Luck ( Demon Hunter…
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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 .
Their EP Greed Killing was released through Earache in December 1995
1995 was also quiet, until November 19 when the band began the tour for their next album, Dahlia Tour 1995–1996 .