In February 1997, the group released Pop ‘ s lead single, ” Discothèque “, a dance-heavy song with a music video in which the band wore Village People costumes. The song reached number one in the UK, Japan, and Canada, but did not chart for long in the US despite…
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In 1997, INXS released a comeback album entitled Elegantly Wasted . It fared respectably in Australia (No. 14), Canada (No. 14), France (No. 30), UK (No. 16) (where INXS had more success in the 1990s than in the 1980s), Belgium (No. 7), Switzerland (No. 13), but only reached No. 41…
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After the promo tour for Thank You was completed, John Taylor co-founded the B5 Records label, recorded a solo album, founded and toured with the supergroup Neurotic Outsiders , and reunited the Power Station, though the project proceeded without him when he had to withdraw to deal with his divorce.…
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In 1997, Buck-Tick changed record labels from Victor to Mercury Music Entertainment . The make-up shows for the previous year’s postponed concerts began in March, under the title Tour ’97 Red Room 2097. On November 12, they released their thirteenth single ” Heroin “. On December 10, they released the…
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They returned to No. 1 on the ARIA albums charts with the compilation 20,000 Watt R.S.L. in 1997 on Sony Records , which achieved 4×Platinum sales.
Wilder continued to work on his personal project Recoil , releasing a fourth album ( Unsound Methods ) in 1997.
Joyce continued with the action, which reached the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in December 1996. Morrissey and Marr had accepted the previous year that Joyce and Rourke were partners, but whether Joyce was entitled to a quarter of profits “arising out of the activities (other than songwriting or…
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The final single from the album, ” If You Don’t Want Me to Destroy You “, was to have been backed by a track called ” The Man Don’t Give a Fuck “. However, there were problems in clearing a sample from “Showbiz Kids” by Steely Dan which formed the…
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On 30 October 1996 Soda Stereo became the first Latin American band to transmit a live concert via the Internet , through the Argentine radio program Cuál Es? (Which Is It?). The show was conducted by Mario Pergolini on Argentina Rock & Pop radio. The band played live from the…
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The record became the catalyst for the extensive Gira Sueño Stereo (Sueño Stereo Tour), which began on 8 September in Buenos Aires, at the Grand Rex Theater – it spanned Venezuela, Colombia, Peru , Panama , Mexico and the United States (Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Miami). The tour…
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