In mid 1996 Soda was invited to Miami by MTV to record a session for their acoustic show, MTV Unplugged .
After having left Shaking Hands, Buck-Tick started their own management company, Banker Ltd., on January 31, 1996, and appointed Toll as its president. They also started a new fan club, Fish Tank. On June 21, they released their ninth studio album, Cosmos , which featured a brighter sound than was…
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Breathe was released in 1996.
With Gahan out of rehab in 1996, Depeche Mode held recording sessions with producer Tim Simenon .
The Moog Droog EP followed in October 1995, named after the synthesiser manufacturer Robert Moog and the Nadsat term for “friend” in A Clockwork Orange . The EP’s title is also a pun on the Welsh mwg drwg slang for cannabis , literally “bad (or naughty) smoke”. The lyrics on…
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The earliest Super Furry Animals track commercially available is “Dim Brys: Dim Chwys”, recorded in 1994 for Radio Cymru: an ambient piece, the track shows the band’s techno roots. However, by the time it was released (on the “Triskedekaphilia” compilation album in August 1995), the band had already put out…
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After a three-year absence, on 29 June 1995, Soda released Sueño Stereo , their 7th and final studio album.
In June 1995, Alan Wilder announced that he was leaving Depeche Mode, explaining:
In 1995 A&M released Live! , a double live album produced by Summers featuring two complete concerts
Wilder would later be called the “Musical Director” of the band, responsible for the band’s sound until his departure in 1995.