A career retrospective, Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation , appeared in 1998, along with two remixed maxisingles: “Summer of Love ’98” and “Hallucinating Pluto”. A major tour (with co-headliners the Pretenders ) to promote the collection took place. ” Debbie “, another single from the album (a tribute…
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Managed by Justin and Jeremy’s parents under the name RoDan Entertainment, Blue October released their first album, The Answers in 1998. It was a well-received debut which sold over 5,000 copies in Houston alone. Due to a fan-based connection with ABC ‘s KTRK-TV (Channel 13), Blue October was able to…
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In 1998, the band performed on Frank Wildhorn ‘s concept album of the musical The Civil War .
The album was followed on November 17, 1998, by the release of their first single, ” You Get What You Give ” (co-written with Rick Nowels ), which reached No. 36 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart , and No. 1 on…
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In 1998, the duo appeared at Luciano Pavarotti ‘s benefit concert with May performing ” Too Much Love Will Kill You ” with Pavarotti, later playing “Radio Ga Ga”, “We Will Rock You”, and “We Are the Champions” with Zucchero .
In late 1998, Farner left the band after disagreements with Brewer and Schacher and returned to his solo career. And after a two-year hiatus, when Brewer and Schacher once again approached Farner about reuniting, he turned them down after they refused to honor his desire to be paid fifty percent,…
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By the end of 1998, the band had prepared a concept album called The Sun, The Storm and The Traveler , based on Aesop’s fable of The North Wind and the Sun , and they planned to record it after a recess in the fall of 1999. That summer, John…
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In 1998, Limp Bizkit toured with Soulfly and Cold on Soulfly’s first European tour. Touring consistently increased Limp Bizkit’s success and the second single from Three Dollar Bill, Y’all , a cover of George Michael’s “Faith”, became a successful radio hit, leading to a slot on Ozzfest , a tour…
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Semisonic’s breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine , reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single ” Closing Time “, their biggest hit in the United States. During a 2008 performance at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, Wilson said that…
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VH1 revived the band’s fortunes in the US in 1998 by featuring them on one of the first episodes of Behind the Music . Re-runs of the episode yielded some of the series’ highest ratings and brought the band’s music back into the public consciousness (following years of burial by…
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