After a few years building a fanbase, Muse played their first gigs in London and Manchester supporting Skunk Anansie on tour. They had a significant meeting with Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills Studio , situated in a converted water mill in Cornwall . He had seen the three boys…
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By late 1997, the trio had completed their secondary education, and, from May 1998, they worked on their third album, Neon Ballroom , with Launay producing again. It was released in March 1999 and peaked at the number-one position in Australia. Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane said, “As well…
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Eventually, Godsmack’s CD landed in the hands of Rocko, the night-time DJ for Boston radio station WAAF (FM) . The radio station put “Keep Away” into heavy rotation and the song rose to the number one spot at the station very quickly. Newbury Comics, a New England record store chain,…
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In February 1998, a few months after completing the tour, Blur released Bustin’ + Dronin’ for the Japanese market. The album is a collection of Blur songs remixed by artists such as Thurston Moore , William Orbit and Moby . Among the tracks, the band were most impressed by Orbit’s…
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In the winter of 1998–99, Hole went on tour to promote Celebrity Skin , joining Marilyn Manson , who was promoting his album, Mechanical Animals (1998) on the Beautiful Monsters Tour .
The band projected an enigmatic presence to the public. While supporting Diary , the band allowed only one publicity photo and granted just a single interview (though, strangely, the band posed for an advertisement for department-store chain Nordstrom ). In a 1998 interview with Norm Arenas of Texas Is the…
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The band’s fifth album, 1998’s This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours , was their first number 1 in the UK, remaining at the top of the albums chart for three weeks, selling 136,000 copies in the first week and spending a total of 74 weeks in the chart. The…
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In 1998, two years after the band formed, Harrell asked rhythm guitarist Chris Henderson, who was previously in a band named Burning Bridges, to join the group. The band was booked in New York to perform a showcase at the CBGB music club. Daly told HitQuarters : “Once they got…
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The group was formed in 1998 by Erik Chapman, Joseph Childres, Justin Cronk, Zach Davidson, Adam Garcia, and Mike Vermillion in Seattle , Washington and nearly a year later they issued their debut release, the 6 Kisses, A Blatant Reminder of Why We Are Alive EP with a tour of…
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Creed continued to top year-end charts and was recognized as the Rock Artist of the Year at the 1998 Billboard Music Awards .