On tour that year, the band was involved in yet another van accident, signaling the last straw.
Recording for the band’s third album, Relationship of Command , began on January 17, 2000. The recording took place at Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu, California , with producer Ross Robinson . Relationship of Command was recorded over a seven-week period and featured Iggy Pop with minor parts on a…
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and self released their debut None Of These Songs Are About Girls in 2000.
While At the Drive-In was working on the album, however, DEN went under. Relationship of Command would instead be released by the Beastie Boys -founded Grand Royal , which Rodríguez-López described as “our dream come true,” since the band had long admired Grand Royal and had hoped to sign to…
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All four members had backgrounds linking into their local Long Island independent and hardcore music scenes , but with influences ranging from Buddy Rich to Archers of Loaf . Brand New was officially formed in 2000 in a basement in Merrick, New York . Their initial intention was always to…
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On October 5, 1999, Japanese record label Howling Bull Entertainment released the compact disc compilation Eleven Songs , which included a selection of the band’s recorded material from 1996–1999 (though it was technically a licensed edition of As Friends Rust with bonus tracks). As Friends Rust hoped to record a…
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In October 1999, Auf der Maur quit Hole and went on to become a touring bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins.
As Friends Rust toured the east coast of the United States during three weeks, spanning from June 12 to July 4, 1999, accompanied by Gainesville-based acoustic musician Keith Welsh. The tour included stops to play the Wilkes-Barre Summer Music Festival in Kingston, Pennsylvania and Syracuse Hell Fest in Syracuse, New…
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Hole played its final show at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on July 14, 1999.
As soon as The Fists of Time made its way to American distributor Lumberjack Distribution , As Friends Rust began to be courted by Toledo, Ohio-based record label Doghouse Records (which co-owned Lumberjack Distribution). The record label eventually signed the band to a three-record deal (one extended play and two…
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