At the Drive-In signed with Digital Entertainment Network , known as DEN, an internet-focused entertainment company whose music division was led by music industry veteran Gary Gersh . In October of 1999, the band relocated to Los Angeles. November and December of that year saw At the Drive-In open for…
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In 1999 the band issued their first demo
Manson and Love often mocked one another onstage, and Love attacked Manson’s stage antics, which included tearing up a Bible during performances: “You know, whenever somebody rips up the Bible in front of 40,000 people, I think it’s a big deal”, she said during a 1999 interview.
The band was formed in 1999 by Matt Canino, Phil Douglas , Dan Sposato and Pat Schramm following the dissolution of Canino’s, Douglas’ and Sposato’s previous band, Five Days Late.
In 1999, the band entered the studio at Indigo Ranch in Malibu, California, with producer Ross Robinson ( At the Drive-In , Korn , Limp Bizkit , Slipknot , among others) to record their first full-length album titled Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence , which saw release…
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In 1999, the Butthole Surfers won their lawsuit against Touch and Go. The victory was not without controversy: several peers in the alternative music community — among them Fugazi and Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye — criticized the band for pursuing the case. Haynes and others responded that they would…
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In the late 1990s, Jesse Lacey , Garrett Tierney and Brian Lane were all members of the Levittown, New York post-hardcore band the Rookie Lot, along with Brandon Reilly and Alex Dunne of Crime in Stereo . The Rookie Lot split and did not play for a while until Lacey,…
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The band changed its name to Mclusky in 1999, releasing their first album My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours in 2000 on the Fuzzbox imprint before drawing international attention with their critically praised second album Mclusky Do Dallas in 2002. In 2004 they released their…
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Celebrity Skin was a critical success with strong sales and successful singles, including the title track, ” Celebrity Skin “, ” Malibu “, and ” Awful “. The album received largely positive reviews, with praise from music periodicals such as Rolling Stone , NME , and Blender , as well…
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Amid long-standing private disputes, the members decided to call it quits, with Helmet’s original final performance occurring in Italy on December 10, 1997. The band officially broke up in November 1998. Asked about the breakup, Hamilton replied, “9 years, 1,600 shows, 5 albums, and we found it hard to look…
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