Blindside was formed in 1994.
Jawbox released their third album For Your Own Special Sweetheart in early 1994. The album peaked at #28 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and it sold roughly 50,000 copies overall. The first single released was ” Savory “, which became one of the band’s most recognizable songs. It was aired…
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When Pinkus left in 1994, the remaining members enlisted a series of fill-in musicians, and continued to tour sporadically, even as all three pursued side projects. Haynes was working with Johnny Depp , Bill Carter , Sal Jenco , Flea , and others in a new group, P . In…
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The band played their first show in 1994 in Oceanside, New York. In the early days, Beck and Weinstock were also playing with Jewish straight edge metalcore band, Sons of Abraham , who were cited as influences on Glassjaw. Palumbo was in his own straight-edge band called XbustedX. The group’s…
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which they recorded at Triclops Studios in Marietta, Georgia , in October 1993.
Local H played their first show as a duo on September 3, 1993.
By the In on the Kill Taker tour, the group began to sell out large auditoriums and arenas and receive more lucrative major label offers. During its sold-out 3-night stint at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom in September 1993, music mogul and Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun met with the…
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The band’s debut album, Diary , released by indie label Sub Pop in 1994, was greeted with numerous positive reviews.Sub Pop had signed the band after Sub Pop co-founder Jonathan Poneman saw them at a May 1993 show in Seattle. That September, the band performed lead single ” Seven ”…
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As Nevermind had been out for 15 months and had yielded a fourth single in “In Bloom” by that point, Geffen/DGC opted not to heavily promote Incesticide , which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America the following February.
Albini and Nirvana recorded the album in two weeks in Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota , that February for $25,000 .