In March 1995, the Bloodhound Gang signed a record deal with Columbia Records and released their first full-length album, Use Your Fingers . They began touring around the U.S. but band members Daddy Long Legs and Matthew “M.S.G.” Clarke, who were angry with Columbia for undisclosed reasons, left the band…
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The heart of the local independent music scene was Cargo Records , which offered to sign the band on a “trial basis”, with help from O , guitarist for local punk band Fluf , and Brahm Goodis, a friend of the band whose father was president of the label. Hoppus…
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Jawbreaker began recording their major-label debut, Dear You , in February 1995 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California with Rob Cavallo , who had produced Green Day’s breakthrough album Dookie the previous year. Recording sessions lasted two months and resulted in disenchantment and tension within the band, particularly between Bauermeister…
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Verbal Abuse recorded another album in 1995 entitled Red, White and Violent, which was released on Century Media Records . This incarnation of the band toured one final time in support of the record and disbanded soon afterward, with no intention to ever reform.
In late 1995, the trio embarked on their first national tour, promoting the surf video Good Times with Unwritten Law, Sprung Monkey and 7 Seconds . Good Times was directed by filmmaker Taylor Steele , who was a friend of DeVoe. In preparation for the trek, the band members purchased…
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After the release of their second album, Batch , Big Drill Car parted ways with the now-“classic” original line-up. Bob had announced that he was leaving the band to play in another band, Xtra Large, who was on the verge of a major label deal. The show was at the…
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In 1995, the Tim/Kerr label released a Raincoats compilation, Fairytales .
In 1995 A&M released Live! , a double live album produced by Summers featuring two complete concerts
Millencolin continued to tour and in 1995 brought out their second full-length album, Life on a Plate . This coincided with Millencolin beginning to tour outside of Scandinavia . At the end of 1995, the US record company Epitaph wanted to release Life on a Plate in the US, and…
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In 1995, the Ramones released their fourteenth and final studio album ¡Adios Amigos! and announced that they would be disbanding the following year.