Following repeated recommendations by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon , Nirvana signed to DGC Records in 1990.
In the early 1990s, a line-up featuring the returning Austin and new bassist Mat Sargent released The Alternative (1993) and Traitors Gate (1994). Austin and Sargent would go on to become key songwriting contributors across several later Chelsea releases.
In 1990, after the Velvet Revolution , Wanek, Hanzlík, and Nový reunited as FPB to record seventeen songs from their 1981–85 repertoire, which were released on the album Kdo z koho, ten toho . The band also played one show at Lucerna in Prague.
They released a four-song tape, Just Another Demo , in 1990
The band continued to tour extensively in the UK, Europe and North America, working with bands including Les Thugs , Ned’s Atomic Dustbin , Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine and Doughboys , amongst many others. The band’s second studio album, Who Cares Wins , was released in 1990. Extensive touring…
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Gurewitz left the band right before the release of Stranger Than Fiction . He officially cited the reason for his departure as the increasing amount of time he was needed at Epitaph as the Offspring (who had just released Smash to unexpected success and acclaim) became one of the biggest…
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The 1990s saw the re-release of Asta Kasks’s earlier records on CD. In 1992, they played at Rosa Honung’s tenth anniversary. In 2000, Höhnie Records in Germany released a best-of compilation album , as well as an EP with unreleased material.
a favour the singer returned by playing bass on Summers’s album Charming Snakes (1990)
After signing, the band began recording its first major label album, Nevermind . The group was offered a number of producers, but held out for Vig. Rather than record at Vig’s Madison studio as they had in 1990, production shifted to Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles ,…
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In 1990, Creaming Jesus went on tour with Fields of the Nephilim to coincide with their debut album Too Fat To Run, Too Stupid To Hide . The band returned almost immediately to the studio to record two more singles, “Deadtime” and “Ditchdweller V”. Their second album, Guilt By Association…
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