The band formed in South Africa in May 1999 under the name Saron Gas. Consisting of frontman , vocalist, and guitarist Shaun Morgan , bassist Tyronne Morris (who left the band in December 1999 and was replaced by Dale Stewart in January 2000), drummer Dave Cohoe, and guitarist Johan Greyling…
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In 1993, the original line-up reunited at the urging of producer Rick Rubin . Although Rubin ultimately proved to be unavailable to produce their comeback project, the group went ahead and released a studio album titled Return of the Boogie Men (1994) and the Road Cases live album (1998). The…
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The band released their sixth studio album, Natin99 , in May 1999. Recorded in a nonlinear approach, the album featured significant contributions from members other than Buendia, who wrote the promotional singles “Maselang Bahaghari” and “Huwag Kang Matakot”. In November, the band performed at Dubai, United Arab Emirates with rapper…
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the band, their first live compilation album Never Sold Out was released in May, which peaked at number 5, and was certified gold.
On April 21 and 22, 1999, Metallica recorded two performances with the San Francisco Symphony , which was conducted by Michael Kamen , who had previously worked with producer Rock on ” Nothing Else Matters “.
Equally Cursed and Blessed was released on 12 April.
the deal was signed at Trafalgar Square in April 1999
the same month in which “Brothers & Sisters” was released.
Catatonia were so popular at the time that in April 1999, Way Beyond Blue , International Velvet and Equally Cursed and Blessed were all in the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart .
Preceded by the first single, ” Dead from the Waist Down ” on 22 March,