Bryan Carlstrom produced their self-titled debut . He had engineered albums by multi- platinum outfits The Offspring and Alice in Chains as well as producing labelmates Stavesacre . Schwab drew upon personal struggles he was experiencing at the time to write meaningful lyrics. Sonny Sandoval , lead singer of nu…
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The band’s song “Lose Control” was included in the Japanese and Philippine releases of the official movie soundtrack of Godzilla , released on May 19, 1998, through Epic Records.
After a few years building a fanbase, Muse played their first gigs in London and Manchester supporting Skunk Anansie on tour. They had a significant meeting with Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills Studio , situated in a converted water mill in Cornwall . He had seen the three boys…
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By late 1997, the trio had completed their secondary education, and, from May 1998, they worked on their third album, Neon Ballroom , with Launay producing again. It was released in March 1999 and peaked at the number-one position in Australia. Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane said, “As well…
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Tegan and Sara began writing songs at 14. One of the first songs they wrote was “Tegan Didn’t Go To School Today”, written by Sara and recorded by the pair on cassette tape . The band was first called “Plunk”, short for “light punk”, due to their lack of a…
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However, in May 1998, Island Records’ parent company, PolyGram , was purchased by beverage giant Seagram for $10.6 billion; as part of Seagram’s purchase, PolyGram was merged into Universal Music Group , and Island Records was reconsolidated into The Island Def Jam Music Group umbrella label. The restructurings delayed the…
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In May, the band started touring again, playing in Europe and Scandinavia. Singles were released in various territories for three of the album’s songs, “If You Were Here”, “Things She Said” and “747”.
In May 1998, the band released a new album titled Mir nomer nol (World number zero) – a concept album which contained influences from industrial music and relied heavily on electronic, computer-generated music. With this program DDT lost some of their old fans but found a huge success among younger…
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In May 1998, they released Born . Joined by Wayne Sheehy on drums and Rob Malone on bass guitar, this album contained extensive songwriting contributions from O’Toole, who (freed from his bass responsibilities) played mostly guitar, bouzouki and keyboards on the recording. The music also incorporated more elements of electronic…
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In April 1998, Kent released an English version of Isola , featuring an extra song only available on the English version, “Velvet”.