In 1998, the band maintained its profile by being the subject of an episode of VH1 ‘s Behind the Music .
Duran Duran were among the earliest bands to work on their own remixes . Before the days of digital synthesizer and easy audio sampling , they created multi-layered arrangements of their singles, sometimes recording entirely different extended performances of the songs in the studio. These “night versions” were generally available…
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Thirty Seconds to Mars started in 1998 in Los Angeles , California, as a collaboration between brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto , who had been playing music together since their childhood. The duo later expanded to a four-piece when they added guitarist Solon Bixler and bassist Matt Wachter to…
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On their fourth album, In an Expression of the Inexpressible , Guy Picciotto of Fugazi was hired as producer. Picciotto also contributed in the construction to the song “Futurism vs. Passéism Part 2” as well as lending it his vocals to the 1998 release.
In 1998, Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Phillips, Rutherford and Silver gathered for a photo session and dinner to celebrate the release of the four-disc box set, Genesis Archive 1967–75 . The set features “Supper’s Ready” and “It” with new overdubs by Gabriel and Hackett.
The band released a pair of compilation albums in 1998. The first, Retro , was a greatest hits compilation which included most of the singles released up until Xtort . The second, Agogo , was a collection of rarities and previously unreleased tracks, including a cover of U2 ‘s ”…
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In 1998, in the midst of setbacks during the Nine Lives Tour, the band released the single ” I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing “, the love theme, written by Diane Warren for the 1998 film Armageddon , starring Steven Tyler’s daughter Liv . The song became Aerosmith’s first…
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In 1998, Korn signed a publishing contract with Warner Chappell Music .
By the time that the band were due to begin recording their second album, Flipside had stopped releasing new material and Offtime was financially unable to, “so the band figuratively approached almost every indie label they could think of” but could not find one willing to work with them. Eventually,…
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Semisonic’s breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine , reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single ” Closing Time “, their biggest hit in the United States. During a 2008 performance at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, Wilson said that…
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