The Beastie Boys started an arena tour in 1998. Through Ian C. Rogers, the band made live downloads of their performances available for their fans, but were temporarily thwarted when Capitol Records removed them from its website. The Beastie Boys was one of the first bands to make MP3 downloads…
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a collection of mostly self-penned Christmas songs titled Here is Christmas in 1998
In 1998, Pearl Jam recorded ” Last Kiss “, a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers . It was released on the band’s 1998 fan club Christmas single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single…
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When Thirty Seconds to Mars first started, Jared Leto did not allow his vocation as a Hollywood actor to be used in promotion of the band. By 1998, they performed gigs at small American venues and clubs. Their eponymous debut album had been in the works for a couple of…
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International Velvet was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize 1998, which was awarded to Gomez for Bring It On .
After Overcast broke up in 1998, bassist Mike D’Antonio collaborated with Aftershock guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz .
Prior to the release of 1998’s Follow the Leader , Gretchen Plewes, a Zeeland, Michigan high school assistant principal, said in an interview for a Michigan newspaper that Korn’s music is “indecent, vulgar, obscene and intends to be insulting” after giving a student named Eric VanHoven a one-day suspension for…
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The band members started to discuss the possibility of a Europe reunion in 1998. “Mic and Ian came over to see me in Ireland,” Tempest said, “Then whilst we were there, John Norum called from LA, and we were like ‘Yes, maybe now is the right time to get things…
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In 1998, Puma seized the opportunity and offered a $500,000 deal to Korn, including their music featured in Kevin Kerslake -directed advertisements. Korn accepted the contract; Davis said, “That’s more than Adidas ever did for us! It wasn’t a sell-out thing. It was about respect.”
Griffin, Drummond and McNabb spent 18 months working on Closer , their follow-up album to 1998’s How Does Your Garden Grow? and their first new material since being dropped by Elektra Records. The album was recorded in New Orleans in the band’s own studio, which allowed the members to focus…
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