Recorded following the death of Corgan’s mother and his divorce, 1998’s Adore represented a significant change of style from the Pumpkins’ previous guitar-based rock, veering into electronica. The record, cut with assistance from drum machines and studio drummers including Matt Walker, was infused with a darker aesthetic than much of…
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The band also appeared as themselves in the 1998 film Blues Brothers 2000 and on its soundtrack, playing “Maybe I’m Wrong”, an original composition with a classic blues-rock sound.
A single from the album, ” Congo ” reached the top 30 in the UK and Genesis completed a European tour from January to May 1998, adding Zidkyahu on drums and Irish guitarist Anthony Drennan .
In 1998, childhood friends Janove Ottesen and Geir Zahl released their only album by their band gnom called Mys . Of its 1000 copies, only 500 or so were sold the first year. However, they were known well in the area around Stavanger in Norway, having played as the local…
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Following the breakup of Bikini Kill in 1998, Kathleen Hanna released a solo album under the pseudonym Julie Ruin and moved to New York, where she wanted to perform Julie Ruin songs live. Not wanting to perform the material alone, she recruited Johanna Fateman, whom Hanna had known since meeting…
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In 1998, the band performed on Frank Wildhorn ‘s concept album of the musical The Civil War .
In 1998, 311 released Live , a live album from a 1997 performance in New Orleans, Louisiana . 311 also released Omaha Sessions , a compilation album from their early independent releases.
Following the Dust tour in the United States, Screaming Trees took another hiatus for Lanegan to begin his work on his third solo album, Scraps At Midnight , which was released in 1998. The band headed back into the studio in 1999 and recorded several demos including the song “Ash…
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At the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards , the Beastie Boys won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for their contributions to music videos. The following year at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards , they also won the award for Best Hip Hop Video for their hit song “Intergalactic”.…
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In 1998, the band maintained its profile by being the subject of an episode of VH1 ‘s Behind the Music .