The band released their second EP, Remix & Repent , on November 25, 1997.
On 22 November 1997, Hutchence was found dead in his Sydney Ritz-Carlton hotel room.
While the band’s first official, fully-billed headlining performance is traditionally cited as 20 November 1997 at the OK Hotel in Seattle, Washington, their actual live public debut occurred two months prior on 6 September 1997. The band made a fully-billed, proto-lineup festival appearance at the legendary punk venue CBGB in…
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Sakura officially announced his departure from L’Arc-en-Ciel on November 4.
Linkin Park was founded by three high school friends: Mike Shinoda , Rob Bourdon , and Brad Delson . The three attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California , a suburb of Los Angeles. After graduating from high school, the three began to take their musical interests more seriously,…
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In 1997 the band signed to Mushroom Records, and set about making another album. In November 1997, shortly before the release of Endless, Nameless , Ginger decided to split the band. The band toured Japan but cancelled a scheduled British tour.
Guy Berryman was the third to join the band months later, and the trio recorded numerous demos without a drummer, calling themselves Big Fat Noises by November.
In November 1997, Kent released Isola . They had toured heavily with Verkligen , which had gained them some reputation. The pre-release single from Isola , ” Om du var här ” (If You Were Here), became a radio hit. Musically the album was quite different from Verkligen , going…
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Kent went on to tour through Scandinavia from November 1997 to February 1998.
Durst named the band Limp Bizkit because he wanted a name that would repel listeners. According to Durst, “The name is there to turn people’s heads away. A lot of people pick up the disc and go, ‘Limp Bizkit. Oh, they must suck.’ Those are the people that we don’t…
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