In 1997, Sweet released Blue Sky on Mars , a new-wave album which featured the synth-laden singles “Where You Get Love” and “Come to California”. The music video for the former featured Sweet as an astronaut traveling through outer space.
Rudy Sarzo rejoined the band again in January 1997, reuniting the Metal Health lineup. During a tour that year, one angry fan sued DuBrow for injuries she claimed were sustained during a show. In March 1999 the band released the album Alive and Well , which featured new songs and…
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The latter received a Grammy nomination in 1997 for Best Metal Performance
In 1997, the group released Sueños Líquidos , an album about the highs and lows of love, with songs like “Clavado en un bar” and ” En el muelle de San Blas “, recorded in Puerto Vallarta and released simultaneously in 36 countries.
By the time the compilation was released in 1997, the Britpop movement was clearly losing momentum, and the band had chosen to part ways with their longtime producer, Ed Buller, before beginning work on the follow-up to Coming Up . Prior to focusing on their next album, the band recorded…
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In late 1997, the band returned to the studio with producer Steve Lillywhite and an array of guest collaborators, including Reynolds, banjoist Béla Fleck , vocalist Alanis Morissette , future touring band member Butch Taylor , Chapman Stick player Greg Howard , and the Kronos Quartet . They composed and…
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a full-length album titled Whirlygig in 1997
After the promo tour for Thank You was completed, John Taylor co-founded the B5 Records label, recorded a solo album, founded and toured with the supergroup Neurotic Outsiders , and reunited the Power Station, though the project proceeded without him when he had to withdraw to deal with his divorce.…
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1997’s Maybe It’s Me was the band’s major label debut. Palter recorded drums for only a few tracks, and, after Nori considered recording the rest of the drums himself, session drummer Mike Levesque stepped in. The album featured a more polished, commercial sound than the band’s earlier albums, and launched…
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In 1997, the band changed its name to Finger Eleven, which came from a demo of their song “Thin Spirits”.