That same year, the Ramones were featured in the animated television series The Simpsons , providing music and voices for animated versions of themselves in the episode ” Rosebud “, marking the series’ first guest appearance by a punk band. Executive producer David Mirkin described the Ramones as “gigantic, obsessive…
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Ben Folds Five was formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill by Ben Folds. They were a trio in spite of their name, which was chosen for a joke, and because Folds thought it sounded better than Ben Folds Three. Folds once described their music as “punk rock for sissies,” a…
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Both Wild Horses and Stand Your Ground have seen repeated reissues over the years, the first coming in 1993 via EMI-Toshiba Japan as part of the ‘Legendary Masters’ series. European reissues, including various bonus tracks, followed in 1999 (Zoom Club), 2009 (Krescendo), and 2013 (Rock Candy).
The following year, Sakura joined as L’Arc-en-Ciel’s new drummer.
1993 brought continued success on the road, with the band headlining a two-and-a-half-month American tour.
In 1993, Martin Roos moved to Stockholm , and soon the rest of the band did the same. Jocke Berg’s brother Adam Berg came up with Kent as the band’s new name. Kent played in Stockholm at Tanto and Hyndans Hörna, and in Uppsala at Kalmar Nation .
Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1993 and during a hiatus for the band, Navarro along with Chili Peppers’s Flea joined Porno for Pyros to record “Hard Charger” in 1997 for Howard Stern’s movie, Private Parts soundtrack. This led to a brief Jane’s Addiction Relapse tour, with…
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In 1993, the band also participated in the Another Roadside Attraction tour in Canada and collaborated with The Tragically Hip , Crash Vegas , Hothouse Flowers and Daniel Lanois on the one-off single ” Land ” to protest forest clearing in British Columbia.
Their followup album, 1993’s self-produced Thirteen , received mixed reviews on release, although it has since seen some critical reappraisal. Some reviews criticised the record for a perceived failure to develop the band’s sound, despite experiments in instrumentation (strings and flute on single “Hang On”, mandolin on “120 Mins”), while…
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In the spring of 1993, Love and Erlandson recruited Janitor Joe bassist Kristen Pfaff