Only one track, “String Song”, was completed however and it was not until the winter of 1998/99 that the band recorded the bulk of the tracks for fifth album Yeah . With former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek at the helm The Wannadies began recording at Electric Lady recording studios in…
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Later in 1998, the band released their first full-album of this style, titled Discouraged Ones .
Relations with the label had sufficiently improved for the band to begin recording their next album in the autumn of 1998 with a ten-day session at the Chateau De La Rouge Motte studio in Normandy , France with producer Mike Hedges .
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 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.
In 1997, Blindside debuted in Sweden with their self-titled debut, a collection of old and new songs that were based on singer Christian Lindskog’s life at the time.
In 1997, Tooth & Nail Records signed a licensing deal with Blindside.
The US debut was released later that year by Tooth & Nail and featured songs both from the Swedish full-length debut and from the EP Empty Box.
Problems with Swedish record company MNW led to delays with the release of the group’s fourth album, Bagsy Me (a translation of the Swedish children’s expression ‘Pax jag!’ ), which was eventually released in January 1997 on Sony/BMG Records . The album included the hit singles “Someone Somewhere”, “Friends”, “Hit”…
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