In 1999 the band surprised fans by reuniting with a rehabilitated Jimmy Chamberlin for a brief tour dubbed “The Arising”, which showcased both new and classic material. The lineup was short-lived, however, as the band announced the departure of Wretzky in September during work on the album Machina/The Machines of…
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The most successful single from Homework was ” Around the World “. “Da Funk” was also included on the Saint film soundtrack. Daft Punk produced a series of music videos for Homework directed by Spike Jonze , Michel Gondry , Roman Coppola and Seb Janiak. The videos were collected in…
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Duran Duran parted ways with Capitol/EMI in 1999, although the label has since used Duran Duran’s back catalogue to release several compilations of remixes and rare vinyl-only B-sides. The band then signed what was intended to be a three-album contract with Disney Music Group ‘s Hollywood Records , but it…
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In 1999, they released their debut album, Under Feet Like Ours , as “Sara and Tegan”, with producer Jared Kuemper., After listening to it, Elliot Roberts flew up from Los Angeles to meet them at the Starfish Room in Vancouver , British Columbia, and he offered them a record deal…
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Chaplin departed for South Africa in Summer 1997 to work as a volunteer during his gap year . Chaplin’s early experiences there were later reflected in the band’s position for the Make Poverty History campaign. Returning a year later, in July 1998, following a meeting with friend David Lloyd Seaman,…
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Freed from some internal writing conflicts, the band returned to the studio to rewrite and re-record many of the songs on Medazzaland (John Taylor’s work remains on only four tracks). The album marked a return to the layered experimentation of Big Thing , with intricate guitar textures and processed vocals.…
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Tegan and Sara began writing songs at 14. One of the first songs they wrote was “Tegan Didn’t Go To School Today”, written by Sara and recorded by the pair on cassette tape . The band was first called “Plunk”, short for “light punk”, due to their lack of a…
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In April 1998, Depeche Mode held a press conference at the Hyatt Hotel in Cologne to announce the Singles Tour.
a collection of mostly self-penned Christmas songs titled Here is Christmas in 1998
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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