Breakthrough Artist of the Year award

MTV would prove to be one factor that would help the band achieve its status. After the surprise hit “Who’s the King”, the band collaborated with Run–D.M.C. member Jam-Master Jay on a remix of their hit song “No Fronts”. The single entered the top ten on the UK Singles Chart , peaking at No. 9, and the video was in heavy rotation on MTV UK . On Thanksgiving Night 1995, they were voted Breakthrough Artists of the Year at the MTV Europe Music Awards , as part of a viewer’s choice program and were presented the award by Patsy Kensit and Michael Hutchence of INXS . In winning the award, they defeated the likes of Alanis Morissette , Weezer , H-Blockx , and Portishead . Europe continued to be a large part of the band’s fan base. While they were relegated to small clubs at home in America, they were playing festivals and arena-sized shows in Europe, the biggest being the Dynamo Open Air festival in 1995. They also charted on Europe’s top forty heavy metal charts while radio stations at home rarely acknowledged them. When the band returned home from Europe, Nastasi decided not to return from his hiatus and the decision was made to keep DeBacker as the full-time guitar player. After leaving Dog Eat Dog, Nastasi recorded two albums, Trim the Fat and Ule Tide , under the name Nastasee . Both albums and their respective tours contained members from both Dog Eat Dog and Mucky Pup.