Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope

Singles from …Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope were “High,” “Dropping Anchor,” “Blood,” and “Another Day.” “High” and “Dropping Anchor” both have music videos. The video for “High” was shown on MTV’s 120 Minutes . Many of the songs on Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope were included on previous independent releases. It was produced by Steven Haigler and mixed by Tom Lord-Alge . “High” went to #10 on the Active Rock chart in Billboard Magazine. It was released on Rocket Records, which was started by Elton John and a subsidiary of Universal. Bring Your Own Stereo was released by Island/Def Jam in 1999. The time between the two major releases was a troubled time for the band internally. There were several changes of members and trouble with the major label as they were shunted from Rocket/Island to Rocket/A&M then back to Rocket/Island and after the sale of Polygram to Universal Music Group, they were moved onto Island Def Jam. “Do Right”, “Trash” and “Lazy Boy Dash” were singles released from Bring Your Own Stereo . “Do Right” was the first single released and the only JCS music video to make it onto MTV’s Total Request Live with Carson Daly . “Trash” received little airplay but was played live on a music show on the USA Network . A promo single of “Lazy Boy Dash” was released when it was featured in the 2000 movie The In Crowd . “Ooh” was featured in the 2000 movie Pay It Forward . It was produced by Jim Wirt and mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge and David Leonard . The video for “Do Right” aired as Buzzworthy on Total Request Live and other shows on MTV. “Do Right” went to #8 on the Alternative chart in Billboard . Early releases of the album included a card to mail to Fowl Records for a free copy of the Slow Change EP . This EP is now rare. The tour for these albums was with bands such as 311, Live , Everclear , Creed , Fuel , Finger Eleven , Joydrop , Self , Earth to Andy , Sumack and many others. In January 2000, the band was chosen as openers for 311 for a 27-show tour, spanning from February 21 to March 29, with Jimmie’s Chicken Shack as the sole opening act (including one special guest appearance by Incubus at a Winston-Salem show).