toured Australia

In early 1995, Screaming Trees toured Australia for the only time as part of the Big Day Out festival, before beginning work on their follow-up to Sweet Oblivion . Following one stillborn attempt at the album, the band hired producer George Drakoulias , who had previously worked with the Black Crowes and the Jayhawks . The resulting album, Dust , was released in 1996, nearly four years after its predecessor. The album peaked at No. 134 on the Billboard 200 Chart , No. 32 on the UK Albums Chart , and No. 39 on the RPM Top 100 Albums Chart . Dust gained favorable reviews while the singles ” Sworn and Broken ” peaked at No. 76 on the UK Singles Chart and ” All I Know ” peaked at No. 9 on both the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts; however, the album ultimately did not match the sales of Sweet Oblivion . After the release of the album, Josh Homme , formerly from Kyuss , was hired as rhythm guitarist.