In 1996, Mudhoney appeared in the comedy movie Black Sheep , starring Chris Farley and David Spade . The band was shown performing at an MTV concert and then speaking with Farley backstage. Tomorrow Hit Today was released in September 1998. The album demonstrated a blues-rock influence, and the band…
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In September 1998, the band released How It Feels to Be Something On . For the album, the remaining trio replaced Mendel with Jeff Palmer, formerly of the Mommyheads . Palmer left the band after a short time, and he was replaced by Joe Skyward. The title track and “Every…
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In September 1998, the reunited group issued Psycho Circus .
The band’s first album All Wound Up… was slightly edited to remove unlicensed samples, fully re-mastered and given a new artwork and layout; the finished self-titled album Godsmack was released to the public six weeks later on August 25, 1998.
Prior to the release of the band’s third album, Korn produced a weekly online TV show called KornTV, which documented the making of the record and featured special guests such as porn star Ron Jeremy , Limp Bizkit , and 311 . The project also gave fans (nicknamed “nibletz”) the…
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100% Colombian , released in August 1998 by Virgin Records , featured a far grittier sound, tempered by three upbeat songs and several downtempo tracks, including “Love Unlimited”, a tribute to Barry White . ” Korean Bodega “, one of the aforementioned upbeat songs, was the biggest hit from the…
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Atlantic released The Best of the Lemonheads in August 1998. Through 1998 and 2004 Evan Dando undertook some solo tours performing the band’s songs but an official reunion was never confirmed. During this time, Dando released a live album Live at the Brattle Theatre in 2001, and a solo album…
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In August, John Otto spent the night in jail in Auburn Hills, Michigan on a misdemeanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon after allegedly firing a BB gun and being arrested for carrying a switchblade.
In July, the band participated in Ozzfest ’98 but, halfway through the tour, Menza reportedly discovered a tumor on his knee and left to undergo surgery.
In 1996, Bowling for Soup relocated to Denton, Texas , and released a split album, Cell Mates , with Denton band The V.I.M.S that same year, and in 1998 released their second studio album (and third overall), Rock on Honorable Ones!! for the Denton music label FFROE. The group released…
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