In the winter of 1998–99, Hole went on tour to promote Celebrity Skin , joining Marilyn Manson , who was promoting his album, Mechanical Animals (1998) on the Beautiful Monsters Tour .
Managed by Justin and Jeremy’s parents under the name RoDan Entertainment, Blue October released their first album, The Answers in 1998. It was a well-received debut which sold over 5,000 copies in Houston alone. Due to a fan-based connection with ABC ‘s KTRK-TV (Channel 13), Blue October was able to…
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In 1998, ” Kiss Me ” was released as a single, propelling Sixpence None the Richer into the national pop spotlight. The next year, the band followed up with a cover of The La’s ‘ ” There She Goes “. Sixpence appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman ,…
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In 1998 another lineup change occurred when Rizzi moved to Seattle, Washington resulting in Ben Upton joining the band. Upton was proficient in multiple in instruments. Due this during his tenure in the band they would open up their concerts with an instrumental with Upton playing the bagpipes and Damon…
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Cantrell and Kinney were also featured on Metallica ‘s 1998 album Garage Inc. , both were guest musicians in the track ” Tuesday’s Gone “, a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover.
In 1998, Metallica compiled a double album of cover songs, titled Garage Inc. The first disc contained newly recorded covers of songs by Diamond Head , Killing Joke , the Misfits , Thin Lizzy , Mercyful Fate , Black Sabbath and others, and the second disc featured the original version…
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In early 1998, rumors of Faith No More’s imminent demise began; commencing with a post to Faith No More newsgroup alt.music.faith-no-more claiming Mike Patton had quit the band in favor of side projects. This rumor, denied at the time, proved to be at least partly true. Faith No More played…
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The group was formed in 1998 by Erik Chapman, Joseph Childres, Justin Cronk, Zach Davidson, Adam Garcia, and Mike Vermillion in Seattle , Washington and nearly a year later they issued their debut release, the 6 Kisses, A Blatant Reminder of Why We Are Alive EP with a tour of…
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Daly hosted MTV ‘S TRL from 1998 to 2003. TRL was based on two previous shows, “Total Request” and “MTV Live”, both of which had also been hosted by Daly. Daly’s role as host of the popular live program included introducing the top 10 videos of the day and interviewing…
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On their fourth album, In an Expression of the Inexpressible , Guy Picciotto of Fugazi was hired as producer. Picciotto also contributed in the construction to the song “Futurism vs. Passéism Part 2” as well as lending it his vocals to the 1998 release.