When Thirty Seconds to Mars first started, Jared Leto did not allow his vocation as a Hollywood actor to be used in promotion of the band. By 1998, they performed gigs at small American venues and clubs. Their eponymous debut album had been in the works for a couple of…
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In 1998, To Live and Die in New York City was their first album to feature the polarizing Artie Phillie on vocals (whom the band befriended and poached from noise-crust-punk labelmates, Milhouse), but the album retained the straight-ahead style that their other releases possessed. Tom Sheehan ( Most Precious Blood…
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Later that year, the band released their first full-length album , Goddamnit
while ” No Shelter ” appeared on the Godzilla soundtrack in 1998.
In 1998, Luscious Jackson recorded George Gershwin ‘s ” I’ve Got a Crush on You ” for the Red Hot Organization ‘s compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody , a tribute to Gershwin which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. Luscious Jackson…
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After touring with Lords of Acid , Jack Off Jill headed to Los Angeles to complete 1998’s Covetouse Creature , a remix EP of songs from Sexless Demons and Scars , with the help of Scott Putesky (a founding member of Marilyn Manson) and new drummer Claudia Rossi. Jack Off…
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In 1998, the Renaissance Records label issued The Best of Alcatrazz , a look back at the band’s brief career. God Blessed Video appeared in the 2002 videogame soundtrack Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , playing on fictional rock station V-Rock .
Cobra Verde’s Doug Gillard was tapped for yet another new Guided by Voices lineup in 1998, which also included “classic”-era bassist Greg Demos , former Breeders drummer Jim Macpherson , and eventually, former Amps /Breeders guitarist Nate Farley .
Blue October caught the attention of the major record labels while working with producer dB (Don Byczynski) in early 1998. Pre-production started for getting Blue October a more “radio ready” sound, with new songs and to rewrite material off The Answers . Tracking was done in a studio setup at…
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Semisonic’s breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine , reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single ” Closing Time “, their biggest hit in the United States. During a 2008 performance at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre, Wilson said that…
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