The group moved to Metal Blade Records in 1998. Their first album under the label, Tape Head , signaled a new era for the band. They modified their creative methods by writing and recording the album together in the studio, rather than coming together to record songs that the individual…
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In a 1998 interview with Chart magazine, Moreno stated, “When we went in to make this record, we really didn’t have a set idea of what we wanted to come out with”. He felt that the album “fell into place” once the band settled into the studio. The band expanded…
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Success came quickly to Better Than Ezra. Tom Drummond commented later in a 1998 interview with CNN , “It took us seven years to get signed, and then seven weeks to get to No. 1”, when describing the overnight success of Deluxe and its single “Good”.
In late 1998, Primus released the Rhinoplasty EP, which has covers of acts like XTC , the Police and Peter Gabriel . The EP also includes two live recordings of Primus, as well as bonus content accessed through a CD-ROM portion of the CD. It was shortly followed by the…
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In 1998, all of the Proletariat’s recorded material, including four previously unreleased tracks, was compiled on Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies , a double CD collection released on Taang! Records .
Despite stronger sales with their second Capitol album, the band’s relationship with the label grew increasingly strained. A planned 1998 album, After the Astronaut , was scrapped, and the Butthole Surfers parted ways acrimoniously with their manager, Tom Bunch.
In 1998, Limp Bizkit toured with Soulfly and Cold on Soulfly’s first European tour. Touring consistently increased Limp Bizkit’s success and the second single from Three Dollar Bill, Y’all , a cover of George Michael’s “Faith”, became a successful radio hit, leading to a slot on Ozzfest , a tour…
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Dishwalla released their second album in 1998, And You Think You Know What Life’s About . Its lead single, “Once in a While”, managed to appear on both the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. Both “Once in a While” and “Stay Awake” also respectively peaked at No.…
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Recorded following the death of Corgan’s mother and his divorce, 1998’s Adore represented a significant change of style from the Pumpkins’ previous guitar-based rock, veering into electronica. The record, cut with assistance from drum machines and studio drummers including Matt Walker, was infused with a darker aesthetic than much of…
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In 1998, after almost two years of constant touring, Dog Eat Dog began working on new material. They worked in a studio four days a week and wrote fifteen new songs in a few short months. These songs would result in the Amped album, recorded in Washington, D.C., with Italric,…
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