This page will contain external links about New Radicals, as they become available.New RadicalsThe New Radicals were a band that was at the height of its popularity in 1999. The band only released one album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, but was able to produce two commercially successful singles from it: "You Get What You Give" and "Someday We'll Know". The band's only constant members were lead-singer Gregg Alexander, who wrote and produced all their songs, and background-vocalist Danielle Brisebois, who often worked with Alexander (before and after the New Radicals) and also co-wrote the Radicals' second single "Someday We'll Know". All other members changed from recording to touring to video-shooting. HistoryThe New Radicals were formed in LA in 1997 by producer/singer/song-writer Gregg Alexander. The concept behind the band was a revolving door with no permanent members other than Alexander, joined by a changing array of other musicians. Their first and only album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, was released in October 1998, followed by their first single "You Get What You Give", which became a huge hit with heavy radio airplay and rotation on MTV and much media attention, in large part focused on the celebrity-slamming line "Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson/ Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson/ You're all fakes run to your mansions/ Come around we'll kick your ass in". When asked about it in an interview, Marilyn Manson replied he was "not mad that he said he'd kick my ass, I just don't want to be used in the same sentence with Courtney Love" and would "crack his skull open if I see him". Alexander later explained the line, along with the lines directly before it, "Health insureance rip off lying/ FDA big bankers buying/ Fake computer crashes dining/ Cloning while they're multiplying" was an experiment to see if the media would focus on the real issues, or on the celebrity dissing. To promote their album, the Radicals embarked on a tour through the United States, starting in fall 1998. Apart from many concerts and festivals the tour also included several live performance on the radio (two of which, their performance of "You Get What You Give" at KBCO and at World Cafe on WXPN, were also released on the radio stations' compilation CDs), an appearance at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a performance at the House of Blues in Chicago on New Year's Eve 1999 (which is probably the only New Radicals show of which bootlegs are circulating). They also opened for the Goo Goo Dolls on their tour starting 30 March 1999. When the band canceled their appearance at RockFest as well as their UK tour (sheduled to start on 17 May 1999) rumors started they would break up, while MCA Records claimed a member of the band being ill was the cause for the canceled shows. The Radicals went on to shoot the video for their second single "Someday We'll Know", however even before its release, Gregg Alexander issued a press release on 12 July announcing he disbanded the group. He stated that "the fatigue of traveling & getting three hours sleep in a different hotel every night to do boring 'hanging and schmoozing' with radio and retail people, is definitely not for [him]", that he "lost interest in fronting a 'One Hit Wonder' to the point that [he] was wearing a hat while performing so that people wouldn't see [his] lack of enthusiasm." and that he would go on to form a production company to focus on producing and writing songs freelance for other artists. His first producion work after the Radicals' breakup was the album Portable Life by fellow Radical Danielle Brisebois. In the following years he worked with artists such as Ronan Keating, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Enrique Iglesias. His most successful song as a producer/song-writer was the 2002 Grammy Award-winning "Game Of Love" by Santana and Michelle Branch. Even after the band's breakup their songs are still being used for several commercials (e.g. trailer to the 2001 film Bubble Boy), on soundtracks (like A Walk to Remember and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed) and covered by artists such as Mandy Moore and Hall & Oates. In 2005 LMC did a remix of "You Get What You Give" which was released as "Don't Let Go" by LMC vs New Radicals. DiscographyMaybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
You Get What You Give-single
Someday We'll Know-single
All songs were written by Gregg Alexander, except "You Get What You Give" written by Gregg Alexander and Richard Knowels and "Someday We'll Know" written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois and Debra Holland. PromosThe promotional sampler for the album, Songs from Maybe you've been brainwashed too, featured "You Get What You Give", "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough", "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending", "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" and "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too". Apart from the album sampler and the one-track promos for the two singles "You Get What You Give" and "Someday We'll Know" there also was a promo single for "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough", which was probably supposed the band's third single. There was also speculation that "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" would be a single, as several websites selling Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too marked the track as "Album Version". Videography
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There was also speculation that "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" would be a single, as several websites selling Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too marked the track as "Album Version". After Dimebag's death, a Pantera reunion has become impossible but comments made in public by Phil Anselmo suggest that he had planned on reuniting the band. Apart from the album sampler and the one-track promos for the two singles "You Get What You Give" and "Someday We'll Know" there also was a promo single for "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough", which was probably supposed the band's third single. An audience member, a club employee, and a member of the bands' security entourage were killed before Gale was shot dead by police officer James Niggemeyer (for more on the shooting, see Dimebag Darrell). The promotional sampler for the album, Songs from Maybe you've been brainwashed too, featured "You Get What You Give", "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough", "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending", "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" and "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too". In 2004 Gale shot and killed Dimebag Darrell at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio as they took the stage. All songs were written by Gregg Alexander, except "You Get What You Give" written by Gregg Alexander and Richard Knowels and "Someday We'll Know" written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois and Debra Holland. It is believed that negative comments made by Anselmo in the press about Dimebag inspired Nathan Gale to take his Beretta pistol to a Damageplan performance. In 2005 LMC did a remix of "You Get What You Give" which was released as "Don't Let Go" by LMC vs New Radicals. The break-up of the band was not amicable and invariably a war between Superjoint and Damageplan was waged via the heavy metal and musical press. trailer to the 2001 film Bubble Boy), on soundtracks (like A Walk to Remember and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed) and covered by artists such as Mandy Moore and Hall & Oates. After this, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell formed a band of their own called New Found Power which was later renamed Damageplan. Even after the band's breakup their songs are still being used for several commercials (e.g. It was thought he would return to Pantera, but didn't and instead formed Superjoint Ritual, who have released two albums. His most successful song as a producer/song-writer was the 2002 Grammy Award-winning "Game Of Love" by Santana and Michelle Branch. Pantera irretrievably dissolved after Anselmo left the band to pursue other work with such bands as Down. In the following years he worked with artists such as Ronan Keating, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Enrique Iglesias. In this release, Pantera took an even more extreme direction. His first producion work after the Radicals' breakup was the album Portable Life by fellow Radical Danielle Brisebois. Pantera's breakthrough album was 1992's Vulgar Display of Power, which saw the replacement of falsetto vocals with a more shouted delivery and a heavier guitar sound. The extent to which this album grew in popularity can be assessed by the instant success of the 1994 follow-up, Far Beyond Driven which debuted at number one in both American and Australian album charts, the first metal album ever to achieve this, despite the failing fortunes of metal in America at that time. He stated that "the fatigue of traveling & getting three hours sleep in a different hotel every night to do boring 'hanging and schmoozing' with radio and retail people, is definitely not for [him]", that he "lost interest in fronting a 'One Hit Wonder' to the point that [he] was wearing a hat while performing so that people wouldn't see [his] lack of enthusiasm." and that he would go on to form a production company to focus on producing and writing songs freelance for other artists. At this point, Pantera's music was still heavily influenced by "classic heavy metal" — with Rob Halford-style vocals and the extravagant riffs and solos of guitarist Dimebag Darrell, though the album also showcased a more extreme style. The Radicals went on to shoot the video for their second single "Someday We'll Know", however even before its release, Gregg Alexander issued a press release on 12 July announcing he disbanded the group. The first really successful record Pantera recorded was 1990's Cowboys From Hell. When the band canceled their appearance at RockFest as well as their UK tour (sheduled to start on 17 May 1999) rumors started they would break up, while MCA Records claimed a member of the band being ill was the cause for the canceled shows. Pantera then located Phil Anselmo and produced "Power Metal", a tape that had Phil singing some songs that were originally sung by Glaze, as well as a few originals. They also opened for the Goo Goo Dolls on their tour starting 30 March 1999. When Terry balked at the contract he was kicked out of the band. Apart from many concerts and festivals the tour also included several live performance on the radio (two of which, their performance of "You Get What You Give" at KBCO and at World Cafe on WXPN, were also released on the radio stations' compilation CDs), an appearance at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a performance at the House of Blues in Chicago on New Year's Eve 1999 (which is probably the only New Radicals show of which bootlegs are circulating). Terry Glaze was included in talks to sign with a label that was fronted by Gene Simmons of KISS. To promote their album, the Radicals embarked on a tour through the United States, starting in fall 1998. Pantera released three forgotten albums (Metal Magic, Projects In The Jungle and I Am The Night) before ditching singer Terry Glaze in favor of Phil Anselmo with 1987's Power Metal. When asked about it in an interview, Marilyn Manson replied he was "not mad that he said he'd kick my ass, I just don't want to be used in the same sentence with Courtney Love" and would "crack his skull open if I see him". Alexander later explained the line, along with the lines directly before it, "Health insureance rip off lying/ FDA big bankers buying/ Fake computer crashes dining/ Cloning while they're multiplying" was an experiment to see if the media would focus on the real issues, or on the celebrity dissing. They were modern (or so-called "groove") metal. Their first and only album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, was released in October 1998, followed by their first single "You Get What You Give", which became a huge hit with heavy radio airplay and rotation on MTV and much media attention, in large part focused on the celebrity-slamming line "Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson/ Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson/ You're all fakes run to your mansions/ Come around we'll kick your ass in". Formed in 1983, Pantera were one of the most influential Heavy Metal bands of the 1990s. The concept behind the band was a revolving door with no permanent members other than Alexander, joined by a changing array of other musicians. Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Dallas,Texas, USA. The New Radicals were formed in LA in 1997 by producer/singer/song-writer Gregg Alexander. Pantera: 3 - Vulgar Videos from Hell (1997) (DVD re-release). All other members changed from recording to touring to video-shooting. 3: Watch it Go. The band's only constant members were lead-singer Gregg Alexander, who wrote and produced all their songs, and background-vocalist Danielle Brisebois, who often worked with Alexander (before and after the New Radicals) and also co-wrote the Radicals' second single "Someday We'll Know". The Vulgar Video. The New Radicals were a band that was at the height of its popularity in 1999. The band only released one album Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, but was able to produce two commercially successful singles from it: "You Get What You Give" and "Someday We'll Know". Cowboys from Hell - The Videos. "Someday We'll Know" (1999). Reinventing Hell: The Best Of Pantera [Compilation] - (2003). "You Get What Yoou Give" (1999). Official Live: 101 Proof [Live] - (1997). "Someday We'll Know" (Instrumental) - 3:39. Reinventing The Steel - (2000). "Technicolor Lover" - 3:42. The Great Southern Trendkill - (1996). "The Decency League" - 3:30. Far Beyond Driven - (1994). "Someday We'll Know" - 3:39. Vulgar Display Of Power - (1992). "You Get What You Give" (album version) - 5:02. Cowboys from Hell - (1990). "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" - 5:21. Power Metal - (1988). "To Think I Thought" - 2:46. I Am The Night - (1985). "You Get What You Give" (single version) - 4:42. Projects In The Jungle - (1984). "To Think I Thought" (Bonus Track for Japanese Release) - 2:46. Metal Magic - (1983). "Crying Like A Church On Monday" - 5:02. Rex Brown (aka, Rexx Rocker) - Bass. "Flowers" - 3:52. Vinnie Paul (Vincent Abott) - Drums. "Technicolor Lover" - 3:42. Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abott aka, Diamond Darrell) - Guitars. "Gotta Stay High" - 3:06. Phil Anselmo - Vocals. "In Need Of A Miracle" - 3:43. "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too" - 5:21. "Someday We'll Know" - 3:39. "Jehovah Made This Whole Joint For You" - 4:11. "I Don't Wanna Die Anymore" - 4:16. "I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending" - 6:37. "You Get What You Give" - 5:02. "Mother We Just Can't Get Enough" - 5:46. |