Over the course of recording , his mental health deteriorated drastically. He was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital after playing at a music festival in Austin, Texas in During that time, a label bidding war began after Kurt Cobain brought attention to his music by sporting the artwork of his album Hi, How Are You on a T-shirt.
Elektra Records and Atlantic Records were among the bidders, but Johnston ultimately signed with Atlantic because he believed Elektra signees Metallica to be Satanic. Though Atlantic dropped Johnston from the label in —two years after his Paul Leary-produced album Fun —he continued to record and collaborate with high profile musicians. Around this time, he formed his own label, Eternal Yip Eye Music. In the same Times article, Johnston was surprised to hear that he was going on a final tour and said that he could not stop writing music.
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Arrow Created with Sketch. Calendar Created with Sketch. As a result of his growing fame, Johnston found himself in the midst of a bidding war between major record labels Atlantic and Elektra. During the bidding war, Johnston believed Elektra was satanic because of their affiliation with the metal band Metallica.
Fun , his first release under a major label, was the result of a lengthy and difficult recording process. Beauvais enlisted Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers to produce the album. Because Johnston suffered from lithium tremors related to his medication, much of the instrumentation was played by Leary.
Leary then had Johnston record his vocals on the instrumental tracks. Johnston did not resume touring until the s. Johnston continued making art and music throughout the s.
Each night began with a showing of the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston , and the backing band decided on the setlist. On September 11, , Daniel Johnston died of a suspected heart attack at his family home in Waller, Texas. Shortly after his death was announced, fans presented flowers and taped his song lyrics to the Hi, How Are You mural in Austin.
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