 McKagan began promoting the album ; however , following the merger between Geffen and Interscope Records , he was dropped from the label and lost all commercial rights to release the record with only a few promo copies being leaked . Loaded continued to tour and released a live album , Episode 1999 : Live , independently , which was recorded and mixed by Nick Raskulinecz . They re @-@ recorded half of Beautiful Disease and received offers from four labels . However , they disbanded before the end of the year , with McKagan and Bentley becoming part of Izzy Stradlin 's rhythm section for his tour of Japan supporting Ride On . 
