In 1998 Trout released his self-titled US debut album and renamed his band 'Walter Trout and the Free Radicals' (later renamed 'Walter Trout and the Radicals' and currently simply 'Walter Trout').
В 1998 году он был переименован в Walter Trout and the Free Radicals, а чуть позже — в Walter Trout and the Radicals.