Petterson left the band following the 1999 Big Day Out festival. Facing an impending breakup, the band added Read, formerly of 180 Discord, to the lineup. That year Bodyjar signed with EMI / Capitol , having completed a 33-song demo for their upcoming release. Though independent for the majority of their career, Bodyjar released two studio albums for EMI / Capitol in the early 2000s. The first album for the major label, How It Works , produced by Kalju Tonuma , reached the top 20 on the Australian ARIAnet albums chart in 2000 and achieved gold sales (35,000 copies). The album’s first single, “Not the Same”, was also featured in a Pepsi ad campaign and the video games Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and MX Superfly .
Petterson left the band
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