In April 2012, the band announced that Living Things would be the title of their fifth album and called it a “return to form”. Shinoda stated that they chose the title Living Things because the album is more about people, personal interactions, and it is far more personal than their…
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In an April 2012 interview with Metro , Albarn was more optimistic about Gorillaz’ future, saying that once he had worked out his differences with Hewlett, he was sure that they would make another record.
PiL released the vinyl-only EP One Drop in late April 2012, which was eventually made available for streaming. The new 12-track studio album, This is PiL , followed in May. This is PiL was the band’s first studio album in twenty years.
In April 2012, Love, Erlandson, Auf der Maur and Schemel reunited at the Public Assembly in New York for a two-song set, including “Miss World” and the Wipers ‘ “Over the Edge”, at an after-party for the Hit So Hard documentary. The performance marked the first time the four members…
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Cocker told ShortList magazine in April 2012 that he was working on ideas for new Pulp songs, but in November he told Q that the band had no plans to release new material and would be “cruising off into the sunset” at the end of the year, signalling a possible…
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In April 2012, Kent released their tenth studio album, Jag är inte rädd för mörkret (Swedish for “I Am Not Afraid of the Dark”). It was recorded in France . Three singles were released from the album, ” 999 “, ” Jag ser dig ” and ” Tänd på “.…
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In April 2012, Weiland remarked that he would like to reunite permanently with Velvet Revolver, saying that “if Maynard James Keenan can do it with A Perfect Circle and Tool , then there’s no reason why I shouldn’t go and do it with both bands”. Further in May in an…
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In April and May 2012, the band embarked on a European greatest hits tour.
In April 2012, Oliveri announced in an interview and on his Facebook page, that his forthcoming release, Hell Comes to Your Heart , had recently been completed. Notable contributors to the album are C. J. Ramone , Josh Homme, Blag Dahlia , and John Garcia . The album was released…
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In April, Soundgarden announced the release of a box set titled Classic Album Selection for Europe, containing all of their studio albums except for Ultramega OK , and live album Live on I-5 .