Quietdrive began a fundraising project on Kickstarter , and on July 31, 2011, just two hours before their deadline, the band exceeded their goal of $15,000 to record the cover album “Your Record Our Spin”. The band began recording in October 2011, and intended the album to include 10 songs…
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At the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards Shihad won the Legacy Award and were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame . The group released a compilation album, The Meanest Hits , in October 2011, in two formats: a 20-track standard edition and a deluxe 38-track, two-disc edition.…
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On May 17, 2007, former Dark New Day members, drummer Will Hunt and guitarist Troy McLawhorn were announced to have joined Evanescence on tour, replacing Gray and LeCompt. Lee and Balsamo said that the addition of Hunt and McLawhorn was good for the band, as they’re easy to get along…
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A 7″ single containing ” Bloodflood ” and “Tessellate” was released by Loud and Quiet in October 2011.
In October, drummer Jared Champion’s appendix suddenly burst, requiring immediate medical attention. Dave Grohl , the Foo Fighters’ frontman and former drummer of Nirvana , temporarily filled in for Champion while he was recuperating.
In October 2011, Editors played their first shows ever in Latin America with two dates in Mexico City .
They also be played in October in Festa das Latas, Coimbra – Portugal.
The band’s next studio offering, Oceanic , was to be released on 30 September 2011.
On 28 September 2011, Funeral for a Friend announced the release of a new extended play to be released in November. The EP is titled See You All in Hell and it will feature only one brand new track while the remainder of the tracks are acoustic, live session recordings…
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System’s first tour through Mexico and South America began on September 28, 2011, in Mexico City