Alt-J (∆) were formed when Gwilym (Gwil) Sainsbury (guitar/bass), Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Augustus (Gus) Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals) and Thomas Stuart (Thom Sonny) Green (drums) met at University of Leeds in 2007. Unger-Hamilton (younger brother of Ferdy, head of A&R for Polydor Records ) studied English , the other three Fine…
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— Josh Homme, interview with jr.com, 2007
In 2007, the band decided to fire Kärkkäinen after a long difficult era. Kärkkäinen filed a lawsuit against the band claiming they had no right to perform as Sunrise Avenue without him. The band won the court case on the first level court in Finland and after three years of…
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When Stephen Carpenter was 15 years old, he was hit by a car while skateboarding . Using a wheelchair for several months, he began teaching himself to play guitar by playing along to songs by thrash metal bands such as Anthrax , Stormtroopers of Death , and Metallica . A…
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Meanwhile, Tankian opted for a solo career and released his debut solo album Elect the Dead in the autumn of 2007.
In January 2007, Bring Me the Horizon were able to set their sights beyond the UK, when they replaced Bury Your Dead on Killswitch Engage ‘s European headline tour. The slot became available after Bury Your Dead were forced to withdraw by the departure from the band of their vocalist,…
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On July 17, 2007, the All-American Rejects released their second live DVD, titled Tournado , with content from the 2006 headlining tour of the same name. Also during the summer, they covered “Jack’s Lament” from The Nightmare Before Christmas , which was featured on Nightmare Revisited . The finished album…
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In 2007, Dead Sara began their first tour as the opening act for Endless Hallway. They released the six-song EP The Airport Sessions on Viscount Records in 2008. After numerous changes to the drummer and bass player positions, the band’s line-up finally coalesced in 2009 with Sean Friday on drums…
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In 2007, the song was covered by Mark Ronson and Lily Allen for Ronson’s album Version ; the band had a cameo appearance in that version’s music video.
In 2007, the John Butler Trio won the Australian Independent Record (AIR) Award for Best Performing Independent Album as well as Best Independent Release and Best Blues and Roots Album at the ARIA Awards.