The band entered a hiatus in January 2005, with members turning to their own separate projects. Keenan rejoined Tool to record what would be 2006’s 10,000 Days , Howerdel began pursuing a solo career, and the rest joined various other touring or sessions recording roles. The band’s fate remained uncertain…
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In 2005, Kutless played a Katrina Benefit Relief Concert in Portland, Oregon. They also released their first worship album, Strong Tower that peaked at No. 87 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. After recording but before release of Strong Tower , bassist Kyle Zeigler and drummer Kyle Mitchell left the…
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Their first album on Beggars Banquet, Alligator , was released in 2005. The album was met with much critical acclaim and featured highly in “Album of the Year” charts in the Los Angeles Times , Insound , Uncut , and many other publications. The album allowed the band increased exposure.…
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Also in 2005, Robbie Fulks released a song in honor of the band called “Fountains of Wayne Hotline”.
Bassist Markku Lappalainen left Hoobastank following their 2005 Summer Tour,
On September 10th, 2005, Snow White Tan performed Let Down acoustically on national television for ReAct Now , a benefit concert series for Hurricane Katrina relief. The band also planned on performing at the Taste The Music Festival in Arizona in November of 2005 and were going to perform 3…
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Following his work on Rated R , Lanegan joined the band as a full-time member, a position he held until early 2005. Towards the end of the Rated R tour, the band’s performance at the 2001 Rock am Ring festival in Germany was, according to Homme, “the worst show we’ve…
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Later in 2005, the band was signed to Victory Records . Their second album and debut for Victory Records titled Nightmare Anatomy , was released October 4, 2005. The album peaked at number 196 on the Billboard 200, number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, and number 16 on the…
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Dim Mak and Atlantic later released Bloc Party’s critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut album, Silent Alarm , in 2005.
Neither Chad nor King have been involved in the music industry since the split. In the press release for Kleptomania , Draper claimed that he had started writing with Chad again, but later admitted that he had only been helping him build up backing tracks and had stopped turning up…
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