Dead By Sunrise formed in 2005 during Linkin Park’s break after the Meteora album cycle ended in September of 2004. According to Bennington, “I came up with a few songs that felt and sounded really good, but I knew they weren’t right stylistically for Linkin Park . They were darker…
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In 2005, the band performed at Lollapalooza and Vegoose . Between Primus shows, Claypool created a new solo project called Les Claypool’s Fancy Band which, like other projects, occasionally used Primus songs.
Weiland announced in 2005 that Velvet Revolver’s next album would be titled Libertad and would be a concept album. When they started writing material, they decided against the concept idea. Initially, the band started working with producer Rick Rubin on the album. However, due to his methods, such as having…
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The band closed the year by releasing the single, ” Blue Train ” ( ブルートレイン ) , followed up by a brief tour entitled, “Tour SUI CUP 2005 – Winter Dragon” in December.
It was followed by another tour titled Asia Live 2005, which had the band performing in Seoul and Shanghai and ended at the Tokyo Dome .
EMI continued to release the band’s back catalog, as well as unreleased songs, on two more albums. The Fun Lovin’ Criminals made no further releases until their 2005 album, Livin’ in the City , still under Sanctuary Records. This album was considered a love letter to New York, with many…
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Also in 2005 it was reported that the band turned down a US$1.8m advertising deal with Coca-Cola after visiting a Coca-Cola plantation in Colombia with charity War on Want , where they heard of management-directed killings of trade-union members. The company were asking for use of ” Hello Sunshine ”…
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In 2005, O.A.R. released their fifth album, Stories of a Stranger , which reached 40th on the Billboard 200 . It included the singles “Love and Memories”, “Heard the World”, and “Lay Down.” “Love and Memories”, written with Glen Ballard , peaked at 98 in the Pop 100 , at…
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In 2005, “Thousand Mile Wish” was used in the soundtrack of the superhero film Elektra .
In 2005, the band left their long-time management team, Q Prime , and signed with HK Management.