The album did not see a concurrent release in the US (though it eventually released there on 13 July 2004); instead, a seven-track “mini-album”, entitled Seven Ways to Scream Your Name , was released, and featured songs from the band’s Between Order & Model and Four Ways to Scream Your…
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Towards the end of the year, Stereophonics performed a sold-out tour of the UK, ending with a Christmas show at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, supported by Feeder , Ocean Colour Scene and Adam Masterson. The show was closed with a version of ” Merry Xmas Everybody “, originally recorded by…
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The band was formed in late 2003 by Dave Hause, whose band The Curse had just broken up although he was still in Paint It Black . He was joined by Michael “Spider” Cotterman, formerly the bassist for Kid Dynamite who Hause used to roadie for, and Michael Sneeringer, drummer…
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On July 1, the band held their third ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION presents Nano-Mugen Festival at the Tokyo arena Nippon Budokan .
In July 2004, while still relatively unknown inside the UK, Kaiser Chiefs performed their first festival outside the UK at a festival in Moscow . headlined by UK band Goldblade .
After wrapping up the touring in support of Thirteenth Step in the first half of 2004, the band had announced it planned to enter a long hiatus while Keenan returned to Tool and Howerdel pursued a solo career. In July 2004, Keenan performed at Serj Tankian ‘s ( System of…
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While three of the band members were in Chicago with the full support of their parents, guitarist Brian Fortune had enrolled at St. John’s University and withdrew from the band. After months of auditioning guitar players with little luck, the band agreed to move vocalist Dan Nigro to guitar. The…
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The band put Sneaker2bombs recordings on music industry mp3 sites and Chris Foitle, an intern at Epic Records in Santa Monica, began contacting Bonhiver and Truckenmiller. In July 2004, Epic arranged to see the band perform in Minneapolis with the assistance of Greg Sheldon. Pete Giberga, a Vice President of…
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On 30 June 2004, Poets released their debut single “Late Goodbye” in Finland which was followed by ” Lift ” on 9 September 2004. The music videos for both songs were directed by Tuomas “Stobe” Harju. The songs charted #14 and #8 on the Finnish single charts and reached #2…
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The album was released on June 29, 2004, and sold 48,000 copies in its first week, peaking at No. 20 on the Billboard 200.