As 2004 began, Idlewild spent the first four months of the year writing and demoing new songs up in the Scottish Highlands , and in Woomble’s flat in London. The band chose to work with American producer Tony Hoffer and flew out to Los Angeles and spent the next three…
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In 2004, although the band had been inactive for many years, Andrews and Edwards got together to collaborate on a CD/DVD set entitled Golden , which collects demos, outtakes , touring footage, both of the band’s videos, and other rare material from the band’s active period. Another posthumous compilation, a…
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Tremonti and Phillips reunited with Marshall to form a new band, Alter Bridge , in 2004 with singer Myles Kennedy , formerly of American rock band The Mayfield Four.
Contraband in 2004
In 2004, at the 46th Grammy Awards , “Like a Stone” was nominated for ” Best Hard Rock Performance ” and Audioslave for ” Best Rock Album “. They spent the rest of 2004 on break from touring and working on the second album. This gave Morello time to concentrate…
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In 2004, he released Living Things , an acoustic album mainly consisted of material he wrote while recording with The Thorns.
The band was inactive for a period of time. Collingwood, in particular, had a difficult time coping with the band being dropped by their label. In 2004 he said, “When we got dropped from Atlantic, it’s my fault that it took so long, because I wasn’t sure I wanted to…
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Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004
Mascis regained the master rights to the band’s first three albums from SST in 2004 and arranged for their reissue on Merge in early 2005. Later that year, he and Barlow shared the stage at a benefit show for autism at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts organized by Barlow’s mother,…
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Before releasing their next full-length album, the band released a self-titled three-track EP, released March 30, 2004, that included live versions of the “Made of Glass” and “Echo” tracks from their debut album, as well as a previously unreleased non-LP track, “Promise”.