After taking a one-year timeout, Kent returned to the studio to record their sixth studio album in 2004.
Incubus toured worldwide in 2004 with many bands, including Ben Kweller , the Walkmen , Hundred Reasons , the Music , Brand New and Sparta , to promote their new album after their original support act the Vines pulled out due to exhaustion. One song left off the album, the…
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On March 9, 2004, the band released their breakthrough album, Pawn Shoppe Heart , on Sire Records . Pawn Shoppe Heart was produced by Harrison and co-produced by Stollsteimer. The album reached a peak of No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart , and No. 8 on Billboard ‘ s…
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as well as on the soundtrack for 2004’s film The Punisher .
The 2004 soundtrack Songs and Artists that Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 included one of the collaborations with Reznor, ” We Want It All “.
The final tour was a sell-out success, with the last gig played on 20 December 2003 at the York Barbican, in their hometown of York. One further album release did, however, come of their time at Taste: their only official live album, Where Have You Been Tonight? Live . Recorded…
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On December 15, 2003, the first single, ” Megalomaniac “, was released. It raised controversy when it was said to be an attack on the Bush administration, and was banned from daytime view on MTV (despite the band saying that it was not an attack on a particular person, rather…
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“Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us” on December 13, 2003,
Chavez and guitarist Ransom had a bitter rivalry that ended when first Ransom, then Chavez, left the band. During 2003, when the band released and toured for Unstable , Chavez and Ransom didn’t speak to one another. The band claimed that the split was no surprise. Ransom left in December,…
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Guster released its fourth album, Keep It Together , in 2003, with the first single, ” Amsterdam “, getting significant airplay on the radio. Multi-instrumentalist Joe Pisapia, who had been touring with the band, then became a full-time member. A live album/DVD, Guster on Ice , compiled from two shows…
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