It was promoted with an East Coast US tour with Goodwill and Junction 18 in April and May 2003.
In early 2003, Hoobastank contributed the song “Right Before Your Eyes” to Daredevil: The Album and entered the studio with producer Howard Benson .
The band’s first record, an EP entitled Holy Roller Novocaine , was released on February 18, 2003. At this stage, Jared was only 16 years old and had not yet learned to play the bass. The release of Holy Roller Novocaine gave Kings of Leon a significant amount of exposure,…
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The band formed in 2003 and is named after the character Aidan Keller of the 2002 film The Ring (“Dude, that kid’s just spooky,” Francis said of the character whose name is actually spelled Aidan). Their first full-length album Our Gangs Dark Oath , was released on Dead Teenager Records…
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The band got their break after Okereke went to a Franz Ferdinand concert in 2003, and gave a copy of “She’s Hearing Voices” to both lead singer Alex Kapranos and BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq .
Atlantic Records released a greatest hits album, Thank You , with a bonus DVD of archive material and music videos, in 2003.
Their next full-length album was Good Mourning , released in 2003, with the album’s launch single “We’ve Had Enough” seeing much the same success as the previous single ” Stupid Kid “. The album was something of a departure from earlier works, featuring greater production values.
In 2003, after the band split from Universal, they released their fourth studio album, Chasing Daylight , on the Sixthman label and toured throughout the year to promote the album. The band’s internet presence emerged during this time period, and hardcore fans dubbing themselves “Hazelnuts” studied setlists, shared bootleg concert…
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During 2003 and 2004, the band released three demo EPs ( Nodding Acquaintance , Sorry You’re Not a Winner and Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour ) that were available from their gigs and their website, featuring original versions of some songs that were eventually re-recorded for their…
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In 2003, the Finger Eleven song “Good Times” was used in the soundtrack for the snowboard racing game SSX 3 .