The group relocated to a San Francisco recording studio in early 2002 with producer Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads to begin work on their next album. The band released the live album, Raw and Rare , in 2003 through Dim Mak Records . On August 25, 2003, the Von Bondies…
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The title of the album is a reference to their performance at the 2002 Glastonbury Festival , where they recorded the audience singing, “We still believe in love, so fuck you”.
Audioslave (2002)
In 2002, Gustafson, Drew, and Augustyniak decided that they wished to continue 10,000 Maniacs with a new lead singer. Lombardo showed up at the first band practice, found out that the band had hired Erickson to play lead guitar and Oskar Saville of the Chicago-based band Rubygrass to sing, and…
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Early in December, the first single, ” The Greatest View “, was released to Australian radio networks. Its physical release in January 2002 coincided with the band’s appearance on the Big Day Out tour. Early in 2002, Johns was diagnosed with reactive arthritis , which made it difficult for him…
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In January 2002, Jon Lee died at home in Miami . The band kept out of the public eye for most of the year. It was during this time that lead-singer Grant Nicholas wrote a series of songs relating to their emotions and reactions to Lee’s death, which formed their…
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Quirk, in turn, left in 2002 to pursue a career with his band Quirk. Andrew Fry joined as the next bass player.
In early 2002, the band members reportedly received a multi-million dollar offer for a reunion tour festival. It was set to include Bush , Deftones , Incubus , Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach and Slipknot , and a meeting between Patton, Gould and members of these bands took place. The reunion…
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After releasing a local EP that sold very well, Authority Zero released their debut album A Passage In Time in 2002 on Lava Records . The album featured a blend of genres including punk rock and reggae , with obvious Spanish and Portuguese influences. A Passage In Time included the…
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A second single, ” Love You Madly “, was released in 2002, with an accompanying video again produced by McCrea. The video featured DiFiore and McNeal competing in a cooking competition, judged by Rick James , Phyllis Diller , and Jeff Smith , and was noted by Billboard as “continuing…
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