Bixler-Zavala and Rodríguez-López subsequently focused on their dub side project De Facto , which also included Ward’s cousin Jeremy Ward , before forming The Mars Volta . Jim Ward, Hinojos, and Hajjar formed Sparta in June 2001; Hinojos later left Sparta to join The Mars Volta from 2005 to 2009.…
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In 2000, Le Bon approached John Taylor with a proposal to reform Duran Duran’s classic line-up. They agreed to part company with Cuccurullo after completing the Pop Trash tour. Cuccurullo then announced on his website that he was leaving Duran Duran to resume work with his 1980s band Missing Persons…
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In June 2001, Silverchair entered a studio in Sydney with producer David Bottrill ( Tool , Peter Gabriel , King Crimson ) to start work on their fourth album, Diorama . Johns formally assumed the role of a co-producer. The album name means “a world within a world”. Most tracks…
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Sugar Ray , released in June 2001, included ” When It’s Over “, which reached number 13 in the U.S. ” Answer the Phone ” peaked at number 33 on the US Adult Pop Airplay chart and number 39 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in late 2001.
In June 2001, Mike Inez joined Zakk Wylde ‘s Black Label Society for the remaining dates of Ozzfest , following the departure of bassist Steve Gibb for medical reasons.
Elbow’s debut album Asleep in the Back was released in May 2001 on V2 Records . The album was written over the course of six years, and contains six rerecorded tracks from the Real World Studios sessions. Asleep in the Back was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize and earned…
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Mark Lanegan released a solo album in May 2001 entitled Field Songs . Also in that year, he became a member of the alternative rock group Queens of the Stone Age with Homme. Lanegan recorded two albums as one of the group’s three vocalists before leaving the group in late…
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The resulting album, Last Fair Deal Gone Down was released in May 2001
By May 2001, Cornell had joined the platinum-selling supergroup Audioslave with Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk , then-former members of Rage Against the Machine
The chemistry with Cornell was immediately apparent. Morello said: “He stepped to the microphone and sang the song and I couldn’t believe it. It didn’t just sound good. It didn’t sound great. It sounded transcendent. And…when there is an irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment, you can’t deny it.” The…
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