In November 2000, Ken Krongard, an A&R representative, invited Antonio “L.A.” Reid , then head of Arista Records, to Zizzo’s Manhattan studio to hear Lavigne sing. Her 15-minute audition “so impressed” Reid that he immediately signed her to Arista with a deal worth $1.25 million for two albums and an…
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The album was released on October 31 , 2000.
In late 1999, and without a record deal, Keane recorded their first promotional single ” Call Me What You Like “. Released on CD format through Keane’s label Zoomorphic, it was sold after live performances at the pubs where Keane used to play in early 2000. Only 500 copies were…
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On October 18, 2000, De la Rocha announced that he had left the band. He said, “I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band, and…
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On October 5, 2000, Make Yourself went Platinum (one million copies sold), and shortly after, the band went on tour with Deftones .
The album was originally released as an 11-track edition beginning with “Feiticeira” and ending with “Pink Maggit”, and featuring gray cover art. A limited-edition print of 50,000 black-and-red jewel case versions of White Pony was released at the same time with a bonus twelfth track titled “The Boy’s Republic”. Later,…
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Despite allowing the Daddies creative control over its production, Mojo’s response to Soul Caddy was considered tepid at best. Claiming that the new material was not like “the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies people know and love”, the label did little to promote neither the album nor its glam-styled single ” Diamond…
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R.E.M. recorded the majority of their twelfth album Reveal (2001) in Canada and Ireland from May to October 2000. Reveal shared the “lugubrious pace” of Up , and featured drumming by Joey Waronker, as well as contributions by Scott McCaughey (a co-founder of the band the Minus 5 with Buck),…
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In October 2000, an energized Matthews began writing with Glen Ballard , most famous for his work with Alanis Morissette . The rest of DMB (along with special guest Carlos Santana ) soon joined Matthews in a Los Angeles studio and quickly recorded Everyday . While the album gave the…
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In October 2000, the track was sent to American college and alternative radio outlets.