In addition to multiple swings through the United States and Europe, 2000 saw the band’s first and only visits to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.
Since 2000, the band has recorded every album at the Hive , a North Hollywood, California , recording studio they purchased in 1995. The sessions for From Chaos , 311’s sixth major record release, were the first to be held there. From Chaos was released in late 2001. Its first…
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Their follow-up single ” Someday ” also enjoyed extensive airplay later that year and reached number 7 in the U.S. ” Falls Apart ” reached number 29 in early 2000. 14:59 outsold its predecessor and was certified triple platinum.
In 2000, A Thought Crushed My Mind was released.
In 2000, Durst announced that the band’s third studio album would be titled Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water . The press thought he was joking about this title. The album title is intended to sound like a fictional band; the phrase “Chocolate Starfish” refers to the human…
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In January 2000, Mendel led a benefit concert in Hollywood for the AIDS denialist group Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives , with a speech by the founder, Christine Maggiore , and distribution of free copies of her self-published book, What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong?…
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Auer and Stringfellow reunited in early 2000 for a one-off acoustic show in Seattle, which was recorded and released as In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Plugging In . Later that year they toured the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Upon returning from the tour, they filled 2001 with a mix…
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A song from this album, “Suffocate”, was used in the 2000 film Scream 3 .
In 2000, the band planned to support the Beastie Boys on the “Rhyme and Reason” tour, but the tour was cancelled when the Beastie Boys drummer, Mike D , suffered a serious injury.
In January 1999, HIM began demoing material for its next album with Hiili Hiilesmaa. These sessions proved to be unsuccessful, however, and the band decided to relocate to Rockfield, Wales with producer John Fryer . In November 1999, HIM released the single ” Join Me in Death “, which charted…
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