The band entered a hiatus in January 2005, with members turning to their own separate projects. Keenan rejoined Tool to record what would be 2006’s 10,000 Days , Howerdel began pursuing a solo career, and the rest joined various other touring or sessions recording roles. The band’s fate remained uncertain…
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Taking much of the summer of 2005 off, the band made key festival appearances at the Halifax Pop Explosion , Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , the Sasquatch! Music Festival , Lollapalooza , Vegoose Festival, Reading and Leeds Festival in the UK, Electric Picnic in Ireland and the Lowlands…
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Wilson and Geffen worked on their respective projects throughout the end of 2005
Also in 2005, Cave completed work on his script for The Proposition , set in 19th-century Australia directed by John Hillcoat . Cave and Ellis collaborated on the film’s score, a partnership that later also scored the films The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and…
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The BBC used the track ” Wake Up ” on an advertisement for their autumn 2005 season
performed at their induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005
The single ” Romance ” was released on March 2, 2005, and was followed on April 6 with the release of Juusankai wa Gekkou , the band’s fourteenth studio album. It is a concept album inspired by Sakurai’s solo project that focused on the idea of ” Goth “, and…
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Dim Mak and Atlantic later released Bloc Party’s critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut album, Silent Alarm , in 2005.
In 2005, XFM News reported that Blur would record an EP, and denied that they would hire a replacement guitarist for Coxon.
After performing at WaveAid, Silverchair reunited, and by late 2005 began preparations for their next studio album, Young Modern . Johns had written about 50 songs during the hiatus for a possible solo album or other project but decided to use them for Silverchair. In 2006, after five weeks’ practice,…
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