In late 2011, Cancer Bats toured Canada as a Black Sabbath tribute band under the moniker “Bat Sabbath”. The concept started at Sonisphere Festival on July 10, 2011, when the band was asked to do an after-party show, on top of their initial set in the afternoon, in the tent…
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On August 1, 2006, FM Static released their second album titled Critically Ashamed , which featured the single “Waste of Time”. Originally, a cover of Vanilla Ice ‘s ” Ice Ice Baby ” was to be included on this album, but it was removed later in the production process. The…
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The 2011 soundtrack to Major League Baseball 2K11 (MLB 2K11), released by 2K Sports , single “Anti-Venom” from Questamation . It was also on the Nintendo Wii and 3DS version soundtrack to Need for Speed: The Run , released by EA Black Box and Firebrand Games in November 2011.
On September 20, 2011, they were awarded the Polaris Prize.
On the Erase My Scars tour, Evans Blue debuted songs from their next album Graveyard of Empires . The band began recording the album in September 2011. On September 28, 2012, “This Time It’s Different” made its worldwide debut on Sirius Radio . The album was released on April 17,…
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On July 6, the album was named as a shortlisted (one of 10) nominee for the 2011 award.
In July 2011, Ian Thornley signed with Anthem/SRO.
In 2010, Doherty filled in as guitarist at a Thornley show during the Tiny Pictures tour, and that led to Doherty joining the band as a touring member. Later that year, a new tour promoted as ” An Evening with Thornley and Big Wreck ” followed, and as a result…
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and saw its online premiere on MUBI on June 27, 2011.
On June 16, the album was named as a longlisted nominee (one of 40) for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize .