The band signed to Matador Records in Spring of 2008. That summer, Matador reissued the “Year Of The Pig” 12-inch single. This time it came out with additional formats including a series of three 7-inches, for the US, UK and Japan respectively, each with a different edit of the A-side…
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and in the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008
On April 6, 2008 Triumph was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as part of the Juno Awards .
On October 7, 2008, Matador released Fucked Up’s second album, The Chemistry Of Common Life . The album received near-universal critical acclaim from publications such as the NME , The New York Times , Blender , Pitchfork , Alternative Press , Q Magazine , and would later go on to…
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The band’s third full album, Hawk Nelson Is My Friend was released on April 1, 2008, and featured songs co-written by Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch , Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace and Richard Marx .
in a 2008 episode of the TV series Gossip Girl
In 2008 Triumph’s classic line-up performed live for the first time since 1988 with two reunion concerts: the first on June 7 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Solvesborg, Sweden, and the second on July 11 at the Rocklahoma music festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.
On October 9, 2008, the band returned to MTV Live , this time performing in the men’s washroom. Once again, the band (and their fans) caused a large amount of damage, destroying the ceiling, spray painting walls and knocking over amps and a motorcycle which was brought into the washroom…
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In 2008, the band also contributed a cover of ” Don’t You (Forget About Me) “, originally by Simple Minds , off the Don’t You Forget About Me: The Covers . The song was also featured in back-to-school commercials for J.C. Penney . On June 8, 2010, Hawkology: Anothology of…
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At the ceremony, the band performed live on national television with the Calgary Youth Orchestra.