Exciter participated in a number of European summer festivals in 2005, including the Tradate Iron Fest in Italy, Bang Your Head in Germany and Metalcamp in Slovenia.
Popular with Christian rock fans, the band has achieved some success in the mainstream as well. They portrayed The Who on an episode of the NBC drama American Dreams , and they recorded a song named “Bring ‘Em Out” as the theme for the 2005 motion picture Yours, Mine and…
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After a lot of time spent on tour and different directions the band wanted to take, No Warning broke up in late 2005. Members went on to form bands such as Surplus Sons, Marvelous Darlings, and Millennial Reign , among other projects. Ben Cook now plays in Fucked Up .…
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In late 2005, Glen Gamble left Helix to form his own band, The Joys. Gamble was briefly replaced by a returning Brian Doerner, who stayed with the band for several months. With Gamble gone, Brian Vollmer was left to manage every aspect of the Helix organization, from booking tours, to…
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In 2005, Left and Leaving was named one of the ten best Canadian albums of all time in Chart magazine’s reader poll. In the same poll, Samson wrote the capsule review for another top ten finisher, The Lowest of the Low ‘s Shakespeare My Butt , which he cited as…
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Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician’s message board. Lead singer Kevin Matisyn suggested the name, which refers to the dye that is injected into the bloodstream to measure blood volume. The band then caught the attention of…
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In 2005, Sloan released their first compilation album, A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005 . The album included two new songs, “All Used Up” and “Try to Make It”. The Japanese release included two additional new tracks.
In 2005, they signed with Liquor & Poker Music , released the album Alive Without Control and headed off for a 7-week, 40-show tour of Europe.
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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The BBC used the track ” Wake Up ” on an advertisement for their autumn 2005 season