In 2003, The Salads released their first album Fold A to B . It won several awards: a 2003 CASBY , a Canadian Radio Music Award, and Favourite Band at the Canadian Indie Awards.
After a hiatus, the band returned with Everything to Everyone in 2003. The album completed its contract with Reprise, after which Barenaked Ladies resumed operating independently while retaining distribution arrangements with Warner Bros. Records .
In 2003, the Watchmen announced their farewell tour and their intention to disband. They returned to Winnipeg to perform at a fundraiser for the Israel national bobsleigh team .
In 2003, Puss ‘n’ Boots was released. Much like I Don’t Care , the album began life as a Brad Roberts’ solo project. Co-written by Stuart Cameron , 13 songs were selected from a pool of 30. Reid sang backing vocals and Dan Roberts played bass, though much of the…
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In 2003, Reset released a third album, Radioactive . The album was produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Philippe Jolicoeur. This is the first album that Phil produced with his own record label, Indy Rekordz Inc. “Choke” and “Kyoto” are the singles and the new video clips for that album.…
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Their first album What Are You Waiting For? was produced by Aaron Sprinkle , who also produced Thousand Foot Krutch’s album Phenomenon . The album featured the hit singles “Definitely Maybe”, “Something to Believe In”, and “Crazy Mary”. FM Static toured through 2003 to 2005; John Bunner quickly retired after…
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The band broke up in early 2003. Ian Thornley moved back to Toronto and formed the band Thornley . Brian Doherty moved to Camlachie , a small community near Sarnia, Ontario , where he taught guitar and prepared students for University or Conservatory entrance requirements. Doherty also went on to…
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In 2003, the band moved to Epitaph Records and released Reconstruction Site . The album was met with positive reviews from Canadian and international critics for its ambitious combination of punk, rock, folk, country and sonnets . It also became the band’s best-selling record to date, and in September appeared…
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In 2003, Gob filmed a cameo for the Canadian teen comedy Going The Distance (2004) where they appeared as themselves performing at the MuchMusic Video Awards. Swollen Members and Avril Lavigne also appeared in the film.
Lavigne released Let Go in June 2002 in the US, where it reached number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and the UK—this made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the UK…
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