2004 saw another re-formation, comprising original members Bez , Gaz and Shaun Ryder along with another group of musicians. Shaun Ryder recruited Kav Sandhu to join on guitar and bring in a new group of musicians. Sandhu brought on-board bassist Mikey Shine, keyboard player Dave Parkinson and guitarist Jonn Dunn.…
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Demon Days found the band taking a darker tone, partially influenced by a train journey Albarn had taken with his family through impoverished rural China. Albarn described the album as a concept album : “The whole album kind of tells the story of the night — staying up during the…
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A two-CD retrospective compilation entitled The Way of Curve summarized the group’s output in 2004. The first disc included the band’s singles. The second disc contained a selection of B-sides, rarities and remixes.
The next album, Phantom Power , relied less on sound experimentation and proved to be a more stripped-down, back-to-basics recording in contrast to the orchestral Rings Around the World . It was also released as both a CD and DVD album in July 2003, preceded by a single, ” Golden…
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Looking for a harder-hitting rock sound than that of All That You Can’t Leave Behind , U2 began recording their eleventh studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , in February 2003 with producer Chris Thomas . After nine months of work, the band had an album’s worth of…
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Also released in 2003 was Gore’s second solo album Counterfeit² .
In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it 200 among ” The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time “.
Suicide Commando’s next release, Axis of Evil , was voted album of the year (2003) by the Deutsche Alternative Charts (DAC). In 2006, Suicide Commando returned with the album Bind, Torture, Kill , which was preceded by the single “Godsend + Menschenfresser”. “Godsend + Menschenfresser” peaked at #2 on the…
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In 2003, Gahan released his first solo album, Paper Monsters , and toured to promote the record.
In 2003, Le Tigre collaborated with Chicks on Speed on their cover of Tom Tom Club’s ” Wordy Rappinghood ” from their album 99 Cents along with other artists such as Miss Kittin , Kevin Blechdom , ADULT. ‘s Nicola Kuperus , and Tina Weymouth of Tom Tom Club .…
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