On April 2, the full song was streamed on the band’s official site. The song peaked at No. 7 on the Alternative Songs chart.
A retrospective box set, A Cabinet of Curiosities , was released to coincide with the NIN/JA tour in April 2009.
On April 1, 2009, the band posted a fake “making of” video that was filmed on the set of “Black Heart Inertia”. In the video, Brandon and his double “swapped places”. Brandon fetched coffee for his double, and his double also imitated Christian Bale when the DP annoyed him, shouting…
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On March 11, 2009, Incubus posted an update to their official site detailing the new greatest hits album, Monuments and Melodies .
However, on February 24, 2009, after months of speculation and rumors, Faith No More announced they would be reforming with a line-up identical to the Album of the Year era, embarking on a reunion tour called The Second Coming Tour . To coincide with the band’s reunion tour, Rhino released…
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Around this time, photos of Farrell, Navarro, Avery and Perkins, taken by Trent Reznor , appeared on Nine Inch Nails ‘ official website, leading to speculation that Reznor could be helping Jane’s Addiction record new material. “He did his best to be both producer and psychologist,” Farrell said, in a…
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Jane’s Addiction performed at the 2009 Voodoo Fest held at City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana over Halloween weekend. The concert was filmed and a year later released as Live Voodoo DVD, which received mixed reviews. “It all falls rather flat, a two-dimensional sound robbing the likes of ‘Ocean Size’…
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In mid January 2009, Incubus posted a video to their official site, describing what each band member was occupied with in the form of letters to each other. The resolution of the video was that the band was planning on getting back together soon, excited to create new music with…
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In December 2008, Morello said his Nightwatchman project would be his “principal musical focus, as I see it, for the remainder of my life”. He repeated this point in an interview with the Los Angeles Times .
Rumours that Faith No More would reunite for shows in the U.K. in the summer of 2009 were circulating in late November 2008, but were originally dismissed by bassist Billy Gould. He explained: “If anything like this were to happen, it would have to come from the band, and I…
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