On March 1, Einziger, along with Scott Litt , Dave Holdredge, and Rick Will, was nominated for a Grammy in the “Best Engineered Album (Non Classical)” category, for their work on Morning View .
The next month, on February 7, the band began to renegotiate their record contract.
On January 6, 2003, the band began writing for their next record.
In 2003, Morello began playing acoustic folk music at open-mic nights and clubs under the alias the Nightwatchman , which he formed as an outlet for his political views while playing apolitical music with Audioslave.
In late 2003, Primus reunited with Alexander on drums to record a five track EP. Released alongside a DVD containing the band’s music videos and clips from live performances, the resulting package was titled Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People . The band staged a two-month tour performing…
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A collaboration between De la Rocha and DJ Shadow, the song “March of Death” was released free online in 2003 in protest of the imminent invasion of Iraq .
Kilmore also had a previous restraining order issued against Koppel in 2003 after Koppel allegedly spat in his face.
The band’s next album, Renegades , was a collection of covers of artists as diverse as Devo , EPMD , Minor Threat , Cypress Hill , the MC5 , Afrika Bambaataa , the Rolling Stones , Eric B. & Rakim , Bruce Springsteen , the Stooges , and Bob Dylan…
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In 2003, The Battle of Los Angeles was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone ‘ s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The track ” Calm Like a Bomb ” was used in the sequel, The Matrix Reloaded (2003).