UK label Visible Noise noticed the band after the release of their EP, and signed them for a four-album deal, in addition to re-releasing the EP in January 2005.
In 2005 Grand Funk Railroad was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
Between 2005 and 2006, Queen + Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour , which was the first time Queen toured since their last tour with Freddie Mercury in 1986.
Muscat returned briefly, until oral cancer sidelined him in late summer of 2005, and he was temporarily replaced by Michael Thomas, an arrangement that would become permanent when Muscat chose not to return to the lineup.
On November 22, 2005, Queens of the Stone Age released a live album/DVD set, Over the Years and Through the Woods , featuring a live concert filmed in London, England, and bonus features that included rare videos of songs from 1998 to 2005. In 2005, the group supported Nine Inch…
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and in 2005 again to perform at a benefit for the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne.
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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At the beginning of 2005, the band was featured on the first Taste of Chaos tour along with the Used and Killswitch Engage .
In 2005 I was diagnosed with oral cancer.
The band did not start work on a follow-up album until 2005, with the band finding the touring lifestyle too hectic to start writing or recording material. This, however, left the band with limited time to record new music, with their record label pressuring the band to get the album…
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