From 2004, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the band’s “Word of Mouth” release, there were some reunions (Thorpe, Howe, Sisco, plus McGee and Ira Black alternating on guitar and O’Connor on vocals). 2005 saw the release of the band’s Crushing the World DVD, which featured both current…
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In 2004, Paolo Gregoletto joined as the band’s bassist, replacing Brent Young before a tour with Machine Head .
Lest We Forget: The Best Of was released on September 28, 2004, and was referred to by Manson as a “farewell” compilation. It was the last album released under Nothing Records, as the label was dissolved following a lawsuit filed by Reznor against his former manager and business partner, John…
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Talk of a reunion of Great White began in a 2004 interview, where Jack Russell told Metal Express Radio: “I spoke with Michael [Lardie], we threw that around a bit, and thought that sounds like a cool idea, it’d be fun. I’m pretty positive it’s gonna happen… probably next year…
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The footage recorded by Berlinger and Sinofsky was compiled into the documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. In the documentary, Newsted said his former bandmates’ decision to hire a therapist to help solve their problems which he felt they…
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In 2004, Trivium recorded its second album, Ascendancy , in Audiohammer Studios and Morrisound Recording in Florida .
The band toured the U.S. in support of headlining groups such as Cheap Trick , Van Halen , Talking Heads , and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . For their stage performance, the 2004 documentary Edgeplay: A Film About the Runaways (directed by former Runaway bassist Vicki Blue ) revealed…
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The title track, ” St. Anger “, won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2004;
Twisted Sister’s “I Wanna Rock” was featured in the game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s as a playable song (instead of being a cover like several songs featured in the game, it was the version from the 2004 remake of the group’s classic album Stay Hungry , titled Still…
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Due to the album Untouchables leaking onto the Internet, Take a Look in the Mirror was released on Friday November 21, 2003– four days earlier than its original release date. The album therefore received a weekend’s worth of sales, which resulted in a poor showing on the Billboard 200. During…
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