The group continued forward until 2002 when founding member Lord announced his amicable retirement from the band to pursue personal projects (especially orchestral work).
Another live record and DVD A Long Day’s Night followed in 2002, both drawn from one concert in Chicago. This album also featured the Bloom, Roeser, Lanier, Miranda, Rondinelli lineup.
In 2002, Erna was asked to write and perform a song for the soundtrack to The Scorpion King .
The song Godsmack wrote and performed was titled ” I Stand Alone ” and the song became the number 1 single at Rock Radio and the most played Active Rock song in 2002 for 14 weeks straight.
The band then embarked on their First Nationwide tour in 2002 in support of the album.
They released another two-track EP in 2002, You/Play with Me , which was produced by Greg Haver.
The next studio album, Spiral Castle , was released in 2002 and received a similar positive reaction. From this album going forward (with the exception of Voyager ), co-singer Bryan Patrick began to be much more implicated in the singing of the songs, eventually more or less splitting the workload…
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The band released The Legend Continues DVD and then toured the UK. A reunion gig with Ken Hensley and John Lawton took place in London on 7 December 2001 in the course of the Magicians Birthday Party , which since then became a tradition, even though Hensley never actually joined…
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On December 4, 2001, Kiss was one of the honorees at the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (“The Recording Academy”) Heroes Award ceremony, at the NARAS New York Chapter. NARAS has 12 chapters throughout the United States, hence 12 ceremonies throughout the year, with the honorees each being…
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Hetfield left rehab on December 4, 2001,