Despite an expected documentary entitled Closed Romantic Realism , 2008 saw the release of an EP for Crosby’s science fiction novel Bang Band SiXXX . The EP, containing six songs, is closely related to his older music with lots of electronics leading the music instead of acoustic guitars. Crosby claims…
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Tohuvabohu had a companion, Brimborium , a full length remix album released in 2008 that barely made it onto Billboard ‘ s Dance/Electronic Albums Chart, hitting No. 20 for a single week.
KMFDM re-released all of its old singles and hard-to-find tracks from before the 1999 breakup in a series of three double albums called Extra — Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 , and Vol. 3 —in mid-2008.
On March 7, 2008, it was announced that Frank Cavanagh had reunited with Filter and would play as a live member at the operation Myspace concert in Kuwait. It was confirmed at Operation MySpace that he would not be joining Filter on the full tour as he would be shipping…
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Filter started working on a fifth album shortly after the release of the remix and greatest hits albums, with Bob Marlette as a producer. The album, as said by Richard Patrick, would be a lot heavier than Anthems for the Damned and is to have a song written for the…
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On March 30, 2008, Borland made a post on the band’s MySpace about how he filled in for the band X Japan and was “looking forward to coming home and getting back to work on the next BLB album”, by which he means the second full length Black Light Burns…
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Patrick also announced a remix album to Anthems for the Damned on November 4, titled Remixes for the Damned . Remixes for the Damned was released on November 21, 2008 in the U.S. and Canada. The remix album was released internationally on December 1, 2008. The lead-off single was “I…
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On December 16, 2008 Wes Borland made a post on the band’s MySpace blog that confirmed they would appear on the soundtrack for the film Underworld: Rise of the Lycans . They contributed the track “I Want You To”, which is taken off their forthcoming record. The song is available…
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Faster Pussycat toured the U.S. in the summer of 2008 with Tracii Guns’ version of LA Guns.
By the beginning of 2008, however, Twiggy Ramirez had rejoined the band as bassist, resulting in the exit of Skold, with Holliday moving from bass to lead guitar for the remaining duration of the tour.