followed by an American tour with Iced Earth and Endo in September
After the release of a greatest hits collection in 2000, Queensrÿche embarked on another tour, this time in support of Iron Maiden . This enabled the band to play Madison Square Garden for the first time. Unhappy with the lack of support they felt they received from Atlantic Records, Queensrÿche…
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However, the tour was cut short following the September 11 attacks ; all dates were canceled, including a DVD shoot in Argentina.
Pantera played their last show in Yokohama, Japan at the “Beast Feast” festival on August 26, 2001 .
Consequently, the band canceled its concert of August 2 in Kuala Lumpur .
The band’s eponymous debut album, Adema , was released in August 2001 to moderate success. It sold 46,800 copies in its first week of release to debut and peak at number 27 on the Billboard 200 chart. Its two major singles, ” Giving In ” and ” The Way You…
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Extensive touring throughout 2001 and 2002 supported Lateralus and included a personal highlight for the band: a 10-show joint mini-tour with King Crimson in August 2001. Comparisons between the two were made, MTV describing the bands as “the once and future kings of progressive rock”. Keenan stated of the minitour:…
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On July 19, 2001, before preparations to enter the recording studio, Hetfield entered rehab to treat his “alcoholism and other addictions”. All recording plans were put on hold and the band’s future was in doubt.
On July 19, 2001, Godsmack released their first live DVD titled Live .
Unnatural Selection was released in 1999 and Mark Simpson took a short break. He joined the band again in 2000 to record a new album, My God released in May 2001. At that time Eric A.K. had founded a country band, the A.K. Corral. He left the band for a…
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