In 2001, Relapse Records issued First Daze Here (The Vintage Collection) , a compilation consisting of unreleased material from the 1970s. In 2002, Peaceville Records released a compilation of songs from the first three albums titled Turn to Stone . Peaceville re-released the band’s first three albums on CD in…
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Music videos were filmed for all three singles, with long-time friend Fred Durst directing “Falling Away from Me” and Martin Weisz directing a concept video for “Make Me Bad”, as well as a performance-based video for “Somebody Someone”, which featured CGI effects. Every video was a staple on Total Request…
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“Revolution Is My Name” became the band’s fourth nomination for Best Metal Performance in the 2001 Grammys
A European tour with AC/DC in support of The World Needs a Hero began in mid-2001
In 2001, the song “Drag You Down” was used in the animated sitcom Daria .
In January 2001, Tool announced a new album, Systema Encéphale , along with a 12-song track list containing titles such as “Riverchrist”, “Numbereft”, “Encephatalis”, “Musick”, and “Coeliacus”. File-sharing networks such as Napster were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles’ names. A month later, the band revealed that the new…
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Sabbath returned to the studio to work on new material with all four original members and producer Rick Rubin in the spring of 2001
In 2001, the band once again returned to touring, playing with fellow metal bands Morbid Angel , Skrape , Slayer, and Static-X as part of the Extreme Steel Tour of North America.
That year, Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! was remixed and remastered; the reissue featured modified artwork and several bonus tracks.
The album became a worldwide success, reaching No.1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut week. Tool received their second Grammy Award for the best metal performance of 2001 for the song ” Schism “. During the band’s acceptance speech, Carey stated that he would like to…
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