On April 23, 2008, at the inaugural NME US Awards ceremony at the El Rey in Los Angeles, Dando received the classic album award for It’s A Shame About Ray , and also performed “My Drug Buddy” and the album’s title track acoustically. According to reports, soon after receiving the…
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On April 9, 2008, Dexter announced that the album would be called Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and would be released on June 17. The album’s first single, “Hammerhead”, went to radio on May 6. Additionally, the Offspring’s website provided an MP3 download of the song to the general…
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Following tours of Australia and Japan in January 2008, they played their first “Cross-Canada” headlining tour with Protest the Hero , Ill Scarlett and The Devil Wears Prada , which sold out across the country. In addition, they completed a U.S. tour with A Day to Remember , Protest the…
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Band members changed over the course of several years. Greg Camp left the band in the summer of 2008. Smash Mouth recruited Leroy Miller to play guitar. Leroy left in 2009 and Camp returned to the band, but in 2011 Camp left once again and this time the band recruited…
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On December 30, 2008, Bill Marcks left the band to spend more time with his family. Bill Marcks currently plays guitar in the band Cero Viejo with former Authority Zero bassist Jeremy Wood.
On July 11, 2008, Punchline created their independent label, Modern Short Stories , using the winnings ($25,000) from Heavy.com ‘s Contraband Contest. On “37 day” (March 7) 2008, Punchline announced in their AIM chatroom that the new album would be called Just Say Yes . Preceded by “How Does This…
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During the height of the album’s popularity, British tabloid Daily Mail characterized the band and their fans as an emo ” cult of self-harm ” and published articles regarding the band with intentionally inflammatory headlines. One such article, “Why No Child is Safe From the Sinister Cult of Emo”, published…
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On December 13, 2008, the Offspring headlined the nineteenth annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas . In an interview at the Almost Acoustic Christmas show, guitarist Noodles stated that the Offspring would be taking a break for a month or two and promised a US tour to kick off in 2009.…
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In 2008, they opened for American group My Chemical Romance in the U.S. with a smaller group Drive By and attended several festivals and held concerts in Canada and Europe later on. Vocalist Benjamin Kowalewicz stated on July 1, on Billy Talent’s official forum, that they are staying put in…
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In January 2008, Alexakis posted on the band’s Myspace that they were working on a covers album, and a new album, which was expected to be released in 2008. In addition, two unreleased songs from the Drama Club sessions, “Downtime” and “Here Comes the Darkness”, were posted.