In 2003, Reset released a third album, Radioactive . The album was produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Philippe Jolicoeur. This is the first album that Phil produced with his own record label, Indy Rekordz Inc. “Choke” and “Kyoto” are the singles and the new video clips for that album.…
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Williams was originally signed to Atlantic Records as a solo artist in 2003. She had been introduced to Atlantic A&R Tom Storms by Kent Marcus and Jim Zumwalt, lawyers of managers Dave Steunebrink and Richard Williams, and then eventually signed to Atlantic by Jason Flom . Steunebrink and Richard had…
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Brand New’s debut studio album Your Favorite Weapon was produced by friend of the band Mike Sapone . The album has been described as being “bitter about ex-girlfriends”, with an excessive concentration on “post-breakup angst”. It received relatively positive reviews, with AllMusic awarding it three out of five and PopMatters…
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The band regrouped in 2003 to record a fifth studio album.
After the breakup of the Get Up Kids, James Dewees began performing with New Found Glory as their touring keyboardist, having previously played on their 2003 album Catalyst . As he traveled relentlessly, his ongoing struggles with alcohol and drug abuse worsened. After moving to New York City, he began…
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Less than a year later, White left the band for a second time, and was replaced by Todd Mohney, McIlrath’s roommate and former bandmate. When it came time to record their second album, Revolutions per Minute , McIlrath noted that the band was suffering from an “identity crisis”. Fat Wreck…
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Ben would go on to record a two-song demo containing the songs Dream to Make Believe and Slip Like Space, which would later be re-recorded and released on their first album Dream to Make Believe . Former guitarist Paul Abrahamian went on to form It’s Called the Ghost Town Symphony…
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After three years out of the limelight, the band returned with Life on Other Planets (September 2002), recorded at Heliocentric , Rockfield and Mayfair Studios and produced by Beck collaborator Tony Hoffer . The album was released in the UK on Parlophone, but in the US on the Island Def…
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The ceremony was one of Dee Dee’s last public appearances, as he was found dead on June 5, 2002, from a heroin overdose .
Lavigne released Let Go in June 2002 in the US, where it reached number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and the UK—this made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the UK…
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