They recorded two split EPs: one with Hot Water Music in 2002
In 2000, Dunn, Clark, and Paige founded a Peterborough -based group called “SWISH”, while Biro sang lead vocals for a four-piece group called the “Cheese Monkeys from Planet Nine” from Barrie, Ontario . In 2000, SWISH released their first independent album, Riding Around the Park on Mime Radio, an independent…
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Between 2002 and 2004, the band experienced the height of their popularity with headline slots on the Warped Tour with Blink-182 and a supporting tour with Green Day . Third album Sticks and Stones was released on June 11, 2002, and peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart.…
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The original members of the band attended Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota and in ninth grade, Brandon Lanier started telling Droo Hastings that he was a great drummer and that they should start a band with him and his friend Justin Bonhiver. Initially, the band was a trio with…
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Due to the band’s popularity, the band made a cameo appearance in Scooby-Doo in 2002.
In 2002, the band met with record executives, and ended up signing a co-venture agreement with Atlantic Records and Warner Music Canada . In the fall of 2003, the band released their full-length self-titled album, Billy Talent . The album found considerable sales success. ” Try Honesty ” was a…
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After releasing a local EP that sold very well, Authority Zero released their debut album A Passage In Time in 2002 on Lava Records . The album featured a blend of genres including punk rock and reggae , with obvious Spanish and Portuguese influences. A Passage In Time included the…
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In Spring 2002, Green Day co-headlined the Pop Disaster Tour with Blink-182 , documented on the DVD Riding in Vans with Boys .
In 2002, Rhino Records released a new version of it with seven bonus tracks.
With guitarist Fadi El-Assad writing the bulk of the music and vocalist Mike Wiebe in charge of lyrics, The Gamblers released their debut self-titled album in September 2001 on Vile Beat Records with it being produced by Texas punk rocker Tim Kerr ( Big Boys , Lord High Fixers). They…
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