Story of the Year played on 2008’s Taste of Chaos International tour with Atreyu .
The Vegas Years , a collection of cover songs was released April 15, 2008 by Capitol Records. It contained a mix of newly recorded, previously released, live, and remixed older covers. To celebrate the release, Art and the band hosted a live video chat. They confirmed they would be touring…
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When the band finished touring later during 2008, Rob Thomas began work on his second solo album, Cradlesong .
in a 2008 episode of the TV series Gossip Girl
Story of the Year released The Black Swan in 2008. For the album, they brought back producer John Feldmann and Elvis Baskette. The album received praise from music critics and achieved decent commercial success, more so than the previous album. The success was led by the first single off album,…
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breaking up in 2008
The final result, The Sound of Madness , was released on June 24, 2008. It debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 top album charts, selling 50,000 copies in its opening week. In order to start touring in support of the album, Smith assembled a new official lineup for…
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In 2008, Haber and Backlund bought the Sonic Kitchen Recording Studio in Helsinki together with a Finnish producer Aku Sinivalo. Sunrise Avenue recorded the second studio album Popgasm at Sonic Kitchen Studios. Haber and Backlund sold their share of the studio in 2010.
At the ceremony, the band performed live on national television with the Calgary Youth Orchestra.
A previously unreleased Live song, “Hold Me Up”, features in the 2008 Kevin Smith film Zack and Miri Make a Porno . Smith said, “I first heard (the song) in ’95 when we were putting together the Mallrats soundtrack. It was actually in the film for the first test screening,…
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