Having spent a year and a half touring behind One by One , Grohl did not want to rush into recording another Foo Fighters record. Initially Grohl intended to write acoustic material by himself but eventually the project involved the entire band. To record its fifth album, the band shifted…
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then a day later in the U.S.
Out of Exile was released internationally on May 23, 2005
On May 6, 2005, Audioslave played a free show in Havana , Cuba, in front of an estimated 50,000 people at the La Tribuna Antiimperialista José Martí ( José Martí Anti-Imperialist Stand ) venue, which was purpose-built in 2000 for mass protests against the U.S. government.
The band traveled to Havana—bringing along their camera crew—on May 4 to spend two days visiting historic sites and interacting with Cuban musicians and youngsters.
The North America-only version, Rock of Ages—The Definitive Collection , was released the following May.
Seether’s follow-up album, Karma and Effect , was released in May 2005. Originally titled Catering to Cowards , the name was changed due to the record label’s demand. Karma and Effect debuted at number 8 on the US Billboard 200 album charts and was certified gold in the US and…
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On April 5, 2005, the band would deliver their next album, Planets produced by Nick Forcillo.
In April 2005, the band launched a club tour, which lasted until late May. Although on previous tours Audioslave occasionally played cover songs , they deliberately avoided playing their former bands’ songs to avoid using those songs as a “crutch” to “help sell and break Audioslave” as their aim was…
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In April 2005, the band played several shows as the Past-Present-Future tour, announced as their last for at least two years. The band released an EP entitled God Save the Manics with only a limited number of copies available and given out to fans as they arrived at the venue.…
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