post-grunge

2005
Silverchair The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami resulted in the WaveAid fundraising

The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami resulted in the WaveAid fundraising concert held in January 2005; Silverchair performed to help raise funds for aid organisations working in disaster-affected areas. As a result of WaveAid, the band decided to resume working together. Gillies explained the band’s reunion as due to a special…
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Creed (band) released his debut solo album

Stapp released his debut solo album The Great Divide in 2005.

Breaking Benjamin filed a federal lawsuit

In late 2005, drummer Hummel filed a federal lawsuit against Breaking Benjamin. According to the lawsuit, Hummel requested earlier that year to take a paternity leave to be with his wife during the birth of their first child, to which all members of the band agreed and hired Kevin Soffera…
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2004
Poets of the Fall On 18 December 2004, the band released a song “Maybe Tomorrow is a

On 18 December 2004, the band released a song “Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day” as a free download on their website to promote their then-upcoming debut album Signs of Life . The album was released on 19 January 2005 in Finland, followed by an iTunes release on 25 May…
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Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible

A 10th Anniversary Edition of The Holy Bible was released on 6 December 2004, which included a digitally remastered version of the original album, a rare US mix (which the band themselves have admitted to preferring to the original UK mix) and a DVD of live performances and extras including…
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Manic Street Preachers UK arena tour

Tony Visconti helped the band produce three songs on the album, which was followed by a UK arena tour in December 2004.

Breaking Benjamin So Cold EP

On November 23, 2004, Breaking Benjamin released the So Cold EP , which features live versions of the songs “Away” and “Breakdown”, a live acoustic version of “So Cold”, and studio acoustic recordings of “Blow Me Away” and “Lady Bug”.

Creed (band) Wind-up Records released

On November 22, 2004, Wind-up Records released Creed’s Greatest Hits album.

Breaking Benjamin Blow Me Away

On November 3, 2004, a non-album single named ” Blow Me Away ” from the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack was released

Live (band) In November 2004, Live released a greatest hits compilation, Awake

In November 2004, Live released a greatest hits compilation, Awake: The Best of Live . Awake included ” We Deal in Dreams “, a previously unreleased song from the Throwing Copper sessions, a cover version of Johnny Cash ‘s ” I Walk the Line “, and a new version of…
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