In 2004, the band released a live DVD, Show: A Night in the Life of Matchbox Twenty , filmed in Atlanta and featuring 20 songs, including all of their previous successful singles.
In 2004, Pyromania was certified Diamond having sold over 10 million copies in the US; it was also certified 7× platinum in Canada, where it had peaked at number 4, its second highest certification.
which later went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2004.
Their second album, The Reason , was released in December 2003 and eventually reached No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 album chart.
Burnley also worked with The Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan over the course of six days in December 2003 to write the songs “Rain”, “Forget It”, and “Follow”.
Chavez and guitarist Ransom had a bitter rivalry that ended when first Ransom, then Chavez, left the band. During 2003, when the band released and toured for Unstable , Chavez and Ransom didn’t speak to one another. The band claimed that the split was no surprise. Ransom left in December,…
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the band went on the Nokia Unwired Tour with the All-American Rejects and Ozomatli in November.
In November 2003, Guano Apes released the album Live
Breaking Benjamin returned to the studio in October 2003 with producer David Bendeth for their second album We Are Not Alone .
Estrin had recovered by October