Muse’s third album, Absolution , produced by Rich Costey , Paul Reeve and John Cornfield was released on 15 September 2003. It debuted at number one in the UK and produced Muse’s first top-ten hit, ” Time Is Running Out “, and three top-twenty hits: ” Hysteria “, ” Sing…
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After spending many years as a local band with different line-ups, recording three EPs and multiple demos. Story of the Year signed a deal with Maverick Records in 2002, then recorded and released their first album, Page Avenue in September 2003. The first single from that album was “Until the…
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By August 2003, the album had sold over 2 million copies,
At the end of the tour support for Slow Motion Daydream in August 2003, Montoya and Eklund decided that it was time to move on, and departed the band to pursue other interests. The following summer, Everclear ended its relationship with Capitol Records . Capitol compiled a Greatest Hits album…
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Recording was disrupted for a month when Dan Estrin was injured in a minibike accident in August.
Adema’s second album, Unstable , was released by Arista in August 2003. It was produced by Howard Benson , whose credits also include producing albums with P.O.D. , Hoobastank , Cold and most famously, for his work with post hardcore band Saosin .
The album saw the band adopt a more ‘commercial’ sound, also incorporating synthesizers. Lyrically, Echo Park contains both a comedic approach, as with “Seven Days in the Sun”, and dark emotions, such as those shown on “Turn”, “Oxygen”, and “Satellite News”. It was during the campaign for Echo Park that…
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The band’s first DVD, Audioslave , was released on July 29, 2003.
On April 7, 2003, Wind-Up released “Bring Me to Life” as the album’s lead single. Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label had introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, “A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?” Some program directors would…
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Four singles were released from the album: ” The Greatest View “, ” Without You “, “Luv Your Life” and “Across the Night”; “The Greatest View” charted highest, reaching No. 3. In October, Silverchair were successful at the ARIA Music Awards of 2002 , winning five awards, including ‘Best Rock…
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