Evanescence performed on radio shows and on the festival circuit for weeks in early 2003. They embarked on their first headlining tour from April to May in the US. In June 2003, they had to cancel shows in Germany due to Moody reportedly falling ill. That month, Evanescence accepted an…
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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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Think Tank , released in May 2003, was filled with atmospheric, brooding electronic sounds, featuring simpler guitar lines played by Albarn, and largely relying on other instruments to replace Coxon. The guitarist’s absence also meant that Think Tank was almost entirely written by Albarn. Its sound was seen as a…
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Joannou worked with blues rock group The Mess Hall ; he co-produced—with Matt Lovell —their six-track extended play Feeling Sideways , which was released in May 2003. The album was nominated for the ARIA Award for ‘Best Independent Release’ in 2003. Joannou and Lovell co-produced The Mess Hall’s studio album…
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After four straight years of recording music and touring in support of it, the next couple years were less busy for the band. Originally, the band had planned on starting work on the EP they had agreed upon making as a vehicle to release the controversial “Slow Motion” song kept…
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In May 2003, the band released the Jim Wirt-produced Birds of Pray , which reached number 28 on the US album chart, boosted by the unexpected success of the single ” Heaven “, Live’s first U.S. Hot 100 hit single since “The Dolphin’s Cry”.
The band was founded on 25 April 2003 by Saaresto and Tukiainen. Tukiainen had written multiple songs for Saaresto’s previous band Fuss and performed with Finnish jazzband Pohjoinen Syke previously.
Kutless had their touring debut between February and April 2003 when they opened up for Audio Adrenaline and MercyMe .
Evanescence’s music was initially promoted by their label in the Christian market, and Lee and Moody publicly made it clear in an April 2003 interview that they were not a Christian band or Christian rock . Moody’s comments against being in the Christian market immediately prompted the label’s chairman Alan…
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Rolling Stone stated in April 2003 that while Wind-up had no official Christian affiliation, they had been marketing their bands “to both the Christian and mainstream music market”. Wind-Up “began courting the Christian music market more than a year ago, making its first foray with 12 Stones’ self-titled 2002 debut.…
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