In 2003, Saaresto’s friend Sami Järvi , a script-writer working at Remedy Entertainment handed Saaresto a poem he had written, asking him to turn it into a song to use in Remedy’s video game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne . The song, entitled ” Late Goodbye “,…
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The No Fun EP followed in 2003
On October 22, 2003, Moody left the band during the European tour for Fallen , reportedly because of creative differences. Moody had called their management and informed them he was quitting. Lee got a call from their manager asking her to “beg [Moody] to stay”, to which she said “that’s…
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The album, Natural Selection was released in 2003.
With Shannon Larkin (ex Ugly Kid Joe , Souls at Zero , Wrathchild America , MF Pitbulls) replacing Tommy Stewart , who left due to personal differences for the second time, Godsmack went back into the studio later that year to record a new album that was released in 2003.…
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Lee called former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo , with whom Evanescence had toured, to replace Moody on the Fallen tour. Balsamo soon joined Evanescence as the permanent lead guitarist. She and Balsamo “clicked” and “connected on a lot of musical interests”. The band played several shows with Korn in Europe,…
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This, along with other events, led to a controversial concert on December 29, 2002, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois , which ultimately led to the band’s disunion.
That year’s KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas was Audioslave’s first paying concert, in which the band played on the first night, December 7, after giving a secret club show the night before. Toward the end of the band’s six-song set, Cornell told the audience, “These guys saved my life this year,”…
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After touring for Red , the band parted ways with Interscope and had a period of inactivity. In December 2002, Meeks was involved in a high-profile audition for Velvet Revolver with several former members of Guns N’ Roses . In the later half of 2003, Meeks embarked on a solo…
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Audioslave made their live debut on November 25, 2002, performing a brief concert on the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City for the Late Show with David Letterman . It was the first time any band had appeared on Letterman’s marquee.