10 Years were initially formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999 with singer Mike Underdown, drummer Brian Vodinh, bassist Lewis Cosby, and guitarists Ryan Johnson and Matt Wantland. In 2001, Cosby left and the band recruited Andy Parks on bass. They independently recorded Into the Half Moon the same year.
The band began work on a second album in January 1999, directly after finishing their 1998 tour with Eve 6. By March, Jenkins reported that there were already 30 songs in contention for the follow-up album, and that recording would start in April. The band were given a tight deadline…
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Guitarist Billy Martin went to one of these shows at the insistence of Jimi HaHa of Jimmie’s Chicken Shack . Martin became friends with the Madden brothers and let them move in with him after they were evicted from their apartment. Martin joined Good Charlotte after the trio learned they…
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On November 23, 1999, the band released their second album, Blue . It sold 75,000 copies in the week it was released, and by 2003 had sold 1.25 million in the U.S. Four singles were released from the album: “Anything”, ” Never Let You Go “, ” 10 Days Late…
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A Sony Music employee passed the band’s demo to regional promotion manager Mike Martinovich, who was impressed by the group’s writing ability and the autobiographical nature of the songs. He contacted talent manager Steve Feinberg, who flew to Annapolis to watch the group perform and later began working with them.…
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After 13 and the subsequent tours in 1999–2000, band members pursued other projects. Graham Coxon recorded a string of solo albums, while Damon Albarn dedicated his time to Gorillaz , the animated band he had created with Jamie Hewlett . Alex James worked with Fat Les and co-wrote several songs…
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In 1999, Johns announced that he had developed the eating disorder anorexia nervosa due to anxiety. Johns noted that the lyrics to ” Ana’s Song (Open Fire) ” dealt with his disorder, where he would “eat what he needed … to stay awake.” He revealed that his eating problems developed…
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The single “At the Stars” debuted, and peaked, at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The band was dropped by Elektra Records following the release of How Does Your Garden Grow? in 1999.
In 1999, Lavigne won a radio contest to perform with Canadian singer Shania Twain at the Corel Centre in Ottawa, before an audience of 20,000 people. Twain and Lavigne sang Twain’s song, ” What Made You Say That “, and Lavigne told Twain that she aspired to be “a famous…
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