post-grunge

2012
Hoobastank Fight or Flight

On April 5, 2012, the band announced on Twitter that their then-new album would be titled Fight or Flight .

Creed (band) kicked off with two shows

Creed reconvened in late 2011 and early 2012 to begin work on a potential fifth studio album. A tour was also announced in which the band would perform their first two albums, My Own Prison and Human Clay , from front to back over the course of two nights, with…
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Feeder (band) The album focused mainly on themes such as loss, depression, grief

The album focused mainly on themes such as loss, depression, grief and positivity, while dedicating “Quick Fade” to Jon. The album was released in October of the same year to widespread critical acclaim in the British music press , with Kerrang! alongside the heavy rock magazine Metal Hammer giving the…
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Hole (band) reunited at the Public Assembly

In April 2012, Love, Erlandson, Auf der Maur and Schemel reunited at the Public Assembly in New York for a two-song set, including “Miss World” and the Wipers ‘ “Over the Edge”, at an after-party for the Hit So Hard documentary. The performance marked the first time the four members…
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Manic Street Preachers European greatest hits tour

In April and May 2012, the band embarked on a European greatest hits tour.

Blur (band) Blur 21 announced

In April, the band announced that a box-set entitled Blur 21 —containing all seven Blur studio albums, four discs of unreleased rarities and three DVDs—would be released in July.

Poets of the Fall The band’s fifth studio album, Temple of Thought , was released on 21

The band’s fifth studio album, Temple of Thought , was released on 21 March 2012, and debuted at #3 on the Finnish charts. Alternate versions of “Kamikaze Love” and “The Lie Eternal” were released as singles on 13 April 2012 and 6 July 2012, respectively, in Finland via Insomniac and…
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Kutless debuted at No. 1 on Christian Albums

It debuted at No. 36 on the Billboard 200 chart and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart for the week of March 17, 2012.

Fuel (band) entered the studio

Fuel entered the studio on March 8, 2012, to record their fifth full-length studio album, Puppet Strings .

Thornley (band) Albatross album release

The first release under Anthem, Albatross , was released on March 6, 2012, and included the number one self-titled single.