post-grunge

2009
3 Doors Down In 2009, 3 Doors Down, along with The Soul Children of Chicago

In 2009, 3 Doors Down, along with The Soul Children of Chicago, released the song “In the Presence of the Lord” on the compilation album Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration .

Everclear (band) On October 6, 2009, the band released In a Different Light , a

On October 6, 2009, the band released In a Different Light , a collection of re-recordings of old Everclear songs in a more acoustic fashion. The collection also featured two new Everclear songs, “Here Comes the Darkness”, which was actually a leftover track from Welcome to the Drama Club ,…
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The Presidents of the United States of America (band) began recording and performing as children’s artist Caspar Babypants

In 2009, Ballew began recording and performing as children’s artist Caspar Babypants and has since released numerous albums under that moniker.

Finger Eleven Band Hero

in 2009, in the soundtrack of the video game Band Hero

Creed (band) ranked the 95th greatest hard rock song

In 2009, “Higher” was ranked the 95th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1 .

Finger Eleven played a show for Canadian and US troops

and, in 2009, played a show for Canadian and US troops in Kandahar , Afghanistan.

Idlewild (band) A new song, “City Hall”, appeared in a setlist, and the band entered

A new song, “City Hall”, appeared in a setlist, and the band entered the studio in January 2009. On his online diary, Woomble noted that he had: “been trying to work on lyrics for the new Idlewild record. At the moment it has the possibility of being about anything, so…
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2008
Thornley (band) Make Believe single release

On December 12, 2008, Thornley released the first single, “Make Believe”, from their second album Tiny Pictures .

Good Charlotte announced releasing its fifth album

On December 3, 2008, Kerrang! magazine announced that Good Charlotte would be releasing its fifth album, Cardiology in 2009.

Sunny Day Real Estate Enigk confessed in an interview in December 2008 that because the

Enigk confessed in an interview in December 2008 that because the band had already broken up during the recording of LP2 , he and Hoerner never sat down to complete the lyrics; “We broke up and we just felt like we were done. We put no energy into the artwork…
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