Folie à Deux , released in December 2008, did not perform as well commercially as its predecessor, Infinity on High . It debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 150,000 copies during a highly competitive week with other big debuts, becoming Fall…
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On November 25, 2008, Greatest Remixes was released. This compilation album includes 15 songs from previous Good Charlotte albums remixed by other artists such as Metro Station , Junior Sanchez , William Beckett from The Academy Is… , Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy , and The White Tie Affair…
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On 11 November 2008, the Police released Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires , a Blu-ray, DVD and CD set of the band’s two performances in Buenos Aires , Argentina on the tour (1 and 2 December 2007). Those sets with two DVDs also included a documentary shot by Copeland’s son…
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The Anti-Nowhere League supported Rancid at their Leeds gig on 8 November 2008. In December 2008, Jez was replaced on lead guitar by Johhny Skullknuckles. The League continued to tour and record, and now promote their new songs with videos. After a mini European tour in late spring 2009, they…
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In November 2008, the band participated with other similarly named bands, including Holy Fuck , Fuck , and Fuck Buttons in the Festival of the Fuck Bands music festival in the village of Fucking , Austria. In 2009 Fucked Up took part in an interactive documentary series called City Sonic…
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In October and November 2008, the band toured the United States (with a final show in Toronto) with Chiodos , Escape the Fate , Alesana , and A Skylit Drive , during which they performed the newly written song “Broken Stars”, also made available as a demo on their Myspace…
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On 28 October 2008, the Damned released their tenth studio album, So, Who’s Paranoid? , a digital release, followed by a physical release on the English Channel label on 10 November (UK) and 9 December (U.S.). To promote the album, the band appeared twice on American television, including a visit…
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In 2008, the band released their second live DVD: Deco Vs. Deco , and made their first overseas appearances with a short tour through the United States and Canada in support of Dropkick Murphys . On May 3, Maximum the Hormone performed at the hide memorial summit alongside many other…
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In October 2008, founding member Frank Navetta died after “becoming ill over the course of a few days”. The official website of the Descendents gave its grief to Frank, “We’re very sorry to announce that founding member of The DESCENDENTS, and close friend Frank Navetta died on October 31, 2008…
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but the band showed no further signs of progress until October 2008, when two videos showing the band recording with producer Vig were posted on YouTube.