In September 2007, Gorilla Biscuits performed a month-long tour across Europe, including stops in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and England. In celebration of the European Tour, Paul Frank collaborated with Gorilla Biscuits again to produce an exclusive run of Gorilla Biscuits wallets. Only one was sold at each Paul…
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The band was present for the show of August 16, 2007, in Madison Square Garden , which was taped for a HBO broadcast.
In August 2007 filmmakers Keith Schieron and Tim Irwin began work on a documentary film about Jawbreaker, having previously made the 2005 Minutemen documentary We Jam Econo . All three band members were convinced to take part in the film and met at a San Francisco studio, the first time…
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Blitzkid played 260 live dates in 2006. In August 2007, the band played the heavy metal -oriented Summer Breeze Open Air festival in Germany in front of 40,000 concert goers. Another notable live gig the band played that summer was supporting The Damned in Prague. The Damned are an important…
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It was announced on July 27, 2007, that former Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada had been chosen to be the Offspring’s new drummer, replacing Atom Willard, who went to focus on Angels and Airwaves . The band’s first shows with Parada were at the Summer Sonic festival in Japan…
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In August 2007, the band embarked on Justin Timberlake ‘s FutureSex/LoveShow tour, as Timberlake’s opening act.
The Hives announced their new album in August 2007 along with the album’s first single, ” Tick Tick Boom “. The Black and White Album was released on 15 October in the UK and on 13 November in the US. It was mostly recorded in Oxford, Mississippi , Miami, and…
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On 14 July 2007, Bailey, Kuepper and Hay re-united for another one-off gig at the Queensland Music Festival , with current member Wijnberg on bass guitar. In January 2009, as part of the All Tomorrows Parties touring festival, in this instance curated by Mick Harvey formerly of The Birthday Party,…
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The band released its first studio album since leaving Jive Records ; Monkeys for Nothin’ and the Chimps for Free worldwide on July 10, 2007, on the Rock Ridge Music record label. On June 26, 2007, shortly before its release, the band announced in a Myspace blog that Matt Wong…
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On July 7, 2007, a benefit entitled “Let’s Do It For Lance!” was released to help defray the cost of his medical bills.