In September 2004, WIZO made a first in the music industry by releasing a single on USB flash drive , titled as the Stick EP . In addition to five high bitrate MP3s, it also included a video, pictures, lyrics, and tabs .
The band appeared on the cover of the August 2004 edition of Alternative Press
Sutton, who played on the band’s first three albums, left in August 2004 and was replaced by Greg Smith .
The band was formed in late 2003 by Dave Hause, whose band The Curse had just broken up although he was still in Paint It Black . He was joined by Michael “Spider” Cotterman, formerly the bassist for Kid Dynamite who Hause used to roadie for, and Michael Sneeringer, drummer…
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Their next album, The Empire Strikes First , was released in June 2004. Like The Process of Belief , it was widely regarded by fans as a return to the faster punk-style songwriting that some felt was less prominent in the band’s music during their time on Atlantic.
The band broke up suddenly in June 2004, a day after announcing the cancellation of a European tour. The band issued a statement which cited “health and personal reasons” for the split. Members went on to join/form other bands such as Cold Cave , Some Girls , XO Skeletons, Ye…
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Hetherington left the band in May 2004
In April 2004, the band also re-released digitally-remastered versions of all of their first six studio albums on Epitaph Records (except Into the Unknown ). The How Could Hell Be Any Worse? reissue, though reclaiming the original title of the band’s debut LP, contained all of the same material as…
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In April and May 2004, the group supported Story of the Year on their headlining US tour.
In March 2004, the band performed at the ExtremeThing festival.