Matty Roberts died on 22 February 2000. An obituary in Red Action described him as “a highly valued and trusted activist, playing a notable role in many a successful stewarding operation.” Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) stated “Matty had been an active and enthusiastic member of London AFA during the late 80s…
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Silverstein formed in February 2000. They self-released their first EP, Summer’s Stellar Gaze , in August that year. After several lineup changes, the band acquired Billy Hamilton, a local fan who learned of the band’s need for a bassist on the Internet message board “The 905 Board” (an Ontario area…
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Foreign Legion re-formed in 2000, with members from before the 1991 split; M.H. on vocals, Mark (Jolly) Williams on guitar, Andrew Heggie on bass and Ben Stansfield on drums. They released a split album with Major Accident called Cry of the Legion , before their next full-length album What Goes…
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Greatest & Latest – This, That-N-The Other Thing a compilation of rerecorded older material and new songs, was released in 2000 on Cleopatra Records , and featured Bolle on bass and Steve Latanation on drums. Latanation as well as Dusty Watson alternately played drums through 2008. In 2006, Perry Giordano…
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The band’s debut studio album, Swagger , arrived on March 7, 2000, their first of many with SideOneDummy . They joined the Vans Warped Tour for the first time that summer alongside Green Day , Weezer , and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (whom they continued touring alongside in the fall).
In 2000 Stuka rejoined the band but in 2003 left once again. Los Violadores have regained some popularity with their album Bajo un sol feliz (2006), and then participated in the festival 30 años de Punk , in 2009, with groups such as Cadena Perpetua and 2 Minutos, at Estadio…
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The five-piece signed their first proper record deal with Drive-Thru Records , and released an EP of cover songs from film soundtracks entitled From the Screen to Your Stereo in 2000. Drive-Thru’s relationship with MCA Records ensured that the smaller label’s more popular bands would be picked up by the…
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Over the course of the early 2000s, the band continued to tour and shuffle through members. In late 2001, while touring in Milton, Pennsylvania with the band Submerge, they convinced two of its members—bassist Matthew Scott Taylor and drummer Tony Richard Thaxton—to join the band. Thaxton initially took about a…
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2000 saw the Offspring release their sixth album, Conspiracy of One . The band intended to release the entire album online through their website to show their support for downloading music on the internet. However, under threat of legal action by Columbia through their parent company Sony, only the first…
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Bjelland and Barbero played with a new bassist, Jessie Farmer, in 2000.