In January 2007, 311 stepped back into their Hive Studios with Nick’s younger brother Zack Hexum. They recorded a cover of Toots & the Maytals song “Reggae Got Soul” for the soundtrack from the film Surf’s Up , which was released on June 5, 2007.
With every album release, the band’s international success increased; in 2007 Mando Diao appeared for the first time as headliner on a music festival, the Live Earth concert in Hamburg.
In January 2007, the band spent a week in Tutbury Castle recording vocals and finishing their new self-titled album The Wildhearts . The album was released on 23 April, preceded two weeks earlier by the download-only single “The Sweetest Song”. The album received favorable reviews in the British rock press,…
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In 2007, the band released Traffic and Weather , an album which included the song “I-95”, which Rolling Stone named No. 54 of the year’s top 100 songs. Collingwood had less involvement during the making of the album due to his struggles with depression and alcoholism, only managing to contribute…
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In January 2007, Rob Thomas released a single, ” Little Wonders “, which he wrote for the Disney movie Meet the Robinsons .
The Abattoir Blues Tour , a two-CD, two-DVD box set with performances from the album’s promotional tour, was then released in 2007 in Europe and the US. The tour included guest backing vocalists Ase Bergstrom, Geo Onaymake, Eleanor Palmer and Wendi Rose.
On June 6, 2007, BRMC performed in a concert that was streamed live on the internet via MSN Music .
On October 29, 2007, the band appeared as “The Shinys” on the children’s television series Yo Gabba Gabba! . They performed a sequence called The House of Spooks . We Are Pilots received a Grammy Award nomination on December 6, 2007, in the Best Electronic/Dance Album category but lost to…
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On November 25, 2007, Kevin DuBrow was found dead in his Las Vegas apartment. Frankie Banali confirmed the death in an e-mail to Spain’s The Metal Circus . Banali wrote:
The band signed with Relentless Records after showcasing at the 2007 South by Southwest music festival.