The band reformed to play their first gigs in eight years in Nottingham, Birmingham and London in January 2005. Ten minutes after the completion of each gig, double live albums of the performance could be purchased through the Instant Live service.
In 2005, Anti-Flag signed a two-album record contract with the major label RCA . In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian , Justin Sane explained the band’s move to a major label:
Former The Doors manager Bill Siddons and his management company, Core Entertainment, co-managed Alice in Chains with original manager Susan Silver from 2005 to 2007.
The band recorded their seventh studio album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants with producer Ross Robinson, who also produced the band’s debut album Three Dollar Bill, Yall and the 2005 EP The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) .
Following the reissues in 2005, Mascis, Barlow, and Murph finally reunited to play on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on April 15, 2005. In June that year, they kicked off a tour of Europe. While performing in New York City in 2006, much of the band’s equipment was…
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The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami resulted in the WaveAid fundraising concert held in January 2005; Silverchair performed to help raise funds for aid organisations working in disaster-affected areas. As a result of WaveAid, the band decided to resume working together. Gillies explained the band’s reunion as due to a special…
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Blue Cheer’s video for ” Summertime Blues ” made an appearance in 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey , where Geddy Lee of Rush referred to the group as one of the first heavy metal bands.
In late 2005, Brand New started recording their third album in Oxford, Mississippi with producer Dennis Herring , but later dropped him in favor of Mike Sapone with whom they had worked on their first album.
At the beginning of 2005, the band was featured on the first Taste of Chaos tour along with the Used and Killswitch Engage .
In 2005 John Butler and co-founder Danielle Caruana (his wife) inaugurated the JB Seed grant program. “The Seed aims to help Australian artists from any background, creating art and music across any genre, to establish themselves as self-sustained, professional artists.” Caruana also plays independent music, she plays under the name…
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