The band released its fifth album, Give Us Barabbas , in 2004, a collection of lost tracks opening with the “Ballad of Jody Frosty”.
The album, Franz Ferdinand , was released in early 2004
The footage recorded by Berlinger and Sinofsky was compiled into the documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. In the documentary, Newsted said his former bandmates’ decision to hire a therapist to help solve their problems which he felt they…
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The group initially formed under the name Dark Blue in late 2004 by childhood friends Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot , Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive , Clint Lowery of Sevendust and his brother Corey Lowery of Stereomud , Stuck Mojo , and Will Hunt of Skrape . After signing a…
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In 2004, Kato and Roeser reformed Urge Overkill without Onassis, recruiting former Gaza Strippers guitarist Mike “Hadji” Hodgkiss to play bass, keyboardist Chris Frantisak, and drummer Nate Arling. The reformed Urge Overkill performed shows at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, Double Door in Chicago, First Avenue in Minneapolis and the…
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the tsunami disaster that struck South Asia in 2004
a collection of songs recorded between 1984 and 1986 was released in 2004.
In late 2004, The End of Heartache was re-released as a special edition album, with a second disc featuring various live performances, a Japanese bonus track, and a re-recorded version of “Irreversal”.
Incubus toured worldwide in 2004 with many bands, including Ben Kweller , the Walkmen , Hundred Reasons , the Music , Brand New and Sparta , to promote their new album after their original support act the Vines pulled out due to exhaustion. One song left off the album, the…
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R.E.M. released Around the Sun in 2004. During production of the album in 2002, Stipe said, “[The album] sounds like it’s taking off from the last couple of records into unchartered R.E.M. territory. Kind of primitive and howling”. After the album’s release, Mills said, “I think, honestly, it turned out…
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