In 2004 Nightmare released three singles; “Varuna”, “Tokyo Shounen”, and “Cyan”, as well as another full album, Livid . Nightmare once more toured around Japan under the name Tour CPU 2004. From 2005 to 2006, Nightmare continued working, releasing more singles and their third full-length album in 2006, Anima ,…
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The resulting short film was shown at film festivals in 2004, but remains commercially unavailable.
In 2004, a double live album of the Licks Tour, Live Licks , was released and certified gold in the US. It reached No. 2 in both the UK and US.
In 2004, at the 46th Grammy Awards , “Like a Stone” was nominated for ” Best Hard Rock Performance ” and Audioslave for ” Best Rock Album “. They spent the rest of 2004 on break from touring and working on the second album. This gave Morello time to concentrate…
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The Songs for the Deaf tour culminated in a string of headline dates in Australia in January 2004. Grohl returned to his other projects and was replaced on the European leg of the tour by former Danzig drummer Joey Castillo , who joined the band full-time. After the tour, Homme…
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In 2004, Buck-Tick largely suspended activities in order for the band members to work on individual musical projects. Sakurai began a solo career, releasing the album Ai no Wakusei in June, while Imai also released an album that month with the trio Lucy that he formed with Kiyoshi ( Spread…
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Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004
Ballbreaker and Stiff Upper Lip were reissued in the UK in 2004.
For most of its history, the band chose to stay away from the political realm. However, in 2004, upon learning that George W. Bush ‘s presidential campaign was using “Times Like These” at rallies, Grohl decided to lend his public support to John Kerry ‘s campaign, saying, “There’s no way…
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Siren Song of the Counter Culture was released on August 10, 2004. For the first six months, the album sold poorly, and attracted little fanfare. Rise Against’s incessant touring resulted in greater exposure and an eventual increase in sales. It became the band’s first album to reach the Billboard 200…
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