In a December 2003 interview with Alternative Press , Lacey said, “We did something silly like write something about them on a T-shirt, and they took it so personally, going as far as to call our friends and physically threaten us… We wish Taking Back Sunday the best as a…
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The primary impulse behind McMahon’s solo project, Jack’s Mannequin, was a song he recorded in December 2003 titled “Locked Doors”. He felt the song had too different a style from previous Something Corporate material to be one of their songs. He realized that if he ever decided to release it,…
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The Zebra EP was released in December 2003
On 29 November 2003, May and Taylor performed at the 46664 Concert hosted by Nelson Mandela at Green Point Stadium , Cape Town, to raise awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
Due to the album Untouchables leaking onto the Internet, Take a Look in the Mirror was released on Friday November 21, 2003– four days earlier than its original release date. The album therefore received a weekend’s worth of sales, which resulted in a poor showing on the Billboard 200. During…
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The band followed it up by releasing their first full-length studio album, Kimi Tsunagi Five M ( 君繋ファイブエム ) on November 19.
On 9 November 2003, the band played their first concert in Hong Kong, as part of the Harbour Fest celebration, in support of its SARS-affected economy.
In November 2003, Universal Music Group agreed to purchase DreamWorks Records from DreamWorks Pictures for roughly $100 million. The label was eventually shut down in January 2005. During 2004, various DreamWorks artists were reassigned to different labels at Universal, including Interscope Records , which is where Jimmy Eat World were…
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The band went into the album with the assumption that DreamWorks was going to drop them at any moment, so they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity by working with their “dream producer”. They chose Garth Richardson , who was known for his work with heavier sounding bands like…
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Counting Crows released the greatest hits album Films About Ghosts in November 2003.