The album saw the band adopt a more ‘commercial’ sound, also incorporating synthesizers. Lyrically, Echo Park contains both a comedic approach, as with “Seven Days in the Sun”, and dark emotions, such as those shown on “Turn”, “Oxygen”, and “Satellite News”. It was during the campaign for Echo Park that…
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The group performed at Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto , supporting the Rolling Stones, with Rush and other artists, on 30 July 2003.
The band’s first DVD, Audioslave , was released on July 29, 2003.
Korn released the single ” Did My Time ” on July 22, 2003, which was used to promote the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life but did not appear on its soundtrack due to unspecified legal issues. The single debuted and peaked at number 38 on…
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Blues Traveler were one of dozens of artists who were jettisoned as part of A&M’s corporate restructuring . The band signed with Sanctuary Records for their next album, Truth Be Told , which achieved number 147 on The Top 200 chart. The band’s 2003 Independence Day concerts at Red Rocks…
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The Followills’ debut album, Youth & Young Manhood , was released in the UK in July 2003 and in the United States that August. The album was recorded between Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and Shangri-La Studios in Malibu , California. It was produced by Angelo Petraglia and Ethan…
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The next album, Phantom Power , relied less on sound experimentation and proved to be a more stripped-down, back-to-basics recording in contrast to the orchestral Rings Around the World . It was also released as both a CD and DVD album in July 2003, preceded by a single, ” Golden…
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On April 7, 2003, Wind-Up released “Bring Me to Life” as the album’s lead single. Wind-up president Ed Vetri revealed that when the label had introduced the song to radio, radio programmers rejected it, saying, “A chick and a piano? Are you kidding? On rock radio?” Some program directors would…
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Deja Entendu was released through Razor & Tie / Triple Crown Records on June 17, 2003.
The band also played at the less known Parkfestivalen in Moss, Norway on 14 June 2003.