Evanescence’s music was initially promoted by their label in the Christian market, and Lee and Moody publicly made it clear in an April 2003 interview that they were not a Christian band or Christian rock . Moody’s comments against being in the Christian market immediately prompted the label’s chairman Alan…
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Rolling Stone stated in April 2003 that while Wind-up had no official Christian affiliation, they had been marketing their bands “to both the Christian and mainstream music market”. Wind-Up “began courting the Christian music market more than a year ago, making its first foray with 12 Stones’ self-titled 2002 debut.…
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Fallen spent 43 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 , peaking at number three. It was listed for 104 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it was one of eight albums in the history of the chart to spend at least a year in the top 50.…
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Three compilation albums; The Best of L’Arc-en-Ciel 1994–1998 , The Best of L’Arc-en-Ciel 1998–2000 and The Best of L’Arc-en-Ciel C/W , were released on March 19, 2003. The album series included all of their previous singles, with the exception of “Spirit Dreams Inside (Another Dream)”.
On 10 March 2003, the Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performed “Roxanne”, “Message in a Bottle”, and “Every Breath You Take” live, as a group (the last song was performed alongside Steven Tyler , Gwen Stefani , and John Mayer ).
The band regrouped a year later to record their sixth album, Slow Motion Daydream , released in March 2003. Prior to its release, Alexakis and Capitol came to odds over the album’s first single. Capitol was thrilled about one of the last songs added to the album, a somewhat 9/11…
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Guano Apes’ third studio album, Walking on a Thin Line , was released in March 2003 on BMG and GUN/Supersonic Records . It reached number one on the German album charts and, just like its predecessor, was certified Gold. The album was supported by the singles ” You Can’t Stop…
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The Remote Part received its US release in March 2003 and the band embarked upon a cross-continent, nine-week headline tour playing their biggest US shows in New York City and Los Angeles . The band then returned to America in May at the request of Pearl Jam , who asked…
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The UK music press warmed to the album. It was Melody Maker ‘ s Album of the Week (and later No. 24 album of 1999 ), while Metal Hammer placed the album in at No. 6 and Kerrang! ranked it at No. 16. As of March 2003, the album has…
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In March 2003, the band released a split EP with Name Taken through Dying Wish Records.