In February 2003, the band released their second studio album, The Art of Losing . The album peaked at number eighty on the Billboard 200. The album featured the successful singles ” The Art of Losing ” and ” The Breakup Song .” The album was produced by producer Nick…
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As a result of intensive touring, the band developed a strong live reputation in Australia. The band released Living 2001-2002 in February 2003, a double live album which had a top ten debut in the ARIA album charts and went on to achieve platinum sales. Butler took a brief break…
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Looking for a harder-hitting rock sound than that of All That You Can’t Leave Behind , U2 began recording their eleventh studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb , in February 2003 with producer Chris Thomas . After nine months of work, the band had an album’s worth of…
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The single ” Zangai ” was released on January 8, 2003, and those who purchased it were able to apply for tickets to a secret live that Buck-Tick held at Shibuya-AX on January 24. The title of February 2003’s Mona Lisa Overdrive is mistakenly thought to have been inspired by…
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In 2000, they self-released a demo CD called Origin , which they sold at local shows, and packaged to shop it to record labels. Lee and Moody stated that the CD was not an official release, but a compilation of their demos. Origin and their earlier EPs contain demo versions…
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On January 6, 2003, the band began writing for their next record.
Audioslave toured extensively worldwide in 2003, gaining positive reviews for their performances, including at the revived Lollapalooza . Their performance on the Lollapalooza tour won the Metal Edge 2003 Readers’ Choice Award for “Favorite Lollapalooza Band”.
The following January the band went into the studio to record their first full-length debut album, When Broken Is Easily Fixed . It was recorded at Unity Gain and Mount Fairview studios, with producer Justin Koop and was released on May 20, 2003, through Victory Records . Six songs were…
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After the Nagisa-en performance, B’z flew back to the US. The tour “B’z Live-Gym 2003 ‘Banzai in North America’” included 7 shows, including stops at Las Vegas , Los Angeles, San Francisco , Seattle , and Vancouver . Their thirteenth album, Big Machine , was released on September 17. When…
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In late 2003 Fishbone lost another founding member when Walter Kibby left the band. Guitarist Tracy Singleton departed as well.