Butch was replaced on drums by Puddin’. In 2003, Eels embarked upon another big tour, called the Tour of Duty. The live band consisted of E, Goldenboy (guitar), Koool G Murder (bass) and Puddin’ (drums). Later that year, E composed the score for the film Levity .
The album The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed , was released in 2003. The band signed a US record deal with Gearhead Records , which released Riff After Riff in 2004, a compilation of songs from the UK post-reformation singles (all of the songs from this release are also found on…
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A Rush of Blood to the Head won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards .
co-starred in the 2003 movie Moon Child
The album also appeared on several critics’ year-end lists, and won a 2003 Metal Edge Readers’ Choice Award for “Album of the Year”.
This, along with other events, led to a controversial concert on December 29, 2002, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois , which ultimately led to the band’s disunion.
Strummer died from a congenital heart defect on 22 December 2002, ending any possibility of a full reunion.
That year’s KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas was Audioslave’s first paying concert, in which the band played on the first night, December 7, after giving a secret club show the night before. Toward the end of the band’s six-song set, Cornell told the audience, “These guys saved my life this year,”…
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Garrett announced his decision to quit Midnight Oil on 2 December 2002, to refocus on his political career.
The band signed a long-term, multi-album deal with Sony Music in December 2002, which issued their remasters series.