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2000
New Found Glory The five-piece signed their first proper record deal with Drive-Thru

The five-piece signed their first proper record deal with Drive-Thru Records , and released an EP of cover songs from film soundtracks entitled From the Screen to Your Stereo in 2000. Drive-Thru’s relationship with MCA Records ensured that the smaller label’s more popular bands would be picked up by the…
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R.E.M. A year after Up ‘ s release, R.E.M. wrote the instrumental score to

A year after Up ‘ s release, R.E.M. wrote the instrumental score to the Andy Kaufman biographical film Man on the Moon , a first for the group. The film took its title from the Automatic for the People song of the same name. The song ” The Great Beyond…
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Finger Eleven Suffocate in Scream 3

A song from this album, “Suffocate”, was used in the 2000 film Scream 3 .

Megadeth Anthrax was removed

Early in the tour, Anthrax was removed from the bill, allowing Megadeth to play an extended co-headlining set.

311 (band) Since 2000, the band has recorded every album at the Hive , a North

Since 2000, the band has recorded every album at the Hive , a North Hollywood, California , recording studio they purchased in 1995. The sessions for From Chaos , 311’s sixth major record release, were the first to be held there. From Chaos was released in late 2001. Its first…
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Smash Mouth In 2000 the band was nominated for a for Best Pop Performance by a

In 2000 the band was nominated for a for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for the song “All Star”.

Van Halen In 2000, the band reunited briefly with David Lee Roth attempting to

In 2000, the band reunited briefly with David Lee Roth attempting to do a new album, only for disputes with Roth to abort these plans. The recorded demos were among the ones reworked into new songs on 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth . The band also tried to just…
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Kaizers Orchestra recorded the Kaizers Orchestra EP

In 2000, Kaizers Orchestra recorded the Kaizers Orchestra EP, containing four songs: “Bastard”, “Bøn fra helvete”, “Katastrofen” and “Dekk bord”.

Everclear (band) Rather than tour for the release, the band arranged with their label

Rather than tour for the release, the band arranged with their label to release a second album in 2000. Alexakis believed he had enough of a catalog of unreleased songs at the ready, and was eager to show the opposing sides of Everclear’s sound. However, delays in the mixing process…
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Urge Overkill After a break of several years, Kato released a solo album in 2000

After a break of several years, Kato released a solo album in 2000 titled Debutante . Six of the album’s 13 songs were co-written with Onassis.