Also in 2002, Q featured New Order on their list of the “50 Bands to See Before You Die”, although this was as part of a sub-list of “5 Bands That Could Go Either Way”.
The subsequent album, Lifelines , was released in 2002, going platinum in Norway and producing two top-five hits there, ” Forever Not Yours ” and ” Lifelines “.
In 2002 New Order released the single ” Here to Stay “, produced by the Chemical Brothers , which also featured on the soundtrack to the Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People . The film depicts the rise and fall of Factory Records and features portrayals of the band.…
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The initial Montreal structure of the band began to dissolve in the summer of 2002, when they travelled to Butler’s family farm on Mount Desert Island, Maine to record their self-titled EP . Tension between Butler and bassist Myles Broscoe led the latter to exit the band following the recording…
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At the 2002 Brit Awards the virtual members of Gorillaz “performed” for the first time, appearing in 3D animation on four large screens along with rap accompaniment by Phi Life Cypher , a production which reportedly cost £300,000 to create. The band were nominated for four Brit Awards , including…
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In 2002, Tegan and Sara released their third album, If It Was You . Their fourth album, So Jealous , was released in 2004 and led to wider success and attention, both locally and internationally. This album was released through both Vapor and Sanctuary . The band’s 2007 album, The…
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The band was initially known as Pilot and played its first show under that name in 2002. While in college, the band constructed a marketing strategy which involved placing hundreds of promotional stickers across the walls of Stafford asking “Who’s the Pilot?”. They realised the name was already taken by…
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On 7 December 2001 the band released the single ” 911 “, a collaboration with the hip-hop group D12 (without Eminem ) and the singer Terry Hall of the Specials about the September 11 attacks .
The album was followed by the B-sides compilation G-Sides released in December 2001.
In 2000, Le Bon approached John Taylor with a proposal to reform Duran Duran’s classic line-up. They agreed to part company with Cuccurullo after completing the Pop Trash tour. Cuccurullo then announced on his website that he was leaving Duran Duran to resume work with his 1980s band Missing Persons…
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