Following the success of this tour, the band decided to record a follow-up album to Ritual de lo Habitual and tapped Chris Chaney to replace LeNoble on bass. They entered the studio with producer Bob Ezrin in 2001, recording as a band for the first time in over 10 years. The result was a fourth album, Strays . Some of the songs (or parts of songs) dated far back in the band’s history, while others were new. Reaction was generally favorable, with Rolling Stone reporting that “The band sounds familiar” and “beefier” though without the “glint of madness” of the original line-up. The first single, ” Just Because “, reached number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 , while “Superhero” garnered exposure as the theme for HBO ‘s hit series Entourage .
Following the success of this tour, the band decided to record a
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