In 2002, the Stones released Forty Licks , a greatest hits double album, to mark forty years as a band. The collection contained four new songs recorded with the core band of Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wood, Leavell, and Jones. The album has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. It…
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Parlophone took notice and promptly signed the musicians, who entered the studio with producer Victor Van Vugt ( Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds , Beth Orton ) in late 2002 to record their first studio LP.
In January 2002, Jon Lee died at home in Miami . The band kept out of the public eye for most of the year. It was during this time that lead-singer Grant Nicholas wrote a series of songs relating to their emotions and reactions to Lee’s death, which formed their…
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In 2002, Muse released the first live DVD, Hullabaloo , featuring footage recorded during Muse’s two gigs at Le Zenith in Paris in 2001, and a documentary film of the band on tour. A double album, Hullabaloo Soundtrack , was released at the same time, containing a compilation of B-sides…
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The same year, Q magazine named the Rolling Stones one of the 50 Bands To See Before You Die.
Planet Helpless was released in 2002 and was a huge success in Greece, reaching number 4 in the album charts. The official video for the top 40 single ‘Walking Dead’ featured Mani ( The Stone Roses / Primal Scream ) and Bez ( Happy Mondays ), the song also featured…
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The band released The Legend Continues DVD and then toured the UK. A reunion gig with Ken Hensley and John Lawton took place in London on 7 December 2001 in the course of the Magicians Birthday Party , which since then became a tradition, even though Hensley never actually joined…
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In December 2001, the band released a limited-edition CD, Mince Spies , featuring a remix of “Yellow” and the Christmas song ” Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas “.
When Michael Davies, one of January Thirst’s original vocalists, quit in December 2001, Matthew Evans (vocals) and Johnny Phillips (drums) invited Matt Davies (later Davies-Kreye) to try out for the vacated singer position. Soon afterward, the band reformed as Funeral for a Friend; the name is derived from a song…
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On 10 November 2001 the band appeared on BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland and performed ” Hyper Music ” and ” Feeling Good “.