In November 2007, Pop Evil was referred by a music talent scout, Tracy Jule to Erik Quintero, which began Pop Evil’s success. In 2008, Pop Evil signed a management deal with G&G Entertainment.
Their first live album was released on October 31, 2007. It was recorded at the Astoria in London, and copies were sold to the crowd immediately after the concert. The album is a strictly limited edition, and as of January 2013 mint copies were selling for £200 on Amazon .
In 2007, Blues Traveler released the album Cover Yourself , a “best-of” album of previously released songs re-recorded and reinterpreted with acoustic instrumentation. It was released October 30, 2007, through Columbia/Red Ink Records.
It was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA on October 24.
Shaun Morgan, prior to the next album’s release, claimed that it would be more diverse than previous efforts. Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces was slated for an August 2007 release but was delayed until 23 October 2007 due to the suicide of Morgan’s brother, Eugene Welgemoed. The album debuted at…
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A second single, ” Gone “, was released on October 23.
Hayley Williams recorded guest vocals for the tracks “The Church Channel” and “Plea” for the Say Anything concept album In Defense of the Genre , released on October 23, 2007.
He died on October 21, 2007, aged 40, after falling into a coma nine days earlier due to complications from kidney dialysis.
On October 18, 2007, music website Punknews.org reported that the band had officially broken up. Canino issued a statement via Punknews where she stated that “I felt like a broken record going on tour and talking about sexism in punk rock every night and then some fucking bro-dudes coming up…
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On October 11, 2007, the music video for ” Crushcrushcrush ” debuted on television in the United States as the next single from Riot! .