In December 2006, Metallica released a DVD titled The Videos 1989–2004 , which sold 28,000 copies in its first week and entered the Billboard Top Videos chart at number three.
In December 2006, Parsons and Jones met for plans for a follow-up album, the plans were put on hold due to Jones’ busy schedule and Arentzen’s plans to join Butch Walker’s touring band in Spring 2007.
The All-American Rejects began writing material for their third studio album in December 2006. The band also collaborated with composer Danny Elfman on “The Future Has Arrived”, which was included on the soundtrack of Disney film Meet the Robinsons . The song was created in conjunction with the film’s musical…
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In December 2006, DeSmartass was replaced by Novoselic (ex-Nirvana) on bass for a tour of the UK and Ireland, as well as several US shows. The song ” Scentless Apprentice “, which the band recorded (without Novoselic) for a 2000 Nirvana tribute album, was added to the band’s setlist.
In December 2006, a posting on the band’s MySpace page announced that Cotterman had left the band. He was replaced by Chris Gonzalez and they also added second guitarist David Walsh. They were both formerly members of The Explosion , who had announced their split up near the time Cotterman…
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In December 2006, the original Alice Cooper band reunited to perform six classic Alice Cooper songs at Cooper’s annual charity event in Phoenix, entitled “Christmas Pudding”.
In December 2006, three former original Faster Pussycat members, Brent Muscat, Eric Stacy and Brett Bradshaw, along with Underground Rebels vocalist Kurt Frohlich and Sin City Sinners guitarist Todd Kerns, began performing under the name Faster Pussycat, creating two versions of the band, both claiming to be the original. Muscat…
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With the successful tour still going on, the band was quick to hire Jeff Scott Soto from Talisman as their lead vocalist. He performed as Journey’s vocalist for the first time on July 7 in Bristow. Because of its success and popularity, the tour was extended to November. Soto was…
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The hard rock and heavy metal based magazine, Revolver , published a cover story on Christian metal in December 2006, featuring what the magazine called “The Holy Alliance”: Spencer Chamberlain from Underoath , Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter, Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying , and Cory Brandan Putman…
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In late December 2006, a music video was released for the instrumental track “Untitled”, also known as “-“, which consists of a man spray-painting the phrase “evil and good are raging inside me” onto a wall before correcting it to read the album title.