In 2005, Live signed to Sony BMG Music Entertainment ‘s Epic label. They released the album Songs from Black Mountain in June 2006. The record peaked at number 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and reached number three on the Billboard Independent album chart. The first single was ”…
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Bassist Nicholas Largen was arrested in Amherst, New York on counts of armed robbery after attempting to rob money from two locations in June 2006. It was then announced that he would be replaced by C.J. from El Pus. The band continued to tour with various acts, including The Bouncing…
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In June 2006, the band played an unannounced reunion show at Southkore, America’s first and largest Latino punk festival, in Chicago’s Little Village . The festival, which also featured Tropiezo and La Armada , attracted hundreds of fans.
Cactus re-emerged in June 2006, in New York City: a radio broadcast on The Radiochick Show and their first show since 1972 at B.B. King ‘s Blues Club in Times Square on June 3. This show was a warm up for the gig which sparked the reunion, an appearance at…
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In 2006, Snider and French worked with Lordi to produce and play on a few tracks on their new album The Arockalypse . Snider was featured on the first track, “SCG3 Special Report”, as the voice of Lordi warning of the upcoming Arockalypse . French guest starred on the song…
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In June 2006, the band released New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall album.
An unauthorized biography DVD, Things That Make You Go MMM! , was also released in June 2006.
In June 2006, Simmons and Stanley attended the opening of the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina .
In June 2006, AFI’s seventh studio album, Decemberunderground , was released on Interscope Records . The album’s first single, ” Miss Murder “, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts. The release reflects the continually changing and growing fan base of the band, and the album debuted as…
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Gnarls Barkley announced that as the record had spent its ninth week at number one, it was to be deleted as a vinyl/CD listing from May 28, 2006, so people will “remember the song fondly and not get sick of it”.