Chronic Future left Interscope Records for an unknown reason in 2006.
Pearl Jam (2006)
Nick Santino started A Rocket to the Moon in the summer of 2006 as a solo project. He formerly fronted the local bands The Bad Year and The Midway Class. These bands weren’t doing anything serious at the time and he decided to do his own thing instead. He created…
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A May 10, 2006 article on IGN revealed that Primus had signed on with RedOctane to allow the master recording of ” John the Fisherman ” to be used in Guitar Hero II , a game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 .
The first of these two albums, For Blood and Empire , was released on March 21, 2006. The album’s main focus is criticism of the U.S. government’s mishandling of the war on terrorism . The album’s lead single, “This Is The End (For You My Friend),” is featured in the…
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EMI released a compilation album covering R.E.M.’s work during its tenure on I.R.S. in 2006 called And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 along with the video album When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 —the label had previously released the…
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On March 13, 2006, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (also discussed later in the article), and they reunited with former members Bob Burns (drums), Artimus Pyle (drums), and Ed King (guitar) for a performance of “Free Bird.”
The band had been working on new material since January 2006.
Dredg headlined several tours in support of Catch Without Arms , playing with bands such as Circa Survive , Day One Symphony , Delta Activity , Vedera , Ours and Ambulette . They played the Taste of Chaos tour in 2006 with Deftones , Atreyu , Thrice and Story of…
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On September 17, 2006, she performed in Central Park , as part of a benefit concert for the Save Darfur Coalition . During the concert she highlighted her support for Amnesty International , of which she has been a member since 1988.