On September 14 and 15, 2006, Dredg played two special shows at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California , playing Leitmotif and El Cielo in their entirety on separate nights. During these shows the band played songs from Catch Without Arms before diving into the full album of the night.…
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” Move Along ” was also used to help promote the Lego Bionicle Inika toy sets in the summer of 2006. The group also participated in a promotion for the sets called “Free the Band”. The overall priority of the promotion was that the Rejects got kidnapped by the villainous…
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On October 31, 2006, Fat Wreck Chords released a 7-inch split single with UK ska punk band Citizen Fish , to which Leftöver Crack contributed the new song “Baby Punchers”. To support the release, the two bands joined with other Fat Wreck bands, The Sainte Catherines and Dead to Me…
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In the spring of 2006, Exodus held the North American Abomination tour with support acts such as Full Blown Chaos, Suffocation and Cryptospy. They also took part in the “Monsters of Mayhem” tour alongside Hatebreed and Napalm Death .
DuVall joined Alice in Chains as lead singer during the band’s reunion concerts in 2006, and made his first public performance with the band at VH1 ‘s Decades Rock Live! concert.
Later that year, Bathory contacted former Motograter vocalist Ivan Moody, sending him some of the material the band had recorded and asked him to audition for the vocalist position. Moody flew from his home in Denver , Colorado to Los Angeles and quickly began recording material with the band.
While promoting See You on the Other Side in Europe, Jonathan Davis was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura , a blood platelet disorder that hospitalized him for the weekend and prevented him from performing at the renowned Download Festival . Despite the illness, the band still performed with guest singers,…
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While in upstate New York in the late fall of 2006, Bonham released the EP In The City + In The Woods , her second self-funded EP. The 11-track disc featured two studio tracks, a cover version of Beyoncé Knowles ‘s “Crazy In Love” and an original titled “In My…
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Black Light Burns’ first tour was previously set to begin in fall of 2006 with From First to Last , who Borland also plays bass for on and off. This tour was to feature Borland doing double duty as the singer/guitarist for Black Light Burns and then bassist for From…
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In an interview with Rock-A-Rolla , Tom Niemeyer stated that, during one of the band’s many line-up changes, Mike Patton (of Mr. Bungle ) was approached for the role of vocalist, with Patton ultimately declining Niemeyer’s offer due to being “totally booked up”. Patton did suggest Brad Mowen (ASVA, Burning…
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