In 2006, while on tour in Tokyo, Collingwood experienced a mental health crisis that resulted in the cancellation of a scheduled performance. He was hospitalized and later received treatment after returning to the United States.
During the summer of 2006, Paramore played a portion of Warped Tour, primarily on the Volcom and Hurley Stages.
Pollard released his first post-GBV album in 2006 on Merge Records . The album, titled From a Compound Eye was a double LP produced by Todd Tobias . Later Pollard albums have been released on Merge and Pollard’s own label, Guided by Voices Inc. The GBV song “Everyone Thinks I’m…
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In 2006, they released their first LP , Don’t You Fake It , with the singles “Face Down,” “False Pretense”, ” Your Guardian Angel “, and ” Damn Regret “.
While Hause was working as a roadie for The Bouncing Souls , the band was given the opportunity to do a tour with The Bouncing Souls, and would also tour with NOFX . Impressed by the band, NOFX frontman Fat Mike signed them to his label Fat Wreck Chords .…
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Christ Illusion was eventually released on August 8, 2006, and debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, selling over 62,000 copies in its first week. The album became Slayer’s highest charting, improving on its previous highest-charting album, Divine Intervention , which had debuted at number 8. However, despite its…
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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 .