In 2005, the Wilsons appeared on the CMT Music Awards as a special guest of country singer Gretchen Wilson (no relation) and performed the Heart classic “Crazy on You” with her.
The group was formed in Boston suburb Andover, Massachusetts in the final months of 2005, when vocalist Martin Johnson, formerly of the Boston act Fake ID/The Drive, wrote several songs he wanted to record. He recruited bassist Bryan Donahue and drummer John Keefe, whom the latter was in the band…
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Aja Volkman started writing songs while in high school in Eugene, Oregon . Later she moved to Los Angeles and started performing on her own. She had hoped to eventually form a band. That happened when one night after a show in 2005, Mike Peña approached her about singing with…
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In 2005, Anti-Flag signed a two-album record contract with the major label RCA . In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian , Justin Sane explained the band’s move to a major label:
Jack Russell’s Great White played their first full show following the Rhode Island tragedy on July 22, starting a benefit tour for the survivors and victims of the fire. The band toured until 2005 to raise funds for the Station Family Fund, which had been set up to help the…
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“Photograph” (also from Potter’s Field ) appeared on the soundtrack of the 2005 film Elektra .
The group played two shows in 2005
In a 2005 interview, when asked about the origin of the band’s name, Campanella said, “It was so long ago that we named it I can’t even remember. Honestly, we don’t even like the name anymore. We mostly don’t like the way it sounds. It doesn’t roll off the tongue…
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Shiny Toy Guns gained popularity in California and on the internet through networking on their MySpace page. In January 2005, they released their first album, We Are Pilots , through the record company Stormwest International. That summer, they toured the United States in support of their album. We Are Pilots…
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The band toured the United States and Europe extensively through their career. In 2005, the band performed at North East Sticks Together . Throughout the year they went on short East Coast tours with The Varukers, Fleas and Lice along with an August West Coast tour with SKARP . They…
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