In November 2004, the band flew to New York and met with Epic department heads, including head of A&R Ben Goldman, label chief Steve Barnett, head of marketing Lee Stimmel, and radio-promo heads Joel Klaiman and Jacqueline Saturn . Following that visit, final terms were negotiated and a long form…
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Team Sleep’s record was originally scheduled for release in November 2004, but Maverick Records were reportedly so impressed by the album that they postponed the release until mid-2005 to allow for promotion. The debut album contained only five of the original tracks; three of those were heavily reworked. In October…
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In November 2004, the group was banned from CBGB ‘s New York. Russo was smoking a cigarette on stage in between songs, violating New York smoking laws, his monitors were subsequently turned off. Later on during the show Russo lit up another cigarette, and the lights were turned off. The…
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On October 22, 2004, Sony BMG terminated their contract with Alice in Chains
It was later certified gold on October 21, 2004
On October 8, 2004, Tommy Ramone , C. J. Ramone , Clem Burke, and Daniel Rey performed together in the “Ramones Beat on Cancer” concert.
Korn released their greatest hits album, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 , on October 5, 2004. The album debuted at number four on Billboard , selling more than 129,000 copies. This album assembles choice tracks from six Korn studio albums released between 1994 and 2003. The first single was a cover…
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Before its official release date on October 5, the band played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and KBCO ‘s World Class Rockfest. The album was also preceded by its first single, ” No Phone “, which hit number 13 on Billboard ‘ s Modern Rock Tracks chart; the…
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Instead, the band brought in producer Gil Norton , well known for his work with the Pixies and the Foo Fighters . Lind explained in 2007, “After we left the studio with Trombino, we came up with ‘Polaris’, ‘Work’, ‘Pain’, [and] ’23’ – the songs that really gave Futures its…
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The band’s second album, Aha Shake Heartbreak , was released in the UK in October 2004 and in the United States in February 2005. Building on the Southern-infused garage rock of their first album, the album broadened the band’s domestic and international audience. The album was again produced by Angelo…
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