In August 2004, Borland rejoined Limp Bizkit, which began recording their first EP, The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) .
and The Great Southern Trendkill went platinum the next month.
Their first album, The Bridge , was released July 2, 2004.
In July 2004, Queensrÿche announced its plans to record a follow-up to 1988’s Operation: Mindcrime . To generate fan interest in the upcoming album, the band hit the road in the fall of 2004 with the “An Evening With Queensrÿche” tour. The tour opened with a shortened greatest hits set,…
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In July 2004, Van Halen released The Best of Both Worlds , a double CD compilation featuring three new songs with Hagar: “It’s About Time”, “Up for Breakfast”, and “Learning to See”. These new songs were credited to Hagar/Van Halen/Van Halen, which was unusual since normally the entire lineup, which…
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In July 2004, Vulgar Display of Power went double-platinum
After wrapping up the touring in support of Thirteenth Step in the first half of 2004, the band had announced it planned to enter a long hiatus while Keenan returned to Tool and Howerdel pursued a solo career. In July 2004, Keenan performed at Serj Tankian ‘s ( System of…
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While three of the band members were in Chicago with the full support of their parents, guitarist Brian Fortune had enrolled at St. John’s University and withdrew from the band. After months of auditioning guitar players with little luck, the band agreed to move vocalist Dan Nigro to guitar. The…
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The band put Sneaker2bombs recordings on music industry mp3 sites and Chris Foitle, an intern at Epic Records in Santa Monica, began contacting Bonhiver and Truckenmiller. In July 2004, Epic arranged to see the band perform in Minneapolis with the assistance of Greg Sheldon. Pete Giberga, a Vice President of…
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The band was formed in late 2003 by Dave Hause, whose band The Curse had just broken up although he was still in Paint It Black . He was joined by Michael “Spider” Cotterman, formerly the bassist for Kid Dynamite who Hause used to roadie for, and Michael Sneeringer, drummer…
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