Quietdrive initially built a following at The Garage in Burnsville, Minnesota . The band pursued music venues in Minneapolis but found better connection with younger crowds and stayed between suburban and city clubs. As Quietdrive, the band recorded demo songs with Eric Trelstad. These songs were heard by Will.I.Am from…
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In April 2004, the band also re-released digitally-remastered versions of all of their first six studio albums on Epitaph Records (except Into the Unknown ). The How Could Hell Be Any Worse? reissue, though reclaiming the original title of the band’s debut LP, contained all of the same material as…
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In April 2004, Sonic Youth played a show at John Green Hall on the Smith College campus in Northampton, Massachusetts with J Mascis and Sebadoh as the opening acts and the anticipation was that the two would reunite for a few Dinosaur Jr. songs. Unexpectedly though, after J Mascis’ set,…
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In April and May 2004, the group supported Story of the Year on their headlining US tour.
their fifth album, Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? , was released in April 2004 to favorable reviews.
and were completed in April 2004.
On March 16, 2004 The Other Side , an acoustic EP , was released. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, a relatively high position for an acoustic EP. It included several previously released songs re-recorded as acoustic versions, as well as three new acoustic tracks. One…
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After a solo tour in the fall of 2003, Alexakis decided to continue with Everclear, organizing a new band that made its debut in March 2004. The new lineup consisted of bassist Sam Hudson, guitarist Dave “Davey” French, and drummer Eric Bretl. In the summer of 2004, the band added…
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Linkin Park also participated in numerous charitable events, which included raising money to benefit victims of Hurricane Charley in 2004 and later Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The band donated $75,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation in March 2004. They also helped relief efforts for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami…
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In March 2004, the band released their fourth studio album Guilt Show , produced by Ed Rose. Sonically, the album combined the more measured, sophisticated sound of On a Wire with the frenetic style of their earlier work. Guilt Show —which was titled after a misreading of a flier saying…
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