After another tour in 2004, the band released Live At CBGB’s CD and DVD, and the reissue of the Crossover album, all on Beer City. The reissue of Crossover was delayed due to Cassidy’s illness.
The Summer 2004 tour grossed almost US$55 million, and Pollstar listed Van Halen in the top 10 grossing tours of 2004. Critical reviews of the tour were mixed. On some shows, Eddie’s son Wolfgang came onstage and played guitar with his father during “316”, a song dedicated to his son,…
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In January 2004, the group went on a tour of Japan.
Mascis regained the master rights to the band’s first three albums from SST in 2004 and arranged for their reissue on Merge in early 2005. Later that year, he and Barlow shared the stage at a benefit show for autism at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts organized by Barlow’s mother,…
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On February 26, 2004, Matt Slocum announced that the group had disbanded.
In June of 2004 the band went on a West Coast tour alongside Defiance , they also played sporadic one of shows throughout the year. On July 27, 2004 they released a slit Ep with Misery titled Toxic Narcotic / Misery . Later in the year they played their 15th…
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During the Fallen tour, Lee wrote a song titled “The Last Song I’m Wasting on You”, recording it in a bathroom on an analog recording device. It became a B-side on the single “Lithium” from Evanescence’s second album. When asked if the track was about former bandmate Moody, Lee said,…
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The footage recorded by Berlinger and Sinofsky was compiled into the documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. In the documentary, Newsted said his former bandmates’ decision to hire a therapist to help solve their problems which he felt they…
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In 2004, 311’s cover of The Cure ‘s ” Love Song ” became a No. 1 hit on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also reached No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 , their first single to reach that chart. It was featured on the soundtrack for the motion…
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On October 21, 2004, Mould and Hart reunited at a Minneapolis benefit concert for ailing Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller , who had been receiving treatment for cancer. At the end of what had been scheduled as a solo set by Mould, he brought out Hart to play “Never Talking…
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