With nearly a decade of full-time band activity come to a rest, the Daddies parted ways to pursue other musical endeavors, remaining active in various local bands. Most notably, Perry and Moss started the theatrical glam punk group White Hot Odyssey , releasing an album on Jive Records in 2004…
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On July 4, 2004, Roth performed with the Boston Pops , at United States’ annual Pops Goes the Fourth celebration in Boston. Hagar remained active, releasing five albums and creating his own merchandising brand Cabo Wabo, which lends its name to the line of tequila he formerly owned, as well…
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In 2004, Godsmack opened for Metallica ‘s ” Madly in Anger with the World tour “, and headlined the tour along with Dropbox.
The group initially formed under the name Dark Blue in late 2004 by childhood friends Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot , Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive , Clint Lowery of Sevendust and his brother Corey Lowery of Stereomud , Stuck Mojo , and Will Hunt of Skrape . After signing a…
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After The Economy of Sound , the group shifted once again to DRT Entertainment and, in 2004, released Dis/Location . Their sixth studio album, it failed entirely to chart as did its only single. Four years later, a seventh album, Day & Nightdriving , was released under Bellum Records.
Mentley officially replaced Barney in 2004. The band played Japan, with a fill in drummer, and embarked on a short tour of Europe with new drummer Ben Dussault. Former drummer Jackson filled in for Love, on guitar. Peters, Mentley, Dussault, Macaluso, and Love spent the summer of 2004 on Ozzfest’s…
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Demon Hunter returned to the studio to record their second full-length release, Summer of Darkness , with McCaddon contributing, and again with Jesse drumming. Summer of Darkness hit stores on May 4, 2004, and was a modest success, propelling Demon Hunter into the secular scene, with the addition of the…
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Hetfield said in the 2004 documentary film Metallica: Some Kind of Monster that the band initially thought some of the songs on these albums were of average quality; these were “polished and reworked” until judged releasable.
On December 15, 2003, the first single, ” Megalomaniac “, was released. It raised controversy when it was said to be an attack on the Bush administration, and was banned from daytime view on MTV (despite the band saying that it was not an attack on a particular person, rather…
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“Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us” on December 13, 2003,