Ultimately the band returned to Universal Republic Records in May 2003.
On April 3, after weeks of circulating rumors about Dirk Lance’s departure from the band, an official announcement was made by the band.
Kutless had their touring debut between February and April 2003 when they opened up for Audio Adrenaline and MercyMe .
A full album’s worth of material was finished in 2002–03, but not officially released. The instrumental song “The Passportal” was included on The Matrix Reloaded: The Album , the April 2003 soundtrack album for the film The Matrix Reloaded .
On February 13, 2002, the band announced that Beautiful Creatures founder Dj ASHBA had left the group but that the band would find a replacement and continue on. Ashba released a statement showing that he left the band on good terms and that fans should welcome “the new addition to…
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Evanescence’s music was initially promoted by their label in the Christian market, and Lee and Moody publicly made it clear in an April 2003 interview that they were not a Christian band or Christian rock . Moody’s comments against being in the Christian market immediately prompted the label’s chairman Alan…
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Rolling Stone stated in April 2003 that while Wind-up had no official Christian affiliation, they had been marketing their bands “to both the Christian and mainstream music market”. Wind-Up “began courting the Christian music market more than a year ago, making its first foray with 12 Stones’ self-titled 2002 debut.…
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Fallen spent 43 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 , peaking at number three. It was listed for 104 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it was one of eight albums in the history of the chart to spend at least a year in the top 50.…
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On March 20, 2003, radio station “102.1 the EDGE” in Dallas added “Calling You” to regular rotation, and it began to spread to radio stations across the country receiving over 56,585 spins on the US airwaves.
In March 2003, Throwing Muses came back with their eighth album, Throwing Muses , which also saw the return of Tanya Donelly who provided backing vocals on the album.