On June 3, 2002, Napster filed for Chapter 11 protection under U.S. bankruptcy laws.
The final recordings with Moyal were released on the extended play A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times on compact disc and 12-inch vinyl on May 27, 2002, through Defiance Records in Europe, and on May 28, 2002, through Equal Vision Records in the United States. The…
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In June 2002, Kozak left the band and was replaced by JR Manning of Caroline.
The band then released the DVD The Morning View Sessions on May 28
which aired on May 3.
Meanwhile, 13 rough mixes of songs the band had created months previously were leaked to peer-to-peer filesharing networks in May 2002, under the names Civilian or the Civilian Project. According to Morello, the songs were unfinished and, in some cases, “weren’t even the same lyrics, guitar solos, performances of any…
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Durst held a nationwide audition for a new guitarist called “Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth Is.” However, Mike Henderson, who was one of the guitarists who went for the audition, revealed that the event was nothing more than a publicity stunt. Durst had no intention to recruit a new…
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Also, in May of that year, Anselmo’s Superjoint Ritual released its debut album, Use Once and Destroy .
When the band began writing material for the new album, they secluded themselves in the deserts around Palm Desert . The majority of the album was recorded at Skywalker Ranch . The band used three producers, Ron Saint Germain , Tim Palmer and Jim Scott , on the record, adding…
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Gray was fired from the band in May 2002, which according to Rockenfield was “because of [his] personal abuse habits and ongoing problems”.