The band appeared in the 2002 film Crossroads , playing at a graduation party. They also recorded a version of …Baby One More Time which was featured on the 2003 Freaky Friday soundtrack .
Underground hip-hop duo Felt named a track “Suzanne Vega” on their debut studio album Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci , released in 2002.
Drunken Lullabies followed on March 19, 2002, and was certified gold by the RIAA in 2009. They returned to the Warped Tour in 2003 with a lineup that included The All-American Rejects and Dropkick Murphys .
In 2002, AFI left Nitro Records. DreamWorks Records artists and repertoire executive Luke Wood signed them to the label following intense interest.
Yule subsequently toured with Lou Reed and played on the latter’s Sally Can’t Dance album, and Yule (at Reed’s request) also contributed guitar and bass tracks to Reed’s album Coney Island Baby , which can be heard in the Bonus Edition of the album (released in 2002). Yule became a…
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Their final album under EMI was a “best of” compilation called Bag of Hits , released in 2002. It was issued in both one- and two-disc versions, with the second disc featuring remixes of Fun Lovin’ Criminals songs by other artists. EMI released this album against the wishes of the…
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In 2002, Loose (using a cane) returned for a one-off gig at Berkeley’s 924 Gilman Street space as “Not Flipper”. He stated that he had changed his name from Bruce Lose to Bruce Loose “because he wanted to be less negative”.
On January 26, 2002, Wagner, Franklin, Wartell, Holzner, and Olson performed a short set in Chicago where during their smoking rendition of Black Sabbaths’ Children of The Grave with Scott Davidson sitting in on the drums, the P.A. gave out and left the crowd in a stunning uproar. Since that…
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“My Life”, from their self-titled album , was featured on the soundtrack of the 2002 film The Scorpion King .
In January 2002, Mustaine was hospitalized for the removal of a kidney stone and was administered pain medication that triggered a relapse of his drug addiction. Following his stay, Mustaine checked himself into a treatment center in Texas. While there, Mustaine fell asleep with his left arm over the back…
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