In 2002, Johnny Cash covered the Nine Inch Nails’ ” Hurt ” for his album, American IV: The Man Comes Around , to critical acclaim. After seeing the music video, which later won a Grammy, Reznor himself became a fan of the rendition:
In 2002, Sweet released To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet , a retrospective compilation which featured unreleased material.
In 2002, when Merchant was asked if she would ever get back together with the band for a tour, she stated that due to Buck’s death they could never again play together as a band.
In Spring 2002, Green Day co-headlined the Pop Disaster Tour with Blink-182 , documented on the DVD Riding in Vans with Boys .
Also in 2002, they released the double-CD Tusk , a re-recording of the entire Fleetwood Mac album of the same name . Although initially announced as a rediscovery of a series of 1987 demos, the album was recorded in 2001 by Lowery, Segel, Krummenacher and Lisher as an experiment to…
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On April 2, 2002, the band released its first album, Topsy-Turvy . It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 157 on the Billboard 200 . Months after the album’s release, Khachaturian left the band, and they began to audition new vocalists before deciding that Karamian…
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In 2002, the band relocated to Austin, Texas , and the group’s final line-up included bassist Ben White and drummer Chris Pfeffer of Severed Head of State, Storm the Tower and Signal Lost.
2002 also marked Adema’s inclusion in the Resident Evil Soundtrack , contributing the track “Everyone” from their debut album.
In late 2002, Trivium went into the recording studio to record its first high-quality demo disc.
In 2002, Green Day recorded an album tentatively titled Cigarettes and Valentines , set for release in August 2003. After the master recordings were stolen from the studio, Green Day decided to create a new album, American Idiot , feeling they could do better.