The live album What You and I Have Been Through and the compilation Travelogue: Blues Traveler Classics were both released in 2002.
With the absence of a major label or producer to influence their sound—although Raskulinecz was originally committed to the project, he had just signed on to produce an album for Foo Fighters in Los Angeles—Superdrag continued to evolve at their own pace, and in 2002 Last Call for Vitriol once…
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During this time, band members pursued other musical projects. Producer Tim Gilles approached some of the band members about recording a song for his New York’s Hardest: Vol. 3 compilation. When it was requested that the music sound more like their original material, Kilkenny and Neabore reunited with guitarist Nastasi…
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AFI would remain with the label until the release of the 336 EP (2002).
In 2002, Ann and Nancy returned to the road with a brand-new Heart lineup including Scott Olson, Ben Smith, Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez , and keyboardist Tom Kellock.
After the success of “Superman”, two more songs were released as singles – the title track “America Town” and “Something About You” in 2002 and 2003, respectively – but neither song charted. While America Town did not reach the top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart, the album was certified…
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Lashley continued writing songs and formed a country band, Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys, in 2002. Gurley moved on to The U.S.M., then to The McGunks, while O’Halloran joined The Marvels, and Delano joined Avoid One Thing . Following his departure from the band, Edmonston formed a group called…
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The next studio album, Spiral Castle , was released in 2002 and received a similar positive reaction. From this album going forward (with the exception of Voyager ), co-singer Bryan Patrick began to be much more implicated in the singing of the songs, eventually more or less splitting the workload…
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Out of the little media coverage received, Saturate garnered positive reception, with Jason Taylor from AllMusic stating that the album “has serious potential to become one of 2002’s most successful debuts”, feeling that “although it is repetitive and generic, it is undeniably addictive”, ultimately scoring the album 2.5 out of…
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Riot Act (2002)