The chemistry with Cornell was immediately apparent. Morello said: “He stepped to the microphone and sang the song and I couldn’t believe it. It didn’t just sound good. It didn’t sound great. It sounded transcendent. And…when there is an irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment, you can’t deny it.” The…
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Released in May 2001, the motion picture soundtrack for the movie Shrek included the song ” My Beloved Monster “.
Looking to build on the success of “Cathedrals,” the band reentered the studio in the fall of 2000 to record Vertigo . Produced by Clifford and Brad Wood and mixed by David Leonard, the album was originally due to be released in May 2001, but was put on hold when…
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Following a final tour, in which the band headlined the Atlanta Music Midtown festival in May 2001, they ended with a final farewell show at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park in August 2001. By their breakup, the band’s Elektra albums had sold a combined total of 133,000 copies, with their last…
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Mark Lanegan released a solo album in May 2001 entitled Field Songs . Also in that year, he became a member of the alternative rock group Queens of the Stone Age with Homme. Lanegan recorded two albums as one of the group’s three vocalists before leaving the group in late…
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Unnatural Selection was released in 1999 and Mark Simpson took a short break. He joined the band again in 2000 to record a new album, My God released in May 2001. At that time Eric A.K. had founded a country band, the A.K. Corral. He left the band for a…
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died of the illness in New York on April 15, 2001
Autopilot Off formed in 1996 under the name Cooter. They slowly gained popularity by doing live shows throughout the 90s while sharing the stage with more popular bands such as MxPx , Goldfinger , Sum 41 , Yellowcard and H 2 O . Cooter released a split with Slick Shoes…
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Fugazi began work on The Argument in 1999. This process saw the group taking more time than usual to write and demo material. Each member brought his own riffs and ideas to the band, jammed on them, and then began piecing the songs together into various configurations before deciding on…
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In April, the video for “The Motivation Proclamation” was receiving airplay from video outlets.