Deftones began work on their fourth album under the working title Lovers . Regarding the album’s direction, Cheng commented, “We’ve proven that we can musically go in any direction we want, and we want to get kind of heavy on this one”. Moreno underwent vocal training as a precaution after…
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In 2001 Q named The Downward Spiral as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time
Chevelle toured as support to bands such as Sevendust , Machine Head , Filter , and Powerman 5000 in this period. Squint Entertainment closed down in 2001 and the band signed with Epic Records in 2002. In 2002 Chevelle released its second studio album Wonder What’s Next on Epic Records.…
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On September 26, 2001, the band appeared on Drew Carey’s Back-to-School Rock ‘n’ Roll Comedy Hour . In 2002 the band played select shows as the opener for NSYNC on their Celebrity Tour .
After achieving mainstream success and popularity with Limp Bizkit , Wes Borland quit the band in 2001. He was already a member of Big Dumb Face , a project he had been working on with his brother Scott , during his time with Limp Bizkit. He set it aside after…
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In 2001, Faster Pussycat reformed with original members Downe (vocals), Muscat (guitar) and Steele (guitar), alongside Downe’s former Newlydeads bandmates Xristian Simon (guitar), Danny Nordahl (bass) and Chad Stewart (drums). Nordahl had also played in the Throbs , and Nordahl and Chad Stewart also both play in Motochrist.
Later in 2001, numerous hip-hop artists including P. Diddy , Timbaland , Bubba Sparxxx , and Everlast remixed famous songs from the band into hip-hop versions, adding their own styles and modifications. The album was called New Old Songs .
Around 2001, the Foo Fighters established a relationship with the English rock band Queen , as they (particularly Grohl and Hawkins ) were fans. That March, Grohl and Hawkins inducted them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and joined them to perform the 1976 classic, ” Tie Your…
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The album became a worldwide success, reaching No.1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut week. Tool received their second Grammy Award for the best metal performance of 2001 for the song ” Schism “. During the band’s acceptance speech, Carey stated that he would like to…
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On January 10, 2001, Bryan Gregory died at Anaheim Memorial Medical Center of complications following a heart attack . He was 49.