Over the next two years, Dredg toured mostly within California, slowly expanding their fan base. The band began sending out a demo tape to several labels with four new songs intended for their next album, “Of the Room”, “Redrawing the Island Map”, “Running Through Propellers” and “The Papal Insignia”. In…
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To capitalize on anticipation for the band’s next album, Vagrant Records released a rarities compilation Eudora in 2001. Eudora consisted of alternate takes, covers, and B-sides since the band’s formation. Likewise, Doghouse released a re-mastered edition of Four Minute Mile and a compilation entitled The EPs: Woodson and Red Letter…
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Sugarcult released their first collection of demo recordings, Eleven , in 1999. Their second collection, Wrap Me Up in Plastic , was released in 2000. The group sent demos to record labels, eventually signing to independent label Ultimatum Music in January 2001. In August 2001, the band released their debut…
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The Beastie Boys signed an eclectic roster of artists to their Grand Royal label, including their ex-bandmate Schellenbach’s band Luscious Jackson , Sean Lennon , and Australian artist Ben Lee . The group owned Grand Royal Records until 2001. Grand Royal’s first independent release was Luscious Jackson’s album In Search…
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recordings of these shows were released in 2001, as a triple live album, Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes , which included the line up of Reed, Yule, Morrison and Tucker.
In 2001, a compilation of singles, album tracks, and rarities called Storm Hymnal was released.
In 2001, Alice Donut started recording and writing again and in 2003 Three Sisters , their first release after their hiatus, was recorded as a four-piece with Tom Antona on vocals, Michael Jung on guitar, Stephen Moses on drums and Sissi Schulmeister on bass.
Brutal Planet was succeeded by the sonically similar and acclaimed sequel Dragontown (2001), which saw Bob Ezrin back as producer. The album has been described as leading the listener down “a nightmarish path into the mind of rock’s original conceptual storyteller” and by Cooper himself as being “the worst town…
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In response, a conscious effort was made to make the trio appear more authentic with their next album—the comically titled Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001). It became the first punk rock album to reach number one in the U.S., and spawned the singles ” The Rock Show “,…
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It was still on top in America during the week of the 9/11 attacks and the political environment caused by the attacks added to the controversy surrounding the album’s hit single ” Chop Suey! “; the song was taken off the radio as it contained politically sensitive lyrics according to…
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