Gin Blossoms reunited in 2001. In Wilson’s words, “We always said our breakup wasn’t forever and right now we’re all feeling like we want to be Gin Blossoms again. We make a noise together that we can’t make otherwise. We respect and appreciate that we need each other to create…
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The band still continued to tour occasionally, including dates opening for Sleater-Kinney on The Hot Rock tour, but began a recording hiatus in 2001 after it broke up for a short period and Richard Baluyut relocated to San Francisco. The members afterwards moved on to other bands: James Baluyut and…
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Cooper made a guest appearance in 2001 on a third-season episode of That ’70s Show titled “Radio Daze”, in which he partook in a game of Dungeons & Dragons .
A third single, ” Sheep Go to Heaven “, was released in 2001.
That year, Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! was remixed and remastered; the reissue featured modified artwork and several bonus tracks.
In 2001, the band released From Here To Infirmary on Vagrant Records . This album inspired music videos for the singles “Stupid Kid” and “Private Eye.” The album was the band’s first album to reach the Billboard top 200 and the first to gross six figures in sales.
Scantlin’s big break in the music business came after a copy of his demo tape was delivered to Fred Durst . Durst contacted Scantlin and decided to bring him to California to put a new band together. At a 2001 Flawless Records showcase, Durst noted that he originally disliked the…
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The band formed in 2001, with a sound which takes cues from like-minded outfits such as Strike Anywhere and None More Black . The band self-released two demos, one of them a split with Wasteland. By this point the band had started to gain accolades from the webzine likes of…
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Pantera, Static-X, Vision of Disorder and Biohazard were replaced by other bands depending on location; Amorphis , In Flames , Moonspell , Children of Bodom , and Necrodeath . Biohazard eventually decided to rejoin the tour later on, and booked new gigs in the countries where they missed dates. Drummer…
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Armstrong admitted in 2001 that he considered it to be “the worst band name in the world”.