In July 2000, former members Griffin and Abney formed Place of Skulls, following their departure from Pentagram. Place of Skulls briefly featured doom metal legend Scott “Wino” Weinrich on their 2003 With Vision album, though he later left to concentrate on the Hidden Hand . Abney left in 2002 but…
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After 15 years with Capitol Records, Megadeth left the label in July 2000.
On June 20, 2000, the band released their third album, White Pony , again produced by Date and Deftones. It was recorded at the Record Plant studio in Sausalito, California , and at Larrabee Sound Studios, West Hollywood . Delgado, now a full-time band member, added new elements to the…
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A follow-up to “Release the Cure” was in the works and tentatively entitled “The Curse” but the band broke up before anything was recorded. Indecision disbanded after a show in El Paso, Texas , while on tour with Kill Your Idols on 7 June 2000.
The band’s manager Greg Williamson departed, and the band signed with Time Bomb Recordings , an independent label distributed by BMG . The band joined with long-time Hüsker Dü sound engineer Lou Giordano to record The Rising Tide , released in June 2000. The band had high expectations for the…
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After a nearly four-year hiatus, during which several band members worked on independent projects, Bon Jovi regrouped to begin work on their next studio album. In June 2000, Crush was released as the band’s seventh studio album and constituted something of a comeback. The first single, ” It’s My Life…
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he criticized Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder in a radio interview with KNDD in June 2000, claiming that Scott Stapp was a better songwriter, and criticized Pearl Jam’s recent albums for “having songs without hooks .”
In June 2000, Limp Bizkit performed at the WXRK Dysfunctional Family Picnic , but showed up an hour late for their set. An Interscope spokesman stated that there was confusion over the band’s set time. During the band’s performance, Durst criticized Creed singer Scott Stapp , calling him “an egomaniac”.…
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During the Fragility 2.0 tour, Reznor suffered a heroin overdose in London in June 2000, forcing a gig which was to be played that night to be cancelled. The incident pushed Reznor into entering rehab, putting Nine Inch Nails on hold while he attempted to become sober.
Two months after the album release, on January 26, 2000, it was announced that Cadogan had been fired after playing a show at the Sundance Film Festival . No reason for the termination was given at the time, just a message from Godtland that Jenkins, Salazar, and Hargreaves wished him…
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