While the band was receiving rapidly increasing national and international attention, they became unhappy with Doghouse Records’ ability to keep up with the increasing popularity of the band. The Get Up Kids’ announcement to leave Doghouse Records brought interest from prominent record labels including Sub Pop , Geffen and Mojo…
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Their second album, the science fiction-themed Vapor Transmission , was released in 2000, with “Fiction (Dreams in Digital)” and “Opticon” as singles.
In 2000, Blue Cheer was the subject of a tribute album, Blue Explosion – A Tribute to Blue Cheer , featuring such bands as Pentagram , Internal Void , Hogwash and Thumlock .
In 2000, he combined with Les Claypool of Primus (with whom he produced a track on the Primus album Antipop ) and Trey Anastasio of Phish to create the band Oysterhead .
In 2000, Pantera played on the mainstage of Ozzfest alongside Ozzy Osbourne , Godsmack , Static-X , Methods of Mayhem , Incubus , P.O.D. , Black Label Society , Queens of the Stone Age , and Apartment 26 .
In 2000, Sweet released Time Capsule: Best of 90/00 , a retrospective compilation which featured two new tracks.
On June 22, 2000, Doghouse Records re-issued The Fists of Time , under the expanded title The Fists of Time: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Non-Fiction , on compact disc, 12-inch vinyl and digitally, adding the songs “The First Song on the Tape You Make Her” and “Operation,” which…
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Kevin Keller went on to perform with Salem with former members of Sabotage, formed his current band Vulgar Bullet in 2000. Terry Carter became involved in country music and is currently touring. Brad Divens has become an FOH sound engineer. Shannon Larkin was the drummer for Godsmack from 2002 to…
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In October and November, the group went on a US tour with Fenix TX
The band’s debut album, Mer de Noms (French for “Sea of Names”), was released on May 23, 2000. The album was well-received commercially and critically. It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 , selling 188,000 copies in its first week and making it the highest-selling debut album for…
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