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• 2004 in music (UK)

Events

• January 1
• Vienna New Year's Concert
  Vienna New Year's Concert
  
  The New Year Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is a concert of classical music that takes place each year in the morning of January 1 in Vienna, Austria....
   by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  
  The Vienna Philharmonic is an orchestra in Austria, regularly considered one of the finest in the world .Its home base is the Musikverein, Vienna....
   in Vienna
  Vienna
  
  Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
  , conducted by Riccardo Muti
  Riccardo Muti
  
  Riccardo Muti, Italian orders of merit is an Italian conducting. He is the Music Director Designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will officially start his contract in 2010....
  .
• Kurt Nilsen
  Kurt Nilsen
  
  Kurt Erik Nilsen is a Norway Pop music/Country music singer. He won the first season of the Idol of the reality television show Pop Idol, which aired on TV 2 in May 2003....
   wins World Idol
  World Idol
  
  World Idol was the title of a one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each other....
  .
• January 3 - Britney Spears
  Britney Spears
  
  'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
   marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  
  Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
  .
• January 5 - Britney Spears' marriage to Jason Allen Alexander is annulled
  Annulment
  
  Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage Void . Unlike divorce, it is retroactive: an annulled marriage is considered never to have existed....
  .
• January 15 - Valfar, vocalist of black metal band Windir, dies of hypothermia in a blizzard.
• February 1 - Daron Hagen
  Daron Hagen
  
  Daron Aric Hagen is an United States composer of contemporary classical music and opera....
   is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann
  Lotte Lehmann
  
  Lotte Lehmann was a Germany soprano opera and Lieder singer who was especially associated with German repertory. She gave memorable performances in the operas of Richard Strauss; the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier was considered her greatest role....
   Foundation in New York City.
• February 17
• BRIT Awards
  Brit Awards
  
  The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a "backronym" for British Record Industry Trust....
   held in London. The Darkness
  The Darkness
  
  The Darkness were a multi-BRIT Awards-winning United Kingdom hard rock/glam rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock music bands like Queen , Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, M?tley Cr?e, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks , Van Halen, T....
  , Dido
  Dido (singer)
  
  Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong professionally known as Dido is an Dido #Awards England Singer-songwriter....
  , Busted, Justin Timberlake
  Justin Timberlake
  
  Justin Randall Timberlake is an United Statesn pop music singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award....
  , and KRS-One
  KRS-One
  
  Name = KRS-One|Img = KRS-One crop.jpg|Img_capt = KRS-One performing in Ghent, Belgium, 2006.|Landscape =|Background = solo_singer|Birth_name = Lawrence Parker...
   are among the winners.
• Smashing Pumpkins
  The Smashing Pumpkins
  
  The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan , James Iha , D'arcy Wretzky , and Jimmy Chamberlin for most of the band's recording career....
   frontman Billy Corgan
  Billy Corgan
  
  William Patrick Corgan, Jr. is an United States of America singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet. Corgan is the vocalist and lead guitarist for alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins....
   posts a bitter message on his personal blog
  Blog
  
  A blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video....
   calling D'Arcy Wretzky
  D'arcy Wretzky
  
  D'arcy Elizabeth Wretzky is a rock musician best known for her work as a bassist with the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins....
   a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha
  James Iha
  
  James Yoshinobu Iha born March 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American rock musician. He is most famous as having been a guitarist in the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins and for his eclectic musical projects of recent years, including A Perfect Circle....
   for the breakup of the band.
• March 10- George Michael
  George Michael
  
  Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou , best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning, England singer-songwriter, who has had a career as frontman of the duo Wham! as well as a soul music-influenced, solo Pop music musician....
   announces that Patience
  Patience (2004 album)
  
  Patience is a 2004 commercially successful album by George Michael. It debuted at Number One on the UK Album Charts, and at Number 2 in Australia on March 22, 2004....
   will be his last commercially released record. Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
• March 13 - Luciano Pavarotti
  Luciano Pavarotti
  
  Luciano Pavarotti Italian orders of merit was an Italian opera tenor, who also crossed over into popular music. He was the most commercially successful tenor of all....
   gives his last performance in an opera, in Tosca at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
• March 16 - Godsmack
  Godsmack
  
  Godsmack is an American heavy metal music band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band comprises founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill and drummer Shannon Larkin....
   releases an EP titled The Other Side
  The Other Side
  
  Other Side may refer to:* The Other Side , by Jacqueline Woodson* The Other Side , by Bishop James Pike* The Other Side, , a poetry anthology by Julia ?lvarez...
  , which contains acoustic reworkings of some of their songs
• March 23 - Usher
  Usher (entertainer)
  
  Usher Raymond IV , known simply as Usher, is an American contemporary R&B-pop music singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in the 1990s, releasing the multi-platinum album My Way and 8701 ....
   releases his " Confessions " album selling 1.1 million copies its first week , making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that. The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles.
• April 6
• A previously unreleased Johnny Cash
  Johnny Cash
  
  Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
   album called My Mother's Hymn Book is released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.
• Modest Mouse
  Modest Mouse
  
  Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock , drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy....
  , an American indie rock
  Indie rock
  
  Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
   band releases Good News for People Who Love Bad News
  Good News for People Who Love Bad News
  
  Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth full-length album recorded by alternative rock Rock band Modest Mouse.The album was released by Epic Records on April 6, 2004 on both compact disc and 180g/m? vinyl record....
  .
• April 20 - Fear Factory
  Fear Factory
  
  Fear Factory is an American heavy metal music band. The band formed in 1989 and have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes....
   returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album Archetype
  Archetype (album)
  
  Archetype is the fifth studio album by Los Angeles, California industrial metal band Fear Factory. It was released on April 19, 2004 through Liquid 8....
  .
• April 26
• Deborah Voigt
  Deborah Voigt
  
  Deborah Voigt is an United States opera singer. Voigt is known for her vibrant dramatic soprano voice which easily soars over heavy and dense instrumentation....
  , sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at Carnegie Hall
  Carnegie Hall
  
  Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue , occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street , two blocks south of Central Park....
  .
• Dream Theater
  Dream Theater
  
  Dream Theater is an United States progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band....
   performs at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
• May - Blender magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship
  Starship
  
  A starship is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, as opposed to a vehicle designed for orbital spaceflight or interplanetary travel....
  , is rated worst.
• May 10 - Keane release Hopes and Fears which becomes the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8x platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the BRIT
  Brit Awards
  
  The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a "backronym" for British Record Industry Trust....
   award for best album.
• May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel
  Basel
  
  Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 731,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's third-largest urban area....
  .
• May 24 - Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   starts The Re-Invention Tour
  The Re-Invention Tour
  
  The Re-invention World Tour was the sixth world concert tour by United States singer-songwriter Madonna , visiting North America and Europe. It included dates in 20 cities, selling out 55 of 56 shows and attracting more than 900,000 fans....
   in 20 cities with a total of 56 shows and making it the most successful concert tour of the year with a gross of $124.5 million.
• May 25
• Jam band Phish
  Phish
  
  eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
   announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
• Skinny Puppy
  Skinny Puppy
  
  Skinny Puppy is a Canada band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982 in music. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key while he was in the new wave band , Nivek Ogre soon joined as vocalist and Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project....
   releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called The Greater Wrong of the Right
  The Greater Wrong of the Right
  
  The Greater Wrong of the Right is a 2004 album by Skinny Puppy. It was their first new full-length Vinyl record since 1996's The Process ....
  .
• May 26 - Fantasia Barrino
  Fantasia Barrino
  
  Fantasia Monique Barrino , commonly known as Fantasia, is an American contemporary R&B singer, Broadway theatre and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the American Idol of the television series American Idol in 2004....
   wins the third season of American Idol
  American Idol
  
  American Idol is an Television in the United States Singing airing on Fox network. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television....
  , defeating Diana DeGarmo
  Diana DeGarmo
  
  Diana Nicole DeGarmo is an United States singer and Broadway theatre actress. She finished as the runner-up on the American Idol of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol, narrowly missing the win by about 2% out of over 65 million votes....
  .
• June
• Staind
  Staind
  
  Staind is an United States rock music band from Springfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist/vocalist Johnny April and drummer Jon Wysocki....
   start recording their fourth album, produced by David Bottrill
  David Bottrill
  
  David Bottrill is a record producer. He has won three Grammy Awards.Recordings produced by Bottrill include:* David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - The First Day ...
  .
• Velvet Revolver
  Velvet Revolver
  
  Velvet Revolver is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash , Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk rock band Wasted Youth....
  's first album Contraband
  Contraband (album)
  
  Contraband is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on June 8, 2004 by RCA Records. A commercial success, Contraband debuted at number one on the American Billboard 200 chart and was certified twice platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America....
   debuts in the top slot on the Billboard album charts, selling over 250,000 copies its first week out.
• The Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone
  Johnny Ramone
  
  John William Cummings , better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the seminal punk rock group Ramones. Along with vocalist Jeffrey Hyman, aka Joey Ramone, he remained a member of the band throughout their career....
   is hospitalized in Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
   with prostate cancer and diagnosed.
• June 4
• Karl Jenkins
  Karl Jenkins
  
  Karl William Jenkins Order of the British Empire D.Mus. is a Wales musician and composer. Jenkins was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours list for 2005....
   signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
• Creed
  Creed (band)
  
  Creed was an American post-grunge band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001....
   dissolved. Guitarist Mark Tremonti
  Mark Tremonti
  
  Mark Thomas Tremonti is the lead guitarist for the American rock band Alter Bridge....
  , Drummer Scott Phillips
  Scott Phillips
  
  Scott Phillips may refer to:*Scott Phillips of Alter Bridge, formerly of Creed*Scott Phillips , novelist...
   and Brian Marshall
  Brian Marshall
  
  Brian Aubrey Marshall is the former bassist for Creed , and the current bassist for Alter Bridge. He originally came up with the name for the band "Naked Toddler" and later "Maddox Creed", but it was later changed to what it is today ....
   (ex Bassist of Creed
  Creed (band)
  
  Creed was an American post-grunge band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001....
  ) were working on side project Alter Bridge
  Alter Bridge
  
  Alter Bridge is an United States post-grunge/alternative metal band based in Orlando, Florida, Florida . The band was formed in 2004 by Mark Tremonti , Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips , all former members of Creed , with Myles Kennedy , formerly of The Mayfield Four....
   along with Myles Kennedy
  Myles Kennedy
  
  Myles R. Kennedy is an United States singer, songwriter, and guitarist originally from Spokane, Washington. Kennedy is a former guitar instructor in the Spokane area who has appeared as a guest of both live performances and recording sessions of numerous bands over the years....
   of The Mayfield Four Their first album is One Day Remains
  One Day Remains
  
  One Day Remains is the debut album by the band Alter Bridge. It was released on August 10,2004 by Wind-up Records.It is said the album received its name from the band members' attitudes that life should be lived as if only one day remains....
  , which is scheduled to be released on August 10.
• June 10 - Legendary blues and soul pianist and singer Ray Charles
  Ray Charles
  
  Ray Charles Robinson , known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an United States pianist, singer, and songwriter who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues....
   dies of liver disease
  Liver disease
  
  Liver disease is a broad term describing any single number of diseases affecting the liver. Many are accompanied by jaundice caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the system....
   at the age of 73.
• June 12 - The Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
   radio station KROQ airs the 12th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast
  KROQ Weenie Roast
  
  Weenie Roast is a multi-artist alternative rock concert, presented annually by the Los Angeles, California, United States radio station KROQ, beginning in 1993....
   show with Bad Religion
  Bad Religion
  
  Bad Religion is an United States punk band, founded in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley , Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz and Jay Ziskrout ....
  , Beastie Boys
  Beastie Boys
  
  Beastie Boys are an American hip hop music group from New York City consisting of Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz. Since around the time of the Hello Nasty album, the DJ for the group has been Mix Master Mike, who was first featured in the song "Three MC's and One DJ"....
  , Cypress Hill
  Cypress Hill
  
  Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988....
  , The Hives
  The Hives
  
  The Hives are a Swedish rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the Garage rock#Revival, playing garage punk....
  , Hoobastank
  Hoobastank
  
  Hoobastank is an American alternative rock band best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason " and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away"....
  , The Killers
  The Killers (band)
  
  The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The group consists of Brandon Flowers , Dave Keuning , Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr....
  , Modest Mouse
  Modest Mouse
  
  Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock , drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy....
  , New Found Glory
  New Found Glory
  
  New Found Glory is an United States pop punk band hailing from South Florida, now based in Los Angeles. The band consists of Jordan Pundik , Chad Gilbert , Steve Klein , Ian Grushka and Cyrus Bolooki ....
  , Story of the Year
  Story of the Year
  
  Story of the Year is an American band formed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1995. The band was initially named Big Blue Monkey, they changed their name to Story of the Year in 2002 after the release of their EP titled "Story of the Year" on indie label Criterion Records when they realized a blues group of the same name had already existed....
  , The Strokes
  The Strokes
  
  The Strokes are an United States rock music band formed in 1998 in New York City who rose to fame in the early 2000s as a leading group in the Garage rock#Revival....
  , The Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a New York City-based alternative rock band. The band consists of lead singer Karen O, drummer Brian Chase, and guitarist Nick Zinner....
   and Yellowcard
  Yellowcard
  
  Yellowcard is a pop punk band originally hailing from Jacksonville, Florida, but now based in Los Angeles, California. Their music features a rare contribution to the genre, incorporating the use of a violin....
  .
• June 22 - 14th annual Lollapalooza
  Lollapalooza
  
  Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
   festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: Lollapalooza 2004 lineup.)
• June 23 - UK DJ Tony Blackburn
  Tony Blackburn
  
  Tony Blackburn is an award winning England disc jockey, who broadcast on the "pirate" stations Radio Caroline and Wonderful Radio London in the 1960s and was the first presenter to appear on BBC Radio 1 in 1967....
   is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard
  Cliff Richard
  
  Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
  , against station policy.
• July 10 - Ex-S Club star Rachel Stevens
  Rachel Stevens
  
  Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer, actor and occasional model. She is a former member, and one of the lead singers, of the successful pop music group S Club, and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005....
   sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief
  Sport Relief
  
  Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief , in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries....
  . American Idol winner Fantasia becomes the first artist in history to debut at number-one on the Hot 100 with a first record.
• July 11 - McFly debut at #1 on the UK album charts with Room On The 3rd Floor
  Room on the 3rd Floor
  
  Room on the 3rd Floor is McFly 's first album, released in 2004, which debuted at number one in the UK albums chart, breaking the world record for the youngest band with a Number One album, a record previously held by The Beatles....
  . They break the record set by The Beatles
  The Beatles
  
  The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
   as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.
• July 20 - Van Halen
  Van Halen
  
  Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
   releases The Best of Both Worlds, a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
• July 24 - The Robert Smith
  Robert Smith (musician)
  
  Robert James Smith is an England guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is the lead singer and principal songwriter of the Rock music band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976....
   organized Curiosa
  Curiosa
  
  Curiosa is the name of a 2004 concert tour in the United States and Toronto , organized by Robert Smith of The Cure. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29....
   Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida
  West Palm Beach, Florida
  
  West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The city is also the oldest incorporated municipality in South Florida....
  . Performing along with The Cure
  The Cure
  
  The Cure are an English Rock music band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member....
   are Interpol
  Interpol (band)
  
  Interpol are an American band formed in 1997 in New York City.The band's line-up is Paul Banks , Daniel Kessler , Carlos Dengler and Sam Fogarino ....
  , The Rapture
  The Rapture
  
  The Rapture is a dance punk rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock music....
  , Mogwai
  Mogwai
  
  The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Yue Chinese word ?? meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon"....
  , Cursive
  Cursive (band)
  
  Cursive is an American indie rock rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Saddle Creek Records....
  , Muse, Head Automatica
  Head Automatica
  
  Head Automatica is a powerpop band, formed by Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo....
  , Thursday, Scarling.
  Scarling.
  
  Scarling. is a Rock music band from Los Angeles, whose core members are Jessicka and Christian Hejnal- Addams. The band's music combines a massive guitar-based sound with elements of noise rock, goth rock, shoegaze, psychedelic rock, indie rock....
  , The Cooper Temple Clause
  The Cooper Temple Clause
  
  The Cooper Temple Clause were a five-piece alternative rock musical ensemble originating from Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Formed in 1998, the band quickly gained a following through their live concerts, and have produced three albums, the latest being Make This Your Own....
  , and Melissa Auf der Maur
  Melissa Auf der Maur
  
  Melissa Auf der Maur is a Canada rock musician of France-Switzerland ancestry from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as Bass guitar with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour....
  .
• July 31 - Dispatch
  Dispatch (band)
  
  Dispatch was an United States Indie rock/American folk music folk jam band formed at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, Vermont. They were active from 1996 to 2002, and have come together twice for reunion concerts, first in 2004, and again in 2007....
   performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, MA.
• August - Wes Borland
  Wes Borland
  
  Wesley Louden Borland is a musician, best known as the guitarist in the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands, including The Damning Well, Goatslayer, and Big Dumb Face....
   returns to Limp Bizkit
  Limp Bizkit
  
  Limp Bizkit is an United States nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, Florida. The band achieved success with over 50 million albums sold worldwide....
  .
• August 8 - Dave Matthews Band
  Dave Matthews Band
  
  Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
  's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces
  Feces
  
  Feces, faeces, or f?ces is a waste product from an animal's gastrointestinal tract expelled through the anus during defecation....
   from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois
  Illinois
  
  The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
  .
• August 15 - Phish
  Phish
  
  eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
   performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont
  Coventry, Vermont
  
  Coventry is a New England town in Orleans County, Vermont, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,014 at the 2000 United States Census....
  .
• September 28 - Brian Wilson
  Brian Wilson
  
  Brian Douglas Wilson is a Grammy Award-winning United States musician best known as a member of the American rock and roll band, the Beach Boys....
   completes SMiLE
  Smile (Brian Wilson album)
  
  Smile, sometimes typeset with the idiosyncratic partial capitalization SMiLE, is a solo album by Brian Wilson, with lyrics by Van Dyke Parks released on 28 September 2004 on CD and two-disc vinyl....
  , 37 years after its original planned release.
• October 11 - The original lineup of Duran Duran
  Duran Duran
  
  Duran Duran are an English music group from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most commercially successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States....
   release their new album Astronaut
  Astronaut (album)
  
  Astronaut is an album by United Kingdom band Duran Duran, first released on October 11, 2004 .This was Duran Duran's first studio album since Pop Trash , and the first full album since Seven and the Ragged Tiger to be recorded by the original five members of the band ...
  , which was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".
• October 23 - Ashlee Simpson
  Ashlee Simpson
  
  Ashlee Nicole Wentz , now professionally known as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actor. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one album Autobiography and the accompanying reality televi...
   is accused of lip-synching after an abortive live performance on the television show Saturday Night Live
  Saturday Night Live
  
  Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
  .
• November 4 - Three members of the band RAM
  RAM (band)
  
  RAM is a mizik rasin band based in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The band derives its name from the initials of its founder, songwriter, and lead male vocalist, Richard Auguste Morse....
  , who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the then-recently deposed former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
  Jean-Bertrand Aristide
  
  Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a former Roman Catholicism priest who was List of Presidents of Haiti in 1991, again from 1994 to 1996, and then from 2001 to 2004....
  , are detained by Haitian police during a concert performance in Port-au-Prince
  Port-au-Prince
  
  Port-au-Prince is the Capital and largest List of cities in Haiti of Haiti. Growth, especially in crowded slums in nearby plains and hillsides, has raised the population of the Port-au-Prince area to between 2.5 and 3 million....
  ; no charges are ever filed or official explanation for the detentions given.
• November 9 - Shania Twain releases her Compilation album Greatest Hits
  Greatest Hits (Shania Twain album)
  
  Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Shania Twain, released in 2004 . The album contains 21 tracks from her three Diamond albums The Woman in Me , Come on Over and Up! ....
  , containing hits from her 3 Diamond albums The Woman in Me , Come on Over
  Come on Over (Shania Twain album)
  
  Come on Over is the third studio album recorded by country singer Shania Twain. It was released on November 4, 1997. The best-selling Country Music album of all time, it is certified 20? Multi-Platinum in the US, 2× Diamond in Canada, 15? Platinum in Australia, and 10× Platinum in Great Britain....
   and Up!
  Up! (album)
  
  Up! p!) is a studio album released in 2002 by Canadian singer Shania Twain. Three versions of the album were released: a country version , a pop version and an international version in the style of Filmi; all three discs contain exactly the same track listing and featured identifiable picture labels The country and pop versions we...
  .
• November 12 - Eminem
  Eminem
  
  Marshall Bruce Mathers III , known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter-ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor....
  's fourth major studio album, Encore is released four days before planned to combat bootleggers. The album sells 710,000 copies in only three days and becomes Eminem
  Eminem
  
  Marshall Bruce Mathers III , known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter-ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor....
  's third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the billboard charts
  Billboard charts
  
  The Billboard charts are music sales, airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine. Billboard is considered the foremost authority worldwide in these song sales, airplay, digital reports, or Record chart....
  .
• November 24 - Brian & Eric Hoffman leave Deicide
  Deicide (band)
  
  Deicide is an United States death metal band formed in 1987. Their first two albums, Deicide and Legion , are ranked second and third place in best-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era....
   after a royalties dispute.
• November 30 - Jay-Z
  Jay-Z
  
  Shawn Corey Carter , better known as his stage name, Jay-Z, is an American hip hop artist and businessman. He is the former Chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records....
   and Linkin Park
  Linkin Park
  
  Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
  's album Collision Course debuts at number #01 at the Billboard 200, and the album converted in the most selling CD/DVD of that year.
• December - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
  Ned's Atomic Dustbin
  
  Ned's Atomic Dustbin is an English Grebo rock band formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of The Goon Show....
   begins touring with 5 upcoming shows.
• December 7 - Lindsay Lohan
  Lindsay Lohan
  
  Lindsay Dee Lohan is an United States actress, fashion model and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a Child modeling for magazine advertisement and television commercials....
   releases her début album Speak
• December 8 - Dimebag Darrell
  Dimebag Darrell
  
  Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond" Darrell, "Dimebag" Darrell, or simply "Dime" was an American guitarist. Best known as a founding member of the heavy metal music bands Pantera and Damageplan, he also performed in the country music band Rebel Meets Rebel....
   is shot in the head 5 times
• December 11-12 - The Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
   radio station KROQ airs the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas
  KROQ Acoustic Christmas
  
  Acoustic Christmas is an annual concert run by the Los Angeles, California, California radio station KROQ.Since its inception in 1990, the concert has attracted increasingly popular alternative rock bands and singers....
   with Chevelle
  Chevelle
  
  Chevelle is an American hard rock band that formed in 1995 in Grayslake, Illinois, Illinois. The band originally comprised three brothers: Pete Loeffler , Sam Loeffler , and Joe Loeffler ....
  , Franz Ferdinand
  Franz Ferdinand (band)
  
  Franz Ferdinand are a Scotland Rock music band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002. Named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the band comprises Alex Kapranos , Bob Hardy , Nick McCarthy , and Paul Thomson ....
  , Good Charlotte
  Good Charlotte
  
  Good Charlotte is an American band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. They took their name from the children's book called "Good Charlotte: The Girls of Good Day Orphanage," written by Carol Beach York....
  , Green Day
  Green Day
  
  Green Day is an American Rock music trio formed in 1987. The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong , Mike Dirnt , and Tr? Cool for the majority of its existence....
  , Hoobastank
  Hoobastank
  
  Hoobastank is an American alternative rock band best known for their 2004 hit "The Reason " and other hits "Crawling in the Dark" and "Running Away"....
  , Incubus
  Incubus (band)
  
  Incubus is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California, California. Formed by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while in high school in 1991, the band grew to include bassist Alex Katunich , and Gavin Koppell , both of whom were eventually replaced by bas...
  , Interpol
  Interpol (band)
  
  Interpol are an American band formed in 1997 in New York City.The band's line-up is Paul Banks , Daniel Kessler , Carlos Dengler and Sam Fogarino ....
  , Jimmy Eat World
  Jimmy Eat World
  
  Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, Arizona, formed in 1993. The band is comprised of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....
  , Keane, The Killers
  The Killers (band)
  
  The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The group consists of Brandon Flowers , Dave Keuning , Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr....
  , Modest Mouse
  Modest Mouse
  
  Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah, Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock , drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy....
  , Muse
  Muse (band)
  
  Muse are an English rock music band that was formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England in 1994. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard ....
  , The Music, My Chemical Romance
  My Chemical Romance
  
  My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The band consists of five members that are Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar....
  , Papa Roach
  Papa Roach
  
  Papa Roach is a four-piece alternative rock band from Vacaville, California. They broke into the mainstream with their three times platinum major-label debut album Infest ....
  , Snow Patrol
  Snow Patrol
  
  Snow Patrol are an Ireland alternative rock band which formed in Dundee, Scotland. They are based in Glasgow and are signed to Polydor Records....
  , Social Distortion
  Social Distortion
  
  Social Distortion is an United States rock music band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California, Orange County, California, California. The band currently consists of Mike Ness , Jonny Wickersham , Brent Harding and Charlie Quintana ....
  , Sum 41
  Sum 41
  
  Sum 41 is a Canadian Rock music Musical ensemble from Ajax, Ontario. The current members are Deryck Whibley , Cone McCaslin , and Steve Jocz ....
  , Taking Back Sunday
  Taking Back Sunday
  
  Taking Back Sunday is an United States Rock music band from Amityville, New York, Long Island, New York, New York, formed in 1999. The current members are vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist and back-up vocalist Matthew Fazzi, guitarist Eddie Reyes, drummer Mark O'Connell, and bassist Matt Rubano....
  , The Shins
  The Shins
  
  The Shins are an American indie pop group comprising vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist James Mercer , synthesizer/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Jesse Sandoval, and Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats....
  , The Used
  The Used
  
  The Used is an United States rock music band from Orem, Utah. Their sound has been classified under many sub-genres of rock. They signed with Reprise Records in late 2001 and rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their debut self-titled album, The Used ....
  , and Velvet Revolver
  Velvet Revolver
  
  Velvet Revolver is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash , Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk rock band Wasted Youth....
  .
• December 14 - Clint Lowery
  Clint Lowery
  
  Clint Lowery is a hard rock guitarist, previously of the bands Still Rain and Dark New Day . Lowery currently plays lead guitar in the band Sevendust and served as the touring guitarist for Korn through most of 2007....
   leaves Sevendust
  Sevendust
  
  Sevendust is an American hard rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally signed to TVT Records, but then released their fifth album with Winedark Records in the US, and Roadrunner Records overseas....
   due to fights with band about gaining control of the band and doubts of the band's future after being released from their label TVT Records
  TVT Records
  
  TVT Records was an American record label founded by Steve Gottlieb, who initially launched the label from his New York City apartment in 1985 with the release of "Television's Greatest Hits"....
  .
• date unknown
• Jack Owen
  Jack Owen
  
  Jack Owen is an United States Heavy metal music guitarist best known for his work in the death metal genre. He was one of the founding members of Cannibal Corpse....
   leaves Cannibal Corpse
  Cannibal Corpse
  
  Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band, formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988. The band has released eleven studio albums, one boxed set, and one live album....
   to Focus on Adrift
  Adrift (band)
  
  Adrift is a Tampa, Florida based American heavy rock band featuring Jack Owen, current guitarist for Deicide , formerly of Cannibal Corpse, on guitar....
  .
• New classic rock
  Classic rock
  
  Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station radio format which evolved from the album oriented rock format in the early-1980s. In the United States, this rock music format now features a large playlist of songs ranging from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with some stations including a limited number of current releases....
   and New Wave
  New Wave music
  
  New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
  -influenced bands such as the Killers
  The Killers (band)
  
  The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The group consists of Brandon Flowers , Dave Keuning , Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr....
   begin to oust nu metal
  Nu metal
  
  Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
   bands.

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

• Apartment 26
  Apartment 26
  
  Apartment 26 were an industrial metal band from Leamington Spa, England. They played Ozzfest in 1999 and split up in 2004.They worked with Tchad Blake, at Real World Studios, on their self-financed "Music For The Massive", having scrapped "Album 1.5" after 2 years of production....
  
• Audiovent
  Audiovent
  
  Audiovent was an United States alternative rock band from Calabasas, California, California. Audiovent was formed in the early 1990s under the name Vent, and broke up in 2004....
  
• B2K
  B2K
  
  B2K was an United States Rhythm and blues music group. It was founded and managed by music producer Chris Stokes in 2001 with Lil' Fizz, Raz-B, J-Boog, and Omarion as members....
  
• The Beta Band
  The Beta Band
  
  The Beta Band were a United Kingdom musical group who received much critical acclaim and have achieved cult status amongst avid followers of the underground and experimental music scene....
  
• Beulah
  Beulah (band)
  
  Beulah was an indie rock band from San Francisco, CA, often associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company....
  
• Blur
  Blur (band)
  
  Blur are an English alternative rock band who formed in London in 1989. The four members of the band are singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree....
   (hiatus)
• Cadaver
  Cadaver (band)
  
  Cadaver was a death metal band from R?de, Norway. The band had a brief venture in the early 1990s before splitting in 1993. Cadaver would eventually re-emerge as Cadaver Inc. in 1999 which consisted of only one founding member....
  
• Creed
  Creed (band)
  
  Creed was an American post-grunge band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001....
  
• Damageplan
  Damageplan
  
  Damageplan was an American Heavy metal music band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003. Following the demise of their previous group Pantera, brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott wanted to start a new band....
  
• Eve 6
  Eve 6
  
  Eve 6 is a rock band from Southern California who was most well known for their hit "Inside Out " and the slow anthem "Here's to the Night ". They disbanded in 2004 and reunited with two of the three original members in October 2007....
  
• Gene
  Gene (band)
  
  Gene was a United Kingdom alternative rock quartet that rose to prominence in the mid-1990s. Formed in 1993, they were popularly labelled as a Britpop band and often drew comparisons to The Smiths because of their Morrissey-esque lead singer, Martin Rossiter....
  
• Give Up the Ghost
  Give Up the Ghost
  
  Give Up the Ghost was a short-lived and highly influential hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts....
  
• The Libertines
  The Libertines
  
  The Libertines were an English rock music band. Formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Bar?t and Pete Doherty , the band also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career....
  
• Midtown
  Midtown (band)
  
  Midtown was an United States pop-punk band from New Brunswick, NJ, New Jersey. Midtown formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers University students, but soon became a quartet....
  
• Orbital
  Orbital (band)
  
  Orbital are an English Electronic music duo from Sevenoaks consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll whose career lasted from 1989 until 2004 and have now reformed in 2009....
  
• Phish
  Phish
  
  eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
  
• Sixpence None the Richer
  Sixpence None the Richer
  
  Sixpence None the Richer is a Grammy-nominated United States Christian pop/rock band that formed in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee....
  
• Small Brown Bike
  Small Brown Bike
  
  This article is about the Michigan band. For the Polish band, see SBB Small Brown Bike was a band from Marshall, Michigan that existed between 1996 and 2004....
  
• Soluna
  Soluna
  
  Soluna was a music group consisting of four members, all of Hispanic descent - Aurora Rodriguez, America Olivo, Jessica Castellanos, and T Lopez....
   (hiatus)
• The Unicorns
  The Unicorns
  
  The Unicorns were an indie pop band from Montreal, Canada, formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn and Alden Penner , who were later joined by Jamie Thompson in December 2003....
  
• Windir
  Windir
  
  Windir was a folk metal black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with Norwegian folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994, and released its debut album in 1997....
  

Bands re-formed

• Megadeth
  Megadeth
  
  Megadeth is an American Heavy metal music band led by founder, front man, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 by Mustaine and bass player David Ellefson following Mustaine's departure from Metallica, the band has since released eleven studio albums, six live albums, two Extended play, thirty single , thirty-two music video...
  
• Restless Heart
  Restless Heart
  
  Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson ....
  
• Destiny's Child
  Destiny's Child
  
  Destiny's Child was an contemporary R&B and pop music girl group comprising lead singer Beyonc? Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams ....
  
• Vaya Con Dios
  Vaya Con Dios (band)
  
  Vaya Con Dios is a Belgium musical group founded in 1986 by Dani Klein, Dirk Schoufs, and Willy Lambregt . Their name is Spanish for "Go with God"....
  

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