Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band's four members — Trey Anastasio ( guitars, lead vocals ), Mike Gordon ( bass, vocals ), Jon Fishman ( drums, percussion, vocals ), and Page McConnell ( keyboards, vocals )— performed together for over 20 years before breaking up in August 2004.

Grant had previously turned down offers by Massot to make a film of the band, but with the huge success of the band's current tour, Grant changed his mind and offered him the job of director.

The tour would coincide with Universal Music ( current owners of the A & M label ) re-releasing some material from the band's back catalogue.

The band's current drummer later dies in the same way, in an on-stage explosion that leaves no remains.

One important current trend in critical assessments of the album is to draw parallels between the band's disintegrating ensemble and the chaotic events of the tumultuous year in which The Beatles was created, 1968.

In 2004, following the great success of his acclaimed live performances of the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album, and with the support of his band's musical director Darian Sahanaja, Wilson made the surprise announcement that he was going to finish the mythical record using his current touring band.

The band has experienced a number of line-up changes ; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal ( lead vocals and guitar ), her twin sister Kelley Deal ( guitar and backing vocals ), Jose Medeles ( drums and percussion ), Mando Lopez ( bass guitar ) Todd the Fox ( guitar ) and Cheryl Lyndsey ( guitar ); Kim Deal has been the band's sole continual member.

The discussion covered the band's history and the current state of their live show and songwriting, with Sylvain commenting that " even if you come to our show thinking ' how can it be like it was before ,' we turn that around ' cos we've got such a great live rock ' n roll show ".

The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Phil Anselmo, guitarist Pepper Keenan, guitarist Kirk Windstein, bassist Pat Bruders and drummer Jimmy Bower.

The band's spokesperson said " Several record stores have refused to stock our current single .... the Nice feel if the posters are issued in America they will do considerable harm ".

The album is a compilation of 10 of the band's best known songs, re-recorded in different musical styles than the original recordings and by the current lineup.

Bits of hardcore, surf rock, pop, hip-hop, and rock & roll all factor into the band's current punk rock sound.

That album, 2011's Fly From Here, is a reunion of sorts for Horn's former bandmate Geoff Downes ; not only is Downes a member of the band's current incarnation, but the album also takes its title from a song written by Horn and Downes during their original stint with Yes in the 1980s.

The title of the subsequent album was taken from a piece of graffiti seen in London and made reference to the band's current position in the public eye ; Whatever Happened to Slade was released in March and ironically, failed to make any chart appearance in the UK.

The principals of the band's current line up include:

The band's current Principal Conductor and Director of Music is the Welsh euphonium virtuoso, Dr. Nicholas Childs.

The EP features the return of the band's punk rock roots, although also reflecting influences of then current acts such as Hüsker Dü and The Descendents.

Guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow, and drummer Murph are the band's founding and current members ; Mascis has been the group's sole continuous member.

Carl Dixon was the band's lead vocalist from 2004 to early 2008, before current frontman Derek Sharp took over in April, 2008.

After this, Howerdel clarified the band's current stance on a future album, stating " Right now the intention is not to put out a ( full album ) but just to release some songs along the way, and then they might be re-imagined and put together in some collection ... If you need to have an album then there will be something more like a photo album where you collect these things and you put them in.

* Chris Ralles is the band's current drummer.

On January 16, 2007, it was announced by InsideOut, the band's current record label, that lead singer Michael Sadler would be leaving Saga for personal reasons at the end of 2007.

The site is now fan run and hosts photos and content from the band's past as well as interviews with formers members and news on their current projects.

In 2002, Aerosmith's two-hour long Behind the Music was released, chronicling the band's tumultuous history and current activities and touring.

According to the band's website, although the group admired Holly ( and years later produced an album covering some of his songs ), their name was inspired primarily by the sprigs of holly in evidence around Christmas of 1962.

The Grateful Dead released part of this concert as Volume 30 of the band's Dick's Picks concert album series.

Courtney Michelle Harrison was born in 1964 in San Francisco, California, to Linda Carroll, now a psychotherapist, and Hank Harrison, a publisher who had some association with the Grateful Dead ; consequently, Love was included in a group picture on the back of the band's album Aoxomoxoa ( 1969 ).

In 1997, the band released a compilation album, My Body, The Hand Grenade, which featured material from the band's earliest recordings in 1989 up until 1995, and, in September 1998, released their third studio album, Celebrity Skin, which featured a stark power pop sound as opposed to the group's earlier punk rock influences.

" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

At Capitol's behest, the band's name was changed to Crowded House, which alluded to the lack of space at the West Hollywood apartment they shared during the recording of the album Crowded House.

As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

The album was released in June 2010, in time for the band's appearance at the West Coast Blues & Roots Festival near Perth, Western Australia.

A new compilation album, The Very Very Best of Crowded House, was released in October 2010 to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary.

No mention of this album has been made on the band's official website or Twitter page, which suggests that they are not involved with its release.

Bassist Nick Seymour, who is also an artist, designed or co-designed all of the band's album covers and interior artwork.

The album was played as two continuous pieces of music on the two sides of the vinyl and produced the band's two biggest hit singles, " Kayleigh " and " Lavender ".

1: The Miracle and the Sleeper ", which was released on the band's 1992 breakthrough album, Images and Words, and is followed by the 2005 album " Octavarium ".

Although it did not achieve the same levels of commercial success as the band's later releases ( it reached # 73 on the Billboard 200 ), it has been hailed by many fans and critics as Dream Theater's masterpiece and the band's defining album.

" Pull My Strings " was never recorded for a studio release, though the performance at the Bay Area Music Awards, which was the first and only time the song was ever performed, was released on the band's compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

The band's album debut, Tin Machine ( 1989 ), was initially popular, though its politicised lyrics did not find universal approval: Bowie described one song as " a simplistic, naive, radical, laying-it-down about the emergence of neo-Nazis "; in the view of biographer Christopher Sandford, " It took nerve to denounce drugs, fascism and TV [...] in terms that reached the literary level of a comic book.

Also in 1979 Rhino Records released Devotees, a tribute album, containing a set of covers of the band's songs interspersed with renditions of popular songs in Devo's style.

After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.

For the band's fourth album, Eldorado, A Symphony, a concept album about a daydreamer, Lynne stopped overdubbing strings and hired an orchestra and choir instead.

The new logo appeared on most of the band's album covers in various forms.

It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT.