At the time, the album had sold 112,000 copies since its release. On May 23, 2006, it was reported that Taproot had parted ways with Atlantic Records after disappointing sales of Blue-Sky Research. as headliners, and is notable for taking the then-unknown Flyleaf along as the opening act for the three bands. They also participated in the Fall Brawl Tour, which featured Staind and P.O.D. Prior to the headline tour, the band acted as direct support to Chevelle on their tour alongside Thirty Seconds to Mars. Taproot headlined a major tour with Evans Blue and From Satellite to promote the album's release. The single "Calling" (written with Jonah Matranga, who wrote the bulk of the lyric and melody thinking of Far), was used by WWE as the theme song for the 2005 pay-per-view " Unforgiven". It debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard 200, with approximately 28,000 first-week sales. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins assisted in songwriting on the album, which was produced by Toby Wright. Returning from their hiatus, the band released their third studio album, Blue-Sky Research, on August 16, 2005. Welcome is Taproot's most successful album to date, achieving near gold status, with approximately 475,000 copies sold.Īfter touring across the country on Disturbed's Music as a Weapon Tour, as well as a European tour, the band took a two-year break. The album's second single, "Mine", followed with more moderate success. "Poem" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100. Much of this was due to the success of the album's first single, "Poem", which shot to No. 5 on the Mainstream Rock charts. Considered to be a more melodic effort, the album debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard 200, selling over 51,000 copies in its first week of release. With the help of Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack, Taproot landed a spot on the second stage of the 20 Ozzfest tour.Īfter spending seven months in Los Angeles, the band released their second album Welcome on October 15, 2002. With the album's lead single "Again & Again" gaining heavy exposure through MTV2, the band's mainstream rise gained momentum. The band released their debut album Gift on June 27, 2000. All the luck, brother, fuck you." (The message left by Fred Durst on Stephen Richards' answering machine) Gift and Welcome (2000–2004)
You're learning right now exactly how to ruin your career before it gets started. Don't fucking show up at my shows cause if you do, you're gonna get fucked. You need to be associated with somebody in this business, to put you out there and believe in you. You're gonna fucking learn from this time right here I hope you let your band know that you just fucked yourself. Your manager slings our name around, he's gonna be blackballed and probably be erased, and you will, too. Your association with Limp Bizkit doesn't exist. Took you under my wing, brought you to my house, talked about you on FM radio and press, and you embarrassed me and the Interscope family. You don't ever bite the hand that feeds in this business, bro. Something More Than Nothing (1998), Mentobe (1998) and Upon Us (1999). Taproot later went on to independently release three albums. In retaliation, Durst also kicked System of a Down off the 1999 Family Values Tour. He also put some blame on System of a Down, who assisted Taproot in securing the Atlantic deal. Durst heavily cursed the band on vocalist Stephen Richards' answering machine. However, after extended negotiations, Taproot looked elsewhere, where they finally landed a lucrative record deal with Atlantic Records. Impressed with their material, he offered to get them a recording contract through Interscope Records. In 1997, Taproot sent their demo to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. History Formation and independent releases (1997–1999)
1.1 Formation and independent releases (1997–1999).