big budget album recording

Loved yr story.

They seem to have some criteria similar to the book. Switched record companies, replaced bass player and drummer before the new album came out. Also had a minor hit in 2000 and started recording in 2002.

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/06/02/class-payne.php

"In classic major-label style, whatever supporters Tsar had at Hollywood ultimately departed the label, leaving the band adrift and vulnerable to attack. While Hollywood did get a new head of A&R who was, according to Whalen, a true music lover and very fond of Tsar, the label’s head honchos were so out of touch that the band felt like they were living in a purgatory-like limbo."