Touring and Promotion
A music video was produced for the opening track, "Brick by Brick." It was posted online in May 2003 and found minimal airplay on Fuse TV. "Celebrate," a heavy cover of the Rare Earth hit, was released to radio on June 23 as a follow-up single. However, several tracks off the album garnered circulation on Muzak's satellite radio station, Power Rock. The song "Let 'Em Know" was also featured in the video game True Crime: Streets of LA.
The band joined Spineshank for a club tour schedule in the spring before taking a Second Stage slot on Ozzfest 2003. Suspicion rose, however, when Grade 8 and Depswa abruptly left the tour in mid August. Early reports cited an apparent loss of tour support funds which was not commented on by the bands' publicists. It was also noted that neither Grade 8 nor Depswa had managed to sell 10,000 copies of the latest albums upon leaving Ozzfest, suggesting that their record labels, unsatisfied with their commercial success, had discontinued their tour support. Both bands joined Chimaira for a few club shows in late August.
Shortly after this, Grade 8 was dropped from Lava after bassist Tim Tooker and drummer Michael Blankenship were fired frontman Dustin Tooker.
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