Diffuser

Diffuser formed on Long Island in 1994 with Tomas Costanza on guitar and vocals, Anthony Cangelosi on guitar, Lawrence Sullivan on bass and Billy Alemaghides on drums, though for their first stretch they went by Flu Thirteen. Under that name they put out a 7-inch, Edgar's Airwaves, and an album, Spin Cycle, then signed to The Medicine Label for a second album, In the Foul Key of V.

In 2001 major label Hollywood Records picked them up, the name changed to Diffuser, and Injury Loves Melody came out that year. "Karma" is the one that broke through, a punchy, heart-on-sleeve blast that landed on the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack and climbed to 20 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and 26 on Modern Rock Tracks.

In 2003 Sullivan and Alemaghides left, with Peter Schojan taking over bass and Dan Leo the drums. That March the band hit the road with Simple Plan, Gob and Madcap, and the second album, Making the Grade, followed in July, while "I Wonder" and "Get It On" turned up in that year's Freaky Friday.

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