Konk (album) lot in his life, and being in a band doesn't help that kind of stuff." Rafferty's departure made the band consider splitting up, but they soon reconvened with Dan Logan, formerly of Cat the Dog, a fellow Brighton band that also shared management with The Kooks. On 2 March 2008, Logan participated in a Mike Crossey-produced recording session at RAK Studios that yielded RAK, a nine-song disc that was packaged with the special edition of "Konk". "Konk" was released on 11 April 2008 and went on to debut on the UK Albums Chart at number one with first week sales
Unified Theory (band) Candlebox released first album in ten years entitled "Into the Sun", which featured additional drums previously recorded by Krusen. After befriending singer Travis Warren, who was interested in having Smith and Thorn produce his music, the trio, along with former Blind Melon members Rogers Stevens and Glen Graham, began working with Warren on new songs and announced the reformation of Blind Melon in 2006. They toured from October 8–22 in 2007, and released their first studio album, since "Soup", entitled "For My Friends" on April 22, 2008. The band performed at the MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert and announced plans