Amends

Amends is the third studio album by American rock band Grey Daze composed of Chester Bennington's vocals from the 1990s over newly recorded instrumentals. "What's in the Eye" was released as the first single from the project on January 17, 2020, and was co-produced by Chris Traynor, Kyle Hoffman and Jay Baumgardner. The second single, "Sickness", featuring Page Hamilton and produced by Pete Nappi, was released on February 6. The release of the album was postponed from April 10 to June 26 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Background Tentatively titled "New Sun Tomorrow", the project was started in February 2017. The album was announced in June by bassist Mace Bayers as a remaster of "...No Sun Today" and they would be working on with Sylvia Massy. The band had previously tried to release a remastered version of the album through Artemis Records in 2003 but conflicts with lawyers within Linkin Park's label Warner Bros. Records prohibited the release. The original versions of "Wake Me" and "...No Sun Today" were also available on iTunes up to 2005 before they were removed. Linkin Park's discography arrived to the digital store in 2006. The news about the album came with the announcement of a Grey Daze reunion show at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, AZ. According to drummer Sean Dowell, it was Bennington's idea to put the band together for a Club Tattoo 20th anniversary party and they had started getting offers to play at festivals all over the world. Jason Barnes, who played guitar on "Wake Me", was announced as part of the band's line-up for the show and was seen recording in the studio. He was responsible for finding the original masters of the band's debut album. They had just started to strip the masters down and re-track the guitars when the project was put on hold following Bennington's sudden death on July 20. Members of Grey Daze and Dead by Sunrise/Julien-K teamed up for a special acoustic performance on September 2 at the Saxe Theater in Las Vegas in honor of Bennington. "The Down Syndrome" and two Dead by Sunrise songs were performed with Ryan Shuck on vocals.