Conversation so far:
What are The Longnecks?
The Living End developed a side project, The Longnecks, to test out Strachan and new material for their third album, Modern ARTillery, without attracting wide public attention.
Did The Longnecks release any albums?
What is Modern ARTillery?
Modern Artillery (typeset as MODERN ARTillery) is the third album by the Australian Punk rock band the Living End.
Was the album Modern Artillery by The Living End successful?
ARIA publicised that Modern ARTillery had officially achieved Platinum status in Australia in November 2007.

Question: What else happened during this time?
Self-contained rewrite: What else happened with The Living End during 2002-2005?