[4] The band took a break from touring in early 2002 to move to Los Angeles and start recording sessions for Go.

[7] The process started with Scannell writing material in solitude, and then presenting his ideas to the rest of the band.

[4] Upon a couple of weeks of rehearsing, the band began recording alongside music producer John Shanks.

However, the exception to the process was the track "Forever", which was added at the last minute in the initial recording sessions; where they started with Scannel's vocals and guitar, and then filled in the drums and bass afterwards.

"[3] The combination of RCA's troubles and Davis's low opinion would delay the album over a year, until September 2003.

[4][9] The album's production was wrapped up with mixing by Ben Grosse and Chris Lord-Alge along with mastering by Ted Jensen.

[8] Part of the inspiration for this approach were the difficult Everything You Want sessions, where band members stressed out over every little detail of the album.

"[8] The band resolved to go with their instinct rather that worrying excessively, something they felt they had honed through two and a half years of touring since the last time they had recorded in the studio.

"[8] Scannell stated that, while none of the tracks overtly reference the September 11 attacks, the event did influence this mentality as well, having an important effect on his inspiration and emotions during the creation of the album.

It's really important in the big sense in a post 9/11 world to make sure we all live our life in a way where we feel good about it.

[15] The band was featured on television on multiple instances during the album's initial week of release, including appearances on CBS Weekend, CNN, Fox News and WGN.

[16] The band cited lack of support from their record label, with Scannell stating: "Clive Davis had just taken over RCA Records and we knew he was not a fan of our band and certainly didn’t like me or our music much...We knew this album was going to virtually end up stillborn.

"[17]On June 28, 2005, Hybrid Recordings, the label owned by Sony BMG, which bought out RCA in 2004 re-released Go as Go 2.0.