Episode 23 - The Year 2002

This episode looks back at 2002. It was the start of a tidal wave of new rock music that took inspirations from the 70s, 80s and 90s in equal measure. The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol and Yeah Yeah Yeahs would direct music fans’ attention to the fledgling New York music scene. And in the span of a decade, a new mania would take hold and this scene would flame out like so many before it, but until then we rock fans enjoyed while it lasted. And the United Kingdom was just was busy. There’s an argument to be made that the garage rock and post-punk revival was even better over there in the mid 00s. Outside of music, 2002 was also a year of many broad cultural changes. See, a certain event happened in New York City on September 11 2001 that changed the landscape of politics, culture, travel and the world in general. We were living in a “post 9/11 world”, and popular culture started to reflect that. This episode covers Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, And You will know us from the Trail of Dead, The Libertines, Interpol, The Vines doing their best Nirvana impression, Weezer, Broken Social Scene and Audioslave. All capped off by a "new" single from Nirvana released in October 2002, after Dave Grohl, Kris Novoselic, and Courtney Love were able to settle their legal differences and let the official recording of "You Know You're Right" be released into the wild. 

Original airdate: December 14, 2024. 

1. Foo Fighters - Times Like These
2. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - How Near, How Far
3. Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow
4. Weezer - Keep Fishin'
5. Chevelle - Send the Pain Below
6. Audioslave - Show Me How to Live
7. Filter - Where Do We Go From Here
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
9. The Vines - Get Free
10. The Libertines - Horror Show
11. Hot Hot Heat - No, Not Now
12. Interpol - PDA
13. Broken Social Scene - Stars And Sons
14. The Raveonettes - Beat City
15. Nirvana - You Know You're Right