2001
Acts Formed
Alexisonfire
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Post-Hardcore
Arcade Fire
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Indie Rock
Audioslave
Glendale, California, USA
Hard Rock
Chromatics
Portland, Oregon, USA
Synth-Pop
Deerhunter
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Neo-Psychedelia
Fall Out Boy
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Pop Punk
Funeral for a Friend
Bridgend, Wales
Post-Hardcore
Gang Gang Dance
New York, New York, USA
Neo-Psychedelia
Hope Sandoval &
the Warm Inventions
Dream Pop
LCD Soundsystem
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Dance Punk
Little Brother
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Alternative Hip Hop
M83
Antibes, France
Synth-Pop
My Chemical
Romance
New Jersey, USA
Emo
Sparta
El Paso, Texas, USA
Post-Hardcore
The Black Keys
Akron, Ohio, USA
Garage Rock
The Killers
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Pop Rock
The Mars Volta
El Paso, Texas, USA
Prog Rock
The Mountaineers
Hope, Wales
Neo-Psychedelia
The Postal Service
Seattle, Washington, USA
Indietronica
The Thrills
Dublin, Ireland
Indie Pop
TV on the Radio
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Art Rock
January 9th
The iTunes Media Player is launched.
January 26th
There is a crowd crush at the Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia. One person later died from their injuries. The crush occured during a set by Limp Bizkit. Previously, At the Drive-In had left the stage after playing for only 10 minutes due to aggressive crowd behaviour.
February 17th
In a first for a Western band, Manic Street Preachers play in communist Cuba.
February 21st - Grammy Awards
Album of the Year: Steely Dan - Two Against Nature
Song of the Year: U2 - Beautiful Day
March 13th
Daft Punk - Discovery is released.
March 18th
John Phillips, of The Mamas and the Papas, dies at 65 of heart failure.
April 3rd
Mariah Carey signs an $80m deal with Virgin Records.
April 10th
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part is released.
April 15th
Joey Ramone, of The Ramones, dies at 49 of cancer.
May 15th
Tool - Lateralus is released.
July 2nd
Napster shuts down.
July 19th
Ol' Dirty Bastard is found guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He is sentenced to between two and four years in prison.
August 3rd
Whitney Houston signs a $100m deal with Arista Records.
August 27th
Bjork - Vespertine is released.
September 4th
System of a Down - Toxicity is released.
September 11th - Mercury Prize
Best British Album: PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
October 23rd
The iPod is launched.
November 29th
George Harrison, of The Beatles, dies at 58 from cancer.
December 12th
Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, formerly of Nirvana, sue Courtney Love in order to remove her from the board overseeing Nirvana's affairs. The dispute is eventually settled out of court.
December 18th
Nas - Stillmatic is released.
