Combining incredibly fast, catchy, melodic punk rock with a trademark sense of juvenile, irreverent toilet humour, Blink-182 formed in Poway, California, in 1992 amidst the…
Browsing: Music – 2000s
The Corr siblings first officially banded together in 1991 to try out for roles in Alan Parker’s musical comedy/drama film The Commitments. All four won…
Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood first met as freshmen at Williams College in Massachusetts, where they played in various college bands together. In 1995, they…
Formed in Battle, East Sussex, in 1995, Keane struggled to find momentum when their original guitarist, Dominic Scott, left in 2001, until they decided to…
Formed in London in 1997, The Libertines – all long, shabby hair and beer-stained biker jackets – became the torchbearers of the UK garage rock…
Formed in Melbourne in 1994, initially as a cover band called Runaway Boys (named after a song from the Stray Cats’ debut album), this Australian trio…
American band The Strokes formed in New York City in 1998. Singer Julian Casablancas and bassist Nikolai Fraiture had been close friends since they met…
Taxiride formed in Melbourne (Australia) in 1996, with singer-songwriters Tim Watson and Tim Wild. Jason Singh and Dan Hall soon joined them, and they recorded…
The Vines formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1994 when co-founders Craig Nicholls (vocals/guitar) and Patrick Matthews (bass) met while working together at a local McDonald’s.…