The Manics headlined the 2001 Reading and Leeds Festival .
Following Buck’s death, 10,000 Maniacs took a break. Gustafson and Drew, with Jeff Erickson, started a band named The Mighty Wallop! . Augustyniak joined a band named Only Humen. On December 5, 2001, a 10,000 Maniacs line-up comprising Gustafson, Drew, Augustyniak, Lombardo and Ramsey played a benefit concert in Toronto,…
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During the band’s hiatus, David Usher continued to record solo, releasing Morning Orbit in 2001, Hallucinations in 2003, If God Had Curves in 2005, Strange Birds in 2007, Wake Up and Say Goodbye in 2008, The Mile End Sessions in 2010, and Songs from the Last Day on Earth in…
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In 2001, Zeno released Wipers Box Set , which included the first three Wipers albums, which by that time had been long out-of-print, along with the songs from the Alien Boy EP and additional previously unreleased material. Jackpot Records and Sage later reissued Is This Real?, Youth of America and…
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Deftones began work on their fourth album under the working title Lovers . Regarding the album’s direction, Cheng commented, “We’ve proven that we can musically go in any direction we want, and we want to get kind of heavy on this one”. Moreno underwent vocal training as a precaution after…
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In late 2001, unreleased tracks from the Toxicity sessions made their way onto the Internet.
Over the next two years, Dredg toured mostly within California, slowly expanding their fan base. The band began sending out a demo tape to several labels with four new songs intended for their next album, “Of the Room”, “Redrawing the Island Map”, “Running Through Propellers” and “The Papal Insignia”. In…
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In 2001, Smash Mouth covered the Monkees ‘ hit song ” I’m a Believer “. It peaked at number 25 on the Billboard hot 100 and was featured on both the soundtrack for Shrek (along with “All Star”) and their self-titled album which was released on November 21, 2001. The…
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2001 also saw little activity as Buck-Tick, with only two concerts held. They returned to Korea for the Soyo Rock Festival on July 29, where they were drenched with rain during their set, and held their first Day in Question concert at the Nippon Budokan on December 29. Instead, Sakurai…
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 the album won an award for ‘Best Independent Release’.