The band was founded in 2002 by bassist and keyboardist Jeremy Dawson and vocalist and guitarist Chad Petree. Both knew each other for years growing up in Shawnee, Oklahoma , and they had worked together on previous music projects such as Cloud2Ground and Slyder. After these projects, they went underground…
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Opium was re-released in 2002 as KMFDM001 on the band’s new label, KMFDM Records
In 2002 New Order released the single ” Here to Stay “, produced by the Chemical Brothers , which also featured on the soundtrack to the Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People . The film depicts the rise and fall of Factory Records and features portrayals of the band.…
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Kindercore Records folded in 2002, shortly after the release of Aldhils Arboretum , and Gonzales and Almstead left the band. Barnes took to writing and performing their 2004 album Satanic Panic in the Attic mostly by themselves. It was released by Polyvinyl Records . In 2005 The Sunlandic Twins was…
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In 2002, Curve released the internet-only fifth studio album The New Adventures of Curve and various download-only tracks via their official site.
A fictionalised depiction of Happy Mondays is featured in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People , with Danny Cunningham as Shaun Ryder and Paul Popplewell as Paul Ryder. Paul Ryder himself had a cameo role in the film as a gangster and Rowetta appeared in the film as herself.
On 7 December 2001 the band released the single ” 911 “, a collaboration with the hip-hop group D12 (without Eminem ) and the singer Terry Hall of the Specials about the September 11 attacks .
The album was followed by the B-sides compilation G-Sides released in December 2001.
A 45-track box set of Nirvana rarities was scheduled for release in October 2001.
In October 2001, the band released their second album, Feminist Sweepstakes .