post-grunge

2002
Matchbox Twenty was released

Additional recording at Bearsville Studios and Hit Factory in New York and was released on November 19, 2002.

Audioslave debut album

The band’s debut album, Audioslave , was released on November 19, 2002, and entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 7 after selling 162,000 copies in its first week. It was certified gold within a month of release, and by 2006 achieved triple platinum status. It remains the most successful…
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Foo Fighters The album was released in October 2002 under the title One by One

The album was released in October 2002 under the title One by One . Singles from the album included ” All My Life “, ” Times Like These “, ” Low “, and ” Have It All “. The tour for the album included a headline performance at the 2002…
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Idlewild (band) On 30 September 2002, Idlewild took to the stage in Cologne with

On 30 September 2002, Idlewild took to the stage in Cologne with their guitar tech Alex Grant playing bass instead of Bob Fairfoull , with Woomble commenting during the show that Fairfoull had left the band. On 3 October, Idlewild officially announced the departure of Fairfoull due to “personal problems”.…
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Breaking Benjamin first full-length major-label record

Shortly afterward, Breaking Benjamin began recording their first full-length major-label record, Saturate , which was released on August 27, 2002, and produced by Ulrich Wild .

Seether In August 2002, Seether launched their first official album

In August 2002, Seether launched their first official album, Disclaimer , which earned the band three singles: ” Fine Again “, “Driven Under”, and ” Gasoline “, in which only the first managed significant success. “Fine Again” was also included in the video games Madden NFL 2003 in 2002 and…
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Blur (band) concerted work started in June 2002

concerted work started in June 2002, with the sessions moving to Marrakesh , Morocco soon after, and then to Devon back in the UK.

Avril Lavigne Lavigne released Let Go in June 2002 in the US, where it reached

Lavigne released Let Go in June 2002 in the US, where it reached number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It peaked at number one in Australia, Canada, and the UK—this made Lavigne, at 17 years old, the youngest female soloist to have a number-one album on the UK…
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Audioslave rough mixes

Meanwhile, 13 rough mixes of songs the band had created months previously were leaked to peer-to-peer filesharing networks in May 2002, under the names Civilian or the Civilian Project. According to Morello, the songs were unfinished and, in some cases, “weren’t even the same lyrics, guitar solos, performances of any…
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12 Stones Broken

“Broken” (also from the self-titled album) served as the official theme song for WWE ‘s WWE Judgment Day pay-per-view in May 2002.