In 2002, Loose (using a cane) returned for a one-off gig at Berkeley’s 924 Gilman Street space as “Not Flipper”. He stated that he had changed his name from Bruce Lose to Bruce Loose “because he wanted to be less negative”.
The day before the case was set to go to trial in October 2002, Love, Novoselic, and Grohl announced that they had reached a settlement.
After releasing a local EP that sold very well, Authority Zero released their debut album A Passage In Time in 2002 on Lava Records . The album featured a blend of genres including punk rock and reggae , with obvious Spanish and Portuguese influences. A Passage In Time included the…
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In 2002, the band left Sky Records and signed with Mimikajiru Records. The band released the single, “Niku Cup”, followed by a full-length album, Mimi Kajiru , in 2002. The EP Kusoban , released in 2004, featured heavy music mixed with light pop that has gained them mainstream attention. After…
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In 2002, the band was featured with D.R.I and The Eight Bucks Experiment on a seven-inch compilation record called F*#k You Punks vol.3 , with an anti-terrorist song called “Terrorista”.
The next month, the best-of compilation Nirvana was released
In 2002, the band released their fourth full-length album An American Paradox , their first release to appear in the Billboard 200 . The initial production run contained a bonus song entitled “Don’t Look Back”. A video was filmed for the song “Cemetery” and was included on several punk rock…
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In 2002, Goolsby also played bass for The Undead , the notable horror punk band featuring ex-Misfit Bobby Steele .
In Spring 2002, Green Day co-headlined the Pop Disaster Tour with Blink-182 , documented on the DVD Riding in Vans with Boys .
The album was recorded primarily during a 2002 session featuring the original lineup of Stevenson, Frank Navetta, and Tony Lombardo, with Milo Aukerman recording his lead vocals for the album at home in Delaware during the COVID-19 pandemic .