20th Anniversary Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

‘Disintegrating As It Goes, Testing Our Communication’: 20 Years Of TOOL’s ‘Lateralus’

June 7, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, AEnima, Lateralus, Maynard James Keenan, Schism, Tool

Was this the band’s last great album or the beginning of their slow slide into the mundane?

Crab At The Booty: Weezer (Green Album) Turns 20

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Brian Bell, Hash Pipe, Island In The Sun, Mikey Welsh, Pat Wilson, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

The time has come for the band’s third LP to be deemed a masterpiece

Heavy Metal Southern Rock

The Beatles of Boogie Metal

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Elyse Steinman, Greg Strzempka, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Raging Slab, Rick Rubin, Tee Pee Records, The Dealer, ZZ Top

Raging Slab’s overlooked comeback album The Dealer At 20

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hip Hop Rap

‘Enough To Hold You To The Brightest Of Lights’: Celebrating 20 Years Of Atmosphere’s ‘Lucy Ford’

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Ant, Atmosphere, Husker Du, Lucy Ford, Minneapolis, Prince, Rhymesayers, Slug, The Replacements

Originally intended as a tour-only special release, its national distribution changed everything for the premier Minneapolis hip-hop crewalmost immediately

Experimental Indie Rock Surf

On the Spectrum

November 26, 2020November 27, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, A Spectrum of Infinite Scale, Gerry Rafferty, Man Or Astroman?, Steve Albini, Surf guitar, Touch and Go Records

Man or Astroman’s forever drummer Birdstuff talks turkey about their undersung, Albini-produced 2000 album A Spectrum of Infinite Scale at 20

Funk Hip Hop Rap Soul

Youth Full of Fire Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go: OutKast’s Stankonia Turns 20

November 2, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Aquemini, Big Boi, Billy Ocean, Dungeon Family, Goodie Mob, OutKast, Sir Lucius Leftfoot, Stankonia

The Atlanta duo’s career-definining fourth LP was the sweet sound of gasoline poured on the American Dream

Pop Punk

Unsung Against the Mold: Green Day’s Insomniac and Warning Turn 25 and 20

October 28, 2020October 29, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1995, 2000, 20th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Basket Case, Billie Joe Armstrong, Brain Stew, Green Day, Insomniac, Mike Dirnt, Minority, She, Tre Cool, Warning

Looking back-to-back at two key classics from the pop-punk lifers

Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

‘Tell Us, Is The Black Box Lying?’ – At The Drive-In’s Relationship Of Command At 20

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, At The Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Grand Royal, Invalid Litter Dept, Jim Ward, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, One Armed Scissor

The El Paso band’s third album and sole Grand Royal classic ushered in a new era of aggression for the 21st Century

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

My Baby Needs A Shepherd: Red Dirt Girl Turns 20

September 17, 2020November 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Nonesuch, Patti Scialfa, Patty Griffin, Red Dirt Girl, Wrecking Ball

Emmylou Harris dug deep and struck Grammy gold with her country-folk classic

Folk Indie Rock

Business Womyn of the New Millennium

August 6, 2020 Nikki Wertheim 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Neil Young, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, This Business of Art, Vapor Records

How ProTools and Neil Young helped put Tegan and Sara over in the year 2000

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo North Americana Punk

History To The Defeated: Left and Leaving at 20

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Greg Smith, Jason Tait, John K. Samson, Left and Leaving, Propagandhi, Red Fisher, Stephen Carroll, The Weakerthans

On their classic second album, The Weakerthans shored up on their strengths as a prominent band in their own right

Alternative Rock Heavy Metal New Wave

Pregnant With All This Space: Deftones’ White Pony at 20

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Abe Cunningham, Black Flag, Chi Cheng, Chino Moreno, Deftones, Radiohead, Sade, Suicidal Tendencies, White Pony

Why the art metal band’s third album is still their best

Hip Hop Rap

Once Upon A Time: Fantastic Vol. 2 at 20

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Baatin, Detroit, Fantastic Vol. 2, J. Dilla, Jay Dee, Slum Village, T3

Looking back at the album that introduced Slum Village to the world at large

Britpop

I’m Hoping I Don’t Freeze Here: The Hour of Bewilderbeast at 20

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Damon Gough, Doves, Elliott Smith, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Travis

How the first Badly Drawn Boy album set the scene for 21st Century Post Britpop

Hip Hop

Ghostface Killah and The Art of Storytelling Pt. 10304

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Def Jam, Dennis Coles, Hassan, Inspectah Deck, Ironman, Juju, Mathematics, Supreme Clientele, The Beatnuts, Tony Starks, Wu-Tang Clan

Still the quintessential solo masterpiece from the man AKA Tony Starks, AKA The Wally Champ, AKA Starsky Love, Supreme Clientele turns 20

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