Fear Factory plays industrial metal with real drums, Natalie Merchant goes solo and the Chemical Brothers debut. Then Queens of the Stone Age get weird, Modest Mouse gets more polished, Cursive goes High Concept, Deftones go British, the White Stripes don't break just yet and Badly Drawn Boy figures out American indie rock.

 

25th Anniversary of Demanufacture by Fear Factory

25th Anniversary of Tigerlily by Natalie Merchant

25th Anniversary of Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

20th Anniversary of Rated R by Queens of the Stone Age

20th Anniversary of The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse

20th Anniversary of Domestica by Cursive

20th Anniversary of White Pony by Deftones

20th Anniversary of De Stijl by The White Stripes

20th Anniversary of Hour of the Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy