In 2001, I was 11 years old and started actively listening to music for the first time. Alternative rock was my genre of choice, so I gravitated toward WHFS in Washington DC (I may post playlists from that station when I'm done going through my Live 105 journals.) Over Christmas break, my family and I flew out to the Bay Area (less than a year before I became a permanent resident here), so the station I listened to the most during my 11 or so days here was Live 105, the closest thing to WHFS in San Francisco.
Of course, the Live 105 of 2001 was a very different station. They had a different program director, promoted themselves as "the new rock alternative" (Like many other alt-rock stations at the time), and played a lot of what was popular in those days- which just so happened to be rap metal and pop-punk. It's definitely a lot less unique than the station has been at any other point in its history (even now), but a new program director and the emergence of indie/garage rock just a few months later meant the tide would change considerably.
As I was logging songs into these journals back in 2006, I wanted to contrast the difference between the Live 105 of 2006 and the Live 105 I first heard. I reflected on that visit and wrote down all the songs I remembered hearing. Since this was done by memory, it may not be 100% accurate and there may be songs I heard and then forgot about, but I made it a point to write down only the songs I know I heard, so take it for what it's worth. This isn't in chronological order as it happened over the course of several days, but in the order that I wrote them down in 2006. Whether it was the big hits or recurrents, this was Live 105 in December of 2001. (If you want to see what the station was like for the rest of the year, click
here.)
Cypress Hill- Rock Superstar
Nickelback- How You Remind Me
Pearl Jam- Alive
P.O.D.- Alive (No joke. These two were back to back.)
Coldplay- Trouble
U2- New Year's Day
Beck- Loser
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Give it Away
311- Down
Puddle of Mudd- Blurry
The Offspring- Defy You
System of a Down- Chop Suey
Foo Fighters- The One
Sublime- Doin' Time
Papa Roach- Last Resort
Chemical Brothers- Block Rockin' Beats
Lit- My Own Worst Enemy
Tool- Schism
Creed- One
Foo Fighters- Everlong
The Offspring- Self Esteem
Pearl Jam- Corduroy
Creed- My Sacrifice
Limp Bizkit- Break Stuff
The Strokes- Last Nite
Foo Fighters- I'll Stick Around
Linkin Park- Runaway
Alice in Chains- Would?
Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal
Marcy Playground- Sex and Candy
Nirvana- In Bloom
Metallica- Enter Sandman
At the Drive-In- One Armed Scissor
Incubus- Nice to Know You
Korn- Got the Life
Green Day- She
Run DMC- Christmas in Hollis
South Park cast- Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo
