BONUS: Live 105's top 20 Soundcheck bands of 2002

Yet another Wayback Machine find. There's a tiny bit of overlap with the 2001 list, and of course, there are some more bands that became bigger in 2003.

And once again, the formatting is wonky because I copied this from an old webpage.

1. The Strokes 2. The White Stripes 3. The Hives 4. The Vines 5. Queens of the Stone Age 6. Interpol 7. The Donnas 8. Sparta 9. Sleater-Kinney 10. Clinic 11. The Pattern 12. And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead 13. The Used 14. The Distillers 15. The D4 16. Sahara Hotnights 17. Hot Hot Heat 18. Division of Laura Lee 19. Finch 20. Tsunami Bomb

BONUS: Live 105's Top 25 Soundcheck Bands of 2001

Oh, the things you find on The Wayback Machine. Soundcheck is Live 105's weekly new music show, hosted by Music Director Aaron Axelsen, that's been airing since 1998. I don't know if they've done an artist retrospective every year, but they certainly did in 2001. It's interesting how most of these bands went on to something bigger (especially AFI, who the station was an early supporter of and would have their mainstream breakthrough less than two years later.)

Sorry about the wonky formatting. This is what happens when you copy directly from an old webpage.

1. AFI
2. The Strokes
3. Jimmy Eat World
4. Radiohead
5. System of a Down
6. Gorillaz
7. The Faint
8. Rival Schools
9. Saves the Day
10. New End Original
11. Linkin Park
12. Creeper Lagoon
13. New Found Glory
14. Alkaline Trio
15. The Avalanches
16. Alien Ant Farm
17. Ash
18. Element of Surprise
19. Pennywise
20. The White Stripes
21. H2O
22. Mudvayne
23. B.R.M.C. (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
24. The Donnas
25. Dashboard Confessional