It's been 10 years since Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights was released

The double disk 10th anniversary edition of Interpol's amazing first LP Turn on The Bright Lights comes out next week.  First of all, that's awesome news. Most importantly though, what the hell happened to all that time. It was just yesterday I was living in Silver Lake pre-hipster invasion and getting overwhelmed with all the new alt bands in the scene. Oh yeah, Spaceland was still called Spaceland.  Good old days.

Anyhow, with the thought of this album release, I went back and looked at what other great music came out in 2002. I know personally as a huge Joy Division fan, nothing had more impact that year on me than Interpol.  It was like a consolation prize for losing Ian Curtis so early.  I'm still mad at you Mr. Curtis for not allowing your fans that weren't old enough to listen to your music a chance to see you sing live.

"Obstacle 1" was the first track I ever heard from Interpol.  Still as good as the day I first heard it.  10 years. Damn.

I remember that same year hearing Hot Hot Heat live and grabbing this LP at their show.  I think they performed at the Troubador.   Another 2002 jam in my book.

And then there was a solid outing by Supergrass with Life On Other Planets LP.  I've always dug their retro sound.  And their videos were always clever.

"The District Sleeps Along Tonight" video by Postal Service introduced us to Silver Lake hipsters. Awww, if we could only go back like the Terminator and make that go away.  Not sure why, but this song actually sounds dated now. Not in a bad way, but just dated. 

At The Drive-In broke up in 2000.  Sparta and The Mars Volta rose from those ashes.  Sparta came out with their first LP Wiretap Scars in 2002.  This album has really aged well in my opinion. I think Sparta stuck closer to the At The Drive-In sound and might be why I personally enjoyed their music more.

Polyphonic Spree also put out their LP The Beginning Stages Of... in 2002.  This album really put this band on the map for me. I'm still surprised they're from Dallas. How does a band sounding like this come from Dallas? Really, folks. I'm originally from that area. Can't imagine that.

In my humble opinion, the best LP of 2002 belonged to a band I had yet to discover that year. I ended up hearing this LP in 2003. Lucero is the name and Tennessee LP is the game.   What an amazing little album.  Every song is memorable.  I struggle to remember lyrics but this LP drives them in your head with it's simple brilliance.

There are a bunch of other great bands with LP's that year like New Amsterdams, Bright Eyes, French Kicks, Frou Frou, Gorillaz, Idlewild, Jets To Brazil, Marah, Paul Westerberg, Postal Service, Radio 4, Hot Hot Heat, Trail of the Dead, The Walkmen and Flogging Molly but I don't have time to dig up videos for all of them.  And no I haven't forgotten the Coldplay album that became a movie trailer staple in the years following called Rush of Blood to Your Head.  Love or hate them, they were made for movie trailers. How many commercials and trailers did we all hear "The Scientist" on?