On 18 November 2008 the band released The BBC Sessions, which features songs from the period of 1996 – 2001 ( including the last recordings featuring Isobel Campbell before she left the band ), along with a second disc featuring a recording of a live performance in Belfast from Christmas 2001.

* Chimera ( Aria album ), а 2001 album by Russian heavy metal band Aria

* Dark Star ( band ), an English psychedelic rock band, 1998 – 2001

In October 2001, Bowie opened The Concert for New York City, a charity event to benefit the victims of the September 11 attacks, with a minimalist performance of Simon & Garfunkel's " America ", followed by a full band performance of " Heroes ".

It features mostly new material, plus re-recordings of four very obscure Devo songs: " I Need A Chick " and " I Been Refused " ( from Hardcore Devo: Volume Two ), " Find Out " ( which appeared on the single and EP of " Peek-A-Boo " in 1982 ), and " Beehive " ( which was recorded by the band in 1974, at which point it was apparently abandoned with the exception of one appearance at a special show in 2001 ).

In October 2001, he again released two albums: Songs I Heard, featuring big band re-workings of children's show themes, and 30, featuring Connick on piano with guest appearances by several other musical artists.

Jeffry Ross Hyman ( May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001 ), best known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was an American musician, vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones.

Alt-rock band The Cooper Temple Clause formed a kabbadi team in 2001 and were, at one stage, ranked seventh in the British domestic standings.

The experiences and performances of the precocious band were documented in its first DVD, Frat Party at the Pankake Festival, which debuted in November 2001.

* Mullet Fever, the fifth album by Canadian grindcore band Fuck the Facts originally released in 2001

A 2001 autobiography entitled The Dirt packaged the band as " the world's most notorious rock band ".

" Longtime fan Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins played guitar and sang back-up on the track " Turn My Way ", and in 2001 toured with the band on dates in the UK, US, and Japan for a short period of time.

In early 2001 he announced to his band mates that he was ready to once again enter the studio and get back into the business of making music.

The band released The Photograph Kills EP in 1995 as well as three full length records, Gaslight ( 1998 ), Bastard Life or Clarity ( 2001 ) and Other Ways of Speaking ( 2003 ).

In 2001 the band came to the US for major press, radio and TV appearances for the Bastard Life or Clarity release and returned Stubbs in Austin, Texas to kick off a sold out US tour with dates in Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City and the last show at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

In 2001, Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace released an album, titled Spiritual Machines, based on Kurzweil's book.

By 2001, the flat band slingshot had disappeared from commercial production in favour of the tubular band.

To date, the band has recorded seven studio albums: Tormented ( 1996 ), Dysfunction ( 1999 ), Break the Cycle ( 2001 ), 14 Shades of Grey ( 2003 ), Chapter V ( 2005 ), The Illusion of Progress ( 2008 ), and their self-titled album ( 2011 ).

** Has been reformed in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Following the US-led invasion and the removal of the Taliban in late 2001, the military of Afghanistan is being rebuilt and reformed by NATO military alliance, mainly by the United States Armed Forces.

The band reformed in 2001, and has been playing regularly ever since, most notably on the US East Coast around St Patrick's Day and across the UK and Ireland every December.

The reformed group issued more albums, including new studio albums Future Road in November 1997 ( which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart ) and Morningtown Ride to Christmas ( which reached the top 20 in 2001 ).

The band split in 1981 and reformed in 2001.

After a period in which they had little control over their music, they disappeared for thirty years, reformed in 1999, then resumed as a recording and touring band in 2001.

After disbanding in 1994, the band reformed in 2001.

In the 2001 – 02 season the team managed by Tim Harris reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time since the club was reformed, drawing Second Division side Blackpool.

After folding, they reformed as Ironi Ness Ziona in 2001, and since then have reverted to their former name and reached Liga Leumit, the second tier.

In the first episode of the fourth season ( 2001 – 2002 ), " Charmed Again ( Part 1 )", we are introduced to Paige who is a reformed alcoholic in her early twenties working for South Bay Social Services as an assistant and would-be social worker.

The 1997 Constitution and the reformed administrative division of 1999 required a revision of the electoral system, which was passed in April 2001.

The Pogues and MacGowan reformed for a sell-out tour in 2001 and each year from 2004 to 2009 for further tours, including headline slots at Guilfest in England and the Azkena Rock Festival in Spain.

Canada has reformed its secrecy laws in 2001, adding the defence in its Security of Information Act.

The band reformed for a few gigs in 2000 ; in 2001 their rarities album Melbourne was released.

The band reformed briefly in 2001.

They reformed in 2001, signed to Tremolo, and released a full-length album, Homesick and Happy to be Here, two singles, and a maxi-CD ( see discography below ).

In May 2001, 51 RAF Regiment Squadron was reformed and now sits with 2622 Auxiliary Squadron under the newly formed 5 Force Protection Wing Headquarters at RAF Lossiemouth.

KMFDM reformed in 2001, though Schulz and Esch rejected Konietzko's offer to return to the fold.

Now reduced to a duo, Michael Grant and Dennis Seaton reformed Musical Youth in 2001, and planned a tour.

During the Clinton Administration ( 1993 – 2001 ), Vice President Al Gore adopted and reformed federal agencies using NPM approaches.

They reformed again in 2001 with Degville and Neal X, which resulted in the release of Piratespace.

In 2001 Faster Pussycat reformed featuring original members Downe ( vocals ), Muscat ( guitar ), Steele ( guitar ); alongside Downe's former Newlydeads bandmates Xristian Simon ( guitar ), Danny Nordahl ( bass ), and Chad Stewart ( drums ).

The government reformed under a new constitution in 2001 as the Union of the Comoros.

* Royal Ulster Constabulary – The United Kingdoms's paramilitary police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 – 2001 when it was reformed as the Police Service of Northern Ireland.