Queen Boadicea features in the opening lyrics of the song " The Good Old Days " written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barat for British rock band The Libertines from their 2002 album " Up the bracket ", the line reads, " If Queen Boadicea is long dead and gone, Still then the spirit in her children's children's children, it lives on ".

In the 2000s, the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars released two concept albums, 30 Seconds to Mars ( 2002 ) and This Is War ( 2009 ).

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

* Eu Phoria, an active Japanese all girl pop / rock band formed in 2002

In 2002 the first multimedia messaging services ( MMS ) were introduced and the first GSM network in the 800 MHz frequency band became operational.

In 2002, the band produced an album — Vapor Trails — that was completely free of keyboards and synthesizers, featuring only voice, guitar, bass guitar, drums and percussion.

In 2002, the Ramones were voted the second greatest rock and roll band ever in Spin, trailing only The Beatles.

At the end of 2002, Uncle Kracker left the band to pursue a solo career, and Detroit underground rapper Paradime replaced him.

The band officially announced the production of a new studio album in December 2002, revealing its new work was inspired by the rocky region of Meteora in Greece, where numerous monasteries have been built on top of the rocks.

The band broke up twice, in 1996 and 2002, but reunited again in 2006.

Curt formed a new band in Austin, TX called the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra, but they changed their name to Meat Puppets for legal reasons and released a promotional EP entitled You Love Me in 1999, Golden Lies in 2000 and Live in 2002.

In 2002 he played on a CD Music Drama of the band " My Little Cheap Dictaphone " La Médiatheque de Belgique.

* Rock band The Flaming Lips perform the song " Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon ( Utopia Planitia )" on their 2002 release Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

* American progressive metal band Symphony X interprets multiple scenes of the epic in their song, The Odyssey ( 2002 ).

* Phrenology ( album ) is the fifth studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released November 26, 2002, on Geffen Records and MCA Records.

With the help of producer Paul Northfield the band returned in May 2002 with Vapor Trails, written and recorded in Toronto.

Despite having completely dropped out of the public eye for five years after the gold-selling Test for Echo ( which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 ) and the band being relegated almost solely to classic rock stations in the U. S., Vapor Trails reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in its first week of release in 2002 with 108, 000 albums sold.

*" Seneca Falls ", a song by the band The Distillers from their 2002 album Sing Sing Death House

" In 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The band played " Life During Wartime ", " Psycho Killer " and " Burning Down the House " together on March 18, 2002, at the ceremony of their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The band has won two Grammy Awards, one in 2002 for their song " Boss of Me ", which served as the theme to Malcolm in the Middle.

Tommy Womack, a singer / songwriter from Nashville, sings a mostly biographical song called " The Replacements " recounting the history and histrionics of the band on his 2002 Circus Town CD.

The last play-only cassette Walkman to be introduced ( in North America, at least ) was the WM-FX290, first sold in 2002, which also featured digital tuning, AM, FM, TV and weather band radio, operating on a single AA battery.

After the end of her solo tour, Nicks convened with the other members of the band for recording during 2002.

In 2002, Tork resumed working with his band Shoe Suede Blues.

Ain al-Yaqeen, a Saudi newspaper, reported in 2002 that Saudi funds may have contributed to building as many as 1, 500 mosques and 2, 000 other Islamic centers.

Common stock was issued in 1971 to railroads that contributed capital and equipment ; these shares convey almost no benefits but their current holders declined a 2002 buy-out offer by Amtrak.

Ain al-Yaqeen, a Saudi newspaper, reported in 2002 that Saudi funds may have contributed to building as many as 1, 500 mosques and 2, 000 other Islamic centers.

The analysis of their complex and contentious root causes contributed to the passage of SOX in 2002.

# The Mothman Prophecies ( contributed 1-minute " Collage ") ( Lakeshore Records, 2002 )

After the earthquake of 2002 some of the communities in Molise adopted a policy which contributed state money to individuals willing to make their homes more resistant to seismic activity.

* 2002 – contributed to the compilation album, When Love Speaks, which consists of Shakespearean sonnets and play excerpts – " Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises " and " Our revels are now ended " ( both from The Tempest )

In 2002, Horner and Jennings contributed a song for the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind.

On March 14, 2002, a sudden heavy fog played havoc with morning traffic and contributed to one of the worst traffic pileups in history ; 125 vehicles crashed on Interstate 75 North and four people died.

Between 1997 and 2002, he contributed artwork on fill-in issues ( or to jam issues ) of Crusades, The Dreaming, Flinch, House of Secrets, The Sandman Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams ..., Totems, Weird War Tales and Weird Western Tales.

He contributed to the multi-artist Transmetropolitan special " I Hate It Here " and provided three covers each to the on-going Transmetropolitan ( 2002 ) and Swamp Thing ( 2001 ); covered the complete Scarab ( 1993-4 ) miniseries, all 19 issues of Outlaw Nation and one issue each of the anthology titles Gangland, Heartthrobs and Weird War Tales.

As of the 2002, 2004, and 2006 election cycles, Del Monte has not contributed to Democratic candidates.

He contributed " Sonnet 55 " to the 2002 compilation album, When Love Speaks, which features famous actors and musicians interpreting Shakespeare's sonnets and play excerpts.

Warner contributed " Sonnet 25 " to the 2002 compilation album, When Love Speaks ( EMI Classics ), which consists of Shakespearean sonnets and play excerpts as interpreted by famous actors and musicians.

In 2002, Steve contributed to Lou Reed's concept album The Raven with the song " Broadway Song ", and poems " Old Poe " and " The Cask ".

In 2002, dead prez contributed to Red Hot + Riot, a compilation album created by the Red Hot Organization in tribute to the music and work of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.

Since globalization and physical restructuring have contributed to the competition and advent of low-cost offshore assembly in places such as China, and countries in Central America, maquiladoras in Mexico have been on the decline since 2000: According to federal sources, approximately 529 maquiladoras shut down and investment in assembly plants decreased by 8. 2 percent in 2002.

Like most large American companies, Bechtel and its employees have contributed large amounts of money to United States politicians ( over a million dollars in campaign contributions between 1999 and 2002 ).

Binzer contributed vocals to Paul Oakenfold's 2002 single Starry Eyed Surprise.

" Blatty's screenplay was later published in 2000 with commentary by English film critic Mark Kermode ( Kermode also contributed to the audio commentary and feauturette on the film's DVD release in 2002 ).

He also contributed " Sonnet 62 " to the 2002 compilation album, When Love Speaks ( EMI Classics ), which consists of famous actors and musicians interpreting Shakespearean sonnets and play excerpts.

Jefferson's Progressive Democrats organization also contributed to the election of Jefferson's sister Betty, as a municipal assessor, in 1998, 2002 and 2006.

In 2002 the MCC contributed 3. 7 % towards the total GDP of the Basque Country and 7. 6 % to the industrial GDP.

SEFECHA today carries nearly a million passengers a year and has contributed to the province's vigorous recovery from the 2002 crisis.

The murder of Celso Daniel, mayor of Santo André and also a PT member, a few months later ( January 22, 2002 ) also contributed to these suspicions.