Curated category
2000s fads and trends
- Mobile phoneMartin Cooper of Motorola stood on a New York City street on the 3rd of April 1973. He held a prototype handset that weighed approximately two kilograms or 4.
- Nu metalIn 1987, the thrash metal band Anthrax released an EP titled I'm the Man that combined hip hop and metal. This record laid groundwork for a genre that would…
- Rock BandIn 2007, Harmonix released Rock Band, a rhythm game that transformed how players interacted with music. The studio had spent years refining its approach to…
- 4chanOn the 1st of October 2003, a fifteen-year-old student named Christopher Poole launched an English-language imageboard from his New York City bedroom.
- Gangsta rapPhiladelphia rapper Schoolly D released a self-titled debut album in 1985 that contained the song "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" This track is widely regarded…
- EmoIn 1983, a band called Rites of Spring formed in Washington, D.C., playing music that sounded like hardcore punk but felt different.
- PokémonSatoshi Tajiri was born on the 28th of August 1965 in Machida, a suburb of Tokyo. He spent his childhood collecting insects and small creatures in the ponds…
- Indie rockThe term indie rock first appeared in print on the 15th of January 1983. Roman Kozak wrote an article for Billboard magazine titled Despite Hard Times, Indie…
- CrunkThe word crunk first appeared in print within a 1972 Dr. Seuss book titled Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!. The author used the phrase Crunk-Car…
- Scene (subculture)The year 2002 marked the first known use of the term scene queen, a label older hardcore musicians used to mock attractive women they believed joined the…