Collider argues that the 2000s represented rock music’s last major decade, despite the internet fragmenting audiences and making it harder for new bands to become widely successful.

– 2000: Radiohead — *Kid A*, praised for its experimental electronic sound and US chart success.
– 2001: The Strokes — *Is This It*, presented as a raw, influential garage-rock revival album.
– 2002: Queens of the Stone Age — *Songs for the Deaf*, described as the band’s masterpiece.