Want to help with an upcoming Ongoing History of New Music series? Here’s what I need.

I’m almost finished writing Ongoing History episodes to the end of 2024. I want to start 2025 with a series entitled “The Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far.” This will consist of ten episodes of ten moments each.

Here’s where you come in. What moments of the last 25 years meant the most to you? What did you find influential, history-altering, and otherwise memorable? They can be both good moments and bad. For example:

1. The resurgence in vinyl.
2. The rise of Auto Tune.
3. The disruptions caused by streaming.
4. The growing realization that rock stars are mortal with the rise of musician deaths (start really with Scott Weiland and Lemmy and then moving through Bowie, Prince, Tom Petty, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Gord Downie, Neil Peart, Taylor Hawkins, etc. Those deaths might have to be separated into individual moments. What do you think?)
5. YouTube.
6. The effect of social media on music.
7. The Bataclan massacre.
8. The merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
9. The turn-of-the-millennium revival of garage rock and indie.
10. COVID has to be in here somewhere.
11. Rage Against the Machines Christmas #1 in the UK.
12. Dave Grohl breaks his leg.
13. The birth of AI and its effect on music.
14. The release of Green Day’s American Idiot and everything that came next for the band.
15. Nickelback hate.
16. The Radiohead stage collapse in Toronto.

There. Just 85 more to go. You can either leave a suggestion in the comments or email me with your list. Use [email protected].