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>> in the 2000s rock itself becomes known and weirdly apolitical for a time when the country was at war. >> post-9/11 some believe familiar music will sell well this holiday. ♪ ive been down to the bottom of every bottle ♪ >> nickelback, they had bigger hits than anybody. >> everybodys welcome in the nickelback club. weve got a big club. ♪ yeah, yeah >> a lot of rock is not really doing what it used to do, and its almost like it lost its will to fight. unless youre talking about green day....

Wait ♪ >> the first ones to break after the strokes in terms of new yo artists is interpol and yeah yeah yeahs. these are strange people. theyre countercultural by nature. karen oh, shes this violent, swaggering rock boy. and this heartbroken teary rock girl. ♪ im strange >> and "maps" is one of those tracks that launched a thousand young female singers in their bedroom somewhere. ♪ they dont love you like i love you ♪ >> so you have this resurgence of rock, but you also have this resurg...

You mine ♪ >> historically there had been some wariness about selling your music to advertisers. it was seen as selling out. in the 2000s that totally disappeared. ♪ rock with me ♪ rock with me >> theres all these songs that became iconic primarily through their use in ipod commercials. ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ tell me what youre looking for ♪ >> now indie culture was cool and you could market yourself as part of this new indie global community. ♪ indie rock and roll is what i wan...

♪ ♪ a seven nation army couldnt hold me back ♪ >> people thought the strokes were going to save rock. you felt there was going to be a movement forward. and for a while it worked. but ultimately it didnt really change the musical landscape. white stripes or arcade fire are the last really big rock band in the classical sense. ♪ >> so what happened? in the early 2000s the electric guitar started to be replaced by the song sequencing software and you started to see the future is not rock m...