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Motor Ace were everywhere.
The Melbourne band were getting thrashed on triple j, their song ‘Death Defy’ was the opening theme to new TV show The Secret Life of Us, they were on the road and in the charts.
This week is the 20th anniversary of the release of their beloved debut album
Five Star Laundry, which went on to score them 3 Hottest 100 spots and an ARIA nomination for best rock album.
The week of release, the band played this special show to a crowd of lucky punters on the rooftop terrace of the ABC in Sydney.
Let those 2001 memories come flooding back with tunes like Death Defy , American Shoes , Hey Driver and more.
From Kylie to Tool â here are the albums turning 20 this year
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Kylie Minogue and her now-famous white jumpsuit went global in 2001 with her album Fever.
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The year 2001 saw the rise of the iPod and the fall of the World Trade Centre â two events that shaped the world in very different ways.
Twenty years on, the ripples of both of those events are still felt. The former helped change the way we listen to music, paving the way for the nowâubiquitous streaming platforms and the sounding of the death knell on CD sales.