Everyone has a go-to playlist for every occasion. No Name delivers a new one each week of all-time faves, one-hit wonders, and almost-but-not-quite-forgotten tracks of yesterday.

Bay Area trio Green Day released their sixth studio album Warning in 2000. Compared to their previous five albums, Warning had elements of punk along with pop, folk, and ska. Green Day turned down the distortion and picked up acoustic guitars. Despite mixed reviews on their artistic change, Warning was certified gold by the RIAA.

Early 90s Boston group Letters to Cleo (a reference to singer Kay Hanley’s pen pal) debuted with Aurora Gory Alice. The song received maximum exposure on Melrose Place. Letters to Cleo also made a guest appearance in the rom- com teen flick 10 Things I Hate About You starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.

Known for their hits “All Star” and “Walkin on the Sun”, as well as covers “I’m a Believer” and ” Can’t Get Enough of You Baby”, San Jose 90s psychedelic band Smash Mouth released their second record Astro Lounge. Their first single “Then The Morning Comes” reached #11 on the Billboard charts…and was featured heavily in a Nissan commercial at the time.

Canadian dance-punk band Hot Hot Heat debut their first full- length album Make Up the Breakdown in 2002. The album was produced by Nirvana and Soundgarden’s producer Jack Endino. In 2004, Make Up the Breakdown won “Favourite Album” at the Canadian Independent Music Awards. Their song “Bandages” was regularly played on MTV but was removed from BBC Radio 1 during the Iraq war for not being “wartime sensitive”.

Bob Marley’s youngest son Damian followed in his father’s footsteps as a musician. The 2005 song “Welcome to Jamrock” explores violence, drugs, and street life in Jamaica. Damian Marley has been an advocate in the cannabis movement and is currently converting a California prison into a pot farm.