 Texas recording artist Nick Lokken released a single for his upcoming album titled "The 101", which led to a partnership with West Coast apparel company Specifically Pacific, whose trademark is "The 101".The 1989 live album and documentary "101" by British electronic band Depeche Mode is named in respect to the famous highway.Filmed and recorded while on their American tour for the "Music for Masses" album, the band's last gig at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in LA was their 101st concert on the road and 101 seemed an appropriate name and tribute to the neighboring highway.