Probably the worst band musically of the decade this group of peroxide punks have gained notoriety for a series of publicity stunts. Are Hootie & the Blowish breaking up? If only. Hard-Fi - A 'proper' band who sing about real things like having no money, going out on a Friday night, soldiers in Afghanistan and Feltham Young Offenders Prison. After earning enough money to keep them in Nike Air Max and McDonalds for the rest of time, the band split in 2005 much to the relief of the British public. Tenacious Ds Tribute was a staple of early 2000s Kerrang and helped take the band to new levels of popularity. Last years Super Bowl halftime show where they sung out of sync and trampled Sweet Child O Mine made Madonnas version look brilliant. Thats Not My Name was lead singer Katie White ranting about her frustrations with being a woman in the music industry, which is fair but Jesus, if I ever hear it again Ill scream. Johnny Borrell is possibly the biggest ego centric to walk the planet, pull on white skinny jeans and inflict complete bollocks like 'America' on us in a long long time. Empics Entertainment. That and a pair of testicles. The band's bland music had no real edge and just enough melody to have comfortably become background noise, except then the booming baritone voice of Darius Rucker came on and bore into your skull like a drill. Whats worse is just how seedy it all is, way too post-watershed for rodents. Using the spoils of the Beatles, Wings built a castle out of cheese. YOU. A number two single on your first go is not bad though is it? What made it so bad: Spurred on by Crazy Frogs chart heroics, convinced that literally anything could be released as a single, its Get Munkds parody of hip-hop culture which really burns. Feedback on 25 forgotten indie bands of the 2000s, ranked from worst to best. Whether they're singing songs about wishing to cheat on their existing girlfriend with their ex or- actually, you understand I should not even need to continue that sentence. It was a novelty at the time, honest. But their musical sensibilities are questionable; someone in the group seems to have decided that New Jack Swing was too subtle. Doug Peters / EMPICS Entertainment What made it so bad: In theory, Bad Day is a touching, uplifting number to raise the spirits, a reminder that everyone feels down in the dumps sometimes. Well, in this case the common rap happens to be true. We would have hoped that Whitley's split with Avril Lavigne, (the other Canadian rock star who just barely missed this list) would have inspired him to write some better songs of heartbreak? The band's musical output is nothing compared to the album artwork however. Also, Eddie Vedder thinks this is a lyric: Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo oooooooowhoaaaaaaaaooooooooo ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhh oooooooowhoaaaaaaaaooooooooo hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiyiiiiyiiiiyiiiiiiiiii yeah uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhh huh yeahah uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhh huh uhhhhh huh. -Nicholas Pell, The common rap on Black Eyed Peas is that they deteriorated after adding Fergie on 2003s Elephunk, trading their funky soul for kitschy dance-pop. One True Voice - Proof that reality TV pop stars are not invincible. Billboard ranked Creed as the 18th best artist of the 2000s. Soporific Laurel Canyon coke rock whose chief existential lament seems to be What toppings should I get on my burrito? the Eagles are the quintessential band for a decade whose favorite barbiturate was the Quaalude. Well, too bad. Who needs vocals when you've got auto-tune? We don't need a collective group of '00s musicians making their way through the country, with their tour vans all full of manscaping products and scenesters. "The Most Hated Band in the World" gave birth to the most obnoxious fans in the world, the Juggalos, who are virtually a gang at this point. Here are 20 of the worst: What made it so bad: Cast your mind back to 2006, when you had to ask your parents to stop using the phone so you could connect to dial-up, and a time when webcams were a relatively new invention. WebAs noted in our piece on how Pearl Jam are the most boring band in 20 years, grunting, dumb hats and Z-grade attempts at Whos Next do not a great rock and roll band make. They wore suits and hats! Be Your Own Pet were probably not as well known as some of the bands in this list, but they were bags more fun than most of them. Tractors and saccharine folk should not mix. But nothing excuses a throwaway, novelty kids TV song about a builder fixing things, managing to shift over a million copies, becoming the highest-selling song of 2000 and the first Christmas number one of the 00s. She's another reminder that we live in a post-Black Eyed Peas era. Here are the top 10 bands that defined the 2000s Kerrang era. It was not long before they recruited bassist Dave Parsons, and later drummer Robin Goodridge, and started writing. -Gabrielle Canon, Why is Oasis among the worst? Weve all happily hollered along to Dreaming Of You in Whelans or wherever else, but how many people would actually say theyre a fan of The Coral? He sang songs such as The A team and Shape of You. Treat yourself. Whats worse is that, while good bands struggle to make decent money, Hootie seemingly siphoned off all of it in their 90s heyday, going more platinum than Sandra Dee. Just have a little patience while I bang my head against this wall and wait for the pain to eclipse the misery of this song. 14. The Jam Addict team is a revolving door of writers who care about music, its effects on culture, and giving aspiring artists tools and knowledge to be inspired and keep on creating. But it The Living End. Li-ike. To embed this post, copy the code below on your site, 600px wide They definitely are not as timeless or genuine as Rage Against the Machine however I still do think they deserve to be considered one of the better rap metal bands. EMPICS Entertainment. Listening to even one song by Creed invokes a sea of nausea, as if your brain is fried from watching "Two and a Half Men" reruns for 24 hours. And so in that spirit we present the worst bands of all time. For that, Fratellis, I can never forgive you. But Austrian disc-spinner DJ Otzi doesnt know too much of a good thing. But with the Dead, one at least enjoyed a fighting chance of enjoying them sober. It's no surprise that Creed won this poll. Limp Bizkit are a very easy band to hate, I do admit, however even if they are pretty much asking for the hate it is still undeserved. Follow us on Twitter @LAWeeklyMusic, and like us at LAWeeklyMusic. Reflecting on Phishs 30 years of music, Grantlands Steven Hyden puts the problem best: "In order to like Phish, you must consciously decide to like Phish.". -Jeff Weiss. Perhaps this is down to a belief that a band from Germany could never be as good as one from New York or London. MORE INFO. Theory of a Deadman Coldplay jokes aside, Disturbed sucked and will always suck, provided they apparently still have a pulse. By siouxsie Happy Nation / The Sign is one of the best-selling debut albums of all time, and was certified nine times platinum in the United States. Because theyve been caught ripping off other artists songs, including Stevie Wonder, The New Seekers, and Neil Innes. The band is composed of , 300px wide We didnt see Chico coming. No thanks. From pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. The band has been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards and have sold around 40 million records worldwide. And that one song is grand, and then it turns into Brimful of Asha. They are allegedly a different, other hated band. The current members are Chris Barron (vocals), Eric Schenkman (guitar and vocals), Aaron Comess (drums and percussion), and Mark White (bass guitar). The band's biggest hit came with the aforementioned 'Hate My Life' where Connelly rallies against (besides the homeless) his wife, his lack of money, his friends and not being able to sleep with young girls- honestly. What made it so bad: Its a song about a tractor, for starters. 6. Again we have the same problem. Blink 182 began as an attempt to wean tweens off of boy bands, except they soon turned into self-parody when teenagers began to like them in earnest, ushering in an unforgivable era of wannabe-pop-punk rockers like Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne and Jimmy Eat World. Still, no dice. The kind of thing youd find yourself singing along to on the radio, then recoil and go Ew. This is a band so hated that their own fans 2. The band now records under its own label, 3CG Records. 50. Perhaps not the worst of the '00s offenders as far as their musical quality goes, and Travis Barker is a fuckin' beast on the drums, but blink helped further that whole pop-punk craze during the '00s, and are therefore responsible for the birth of bands like Simple Plan and Panic! Born the year after the death of the Beatles, the group consisting of Paul McCartney, his wife Linda and a revolving door of drummers and guitar players solidified every argument that John was better than Paul. You get infected at a young age when you dont know any better. The Top Ten. A grubby little band who don't deserve 1% of their success. Worst bit: Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. Known for their squeaky clean looks Granted, they along with Green Day and Offspring actually did produce some pretty great music, and they certainly defined a niche that people responded to. 19. Truthfully the best part of Papa Roach's presence is that at this moment, they have actually basically ended up being a meme. And the guy Ting Ting, what was his deal? 10 Worst Hard Rock Lyrics Of The 2000s. Their most recent album, Away from the World, was released in 2012, and also debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. 9. What made it so bad: The fact that its the sound of slipping into a coma. We don't need any more to come trailin' on in behind them. Exactly. It's not that Lana Del Rey is bad, per se, it's that her music seems fraudulent when compared to the '60s-era musical acts she's invoking. Josh Homme might pop up and read a kids bedtime story every so often, but its a by-and-large mind-numbing existence. The Darkness - No, it wasn't a bad nightmare. We know this now. He needs that sugar hit again, and again, and again. Now suck my dick. Muse, Evanescence Bring Big Goth Energy to Toyota Center. However, at some point during all of this '90s hysteria, no one noticed that there was a change a-comin', and that change is one we'd all be better off without: the '00s. If ever there proof that British popular song was in a dire state in the very first half of the noughties then it's this. News images provided by Press Association Even their most well-known musical insult "Down With The Sickness" literally reenacts a mom's whipping of her child. Josh Homme might pop up and read a kids bedtime story every so often, but its a by-and-large mind-numbing existence. This makes them the third-most successful band from Sweden of all time, after ABBA and Roxette. He as a character is unforgettable, but the music of Razorlight? : First of all, the world is a better place with Out of Your Mind in it. Initially, this band appears inoffensive however in time their tunes become so deeply ingrained in your memory that you begin to question whether you have ever even heard any other music. Borland left the group in 2001, but Durst, Rivers, Otto and Lethal continued to record and tour with guitarist Mike Smith. From whence you came, Plain White Ts. And try not to dance. How did five lads from grey, rainy Dublin make songs so evocative of sunny California? PA Archive / PA Images Fleet Foxes, unfortunately, are more like Weetabix, a healthful, bowel-movement-inducing breakfast option that skimps on taste. He'll suck the humor out of a joke and ruin the punch line every time, but no one else seems to care, because he's a shirtless bro with a guitar. Sit in the back of an SUV with off-key sorority house members singing along to Dave Matthews Band. All rights reserved. WebHere, we take a look at 33 of the best 2000s rock bands that helped push the genre into new and exciting directions: 1. To learn more see our, HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SOOOOOO *goal is scored*. If the Black Eyed Peas, the creators of nonsensical hits like "Boom Boom Pow" and "My Humps," qualify as music, then any kid with a Barbie Mix It Up DJ Turntable is Mozart. Lets not neglect how wonderful it was to witness a puffa jacket-wearing Dane Bowers singlehandedly stinking out Posh Spices big solo move. 18. We love funk, we love metal, but we also love peanut butter and veggie burgers, just not together. However, we aren't going to let them off the hook for being responsible for the birth of bands like Simple Plan and Panic! WebTop 10 Worst Bands of Al Time. In theory, that sounds kind of amazing. 25 forgotten indie bands of the 2000s, ranked from worst to best, Doug Peters / EMPICS Entertainment / EMPICS Entertainment. The term landfill-indie was made for a band like The Twang. The problem is that Animal Collective are a special kind of unlistenable; their albums dont reward active engagement, but they dont make good background music, either. LAWeekly Instagram: Featuring the culture of LA since 1978 , Relationship with the Victim* Them, and folks whose favorite book is The Da Vinci Code and favorite TV show is Two and a Half Men. American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1991. But people kept referring them to these labels which diluted the music genres so much its now just a big. You got it. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. That name, man. Doesnt make it funny, though, does it? With that in mind, you could actually claim that Crazy Frog was punk. WebTop 10 Alternative Bands of the 2000s WatchMojo.com 25M subscribers Join Subscribe 15K 1.1M views 8 years ago Find links in the description below to buy the music featured in this video! 3. I'm serious even the 1970s with its strange clothing and dime-a-dozen disco can't compete. THE 2000S WAS a landmark decade for indie music, producing acts that are still huge today Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, to name but a few. What made it so bad: One happy clappy singalong of Hey Babys chorus is nice, harmless fun. Rashawn Ross and Tim Reynolds have also become full-time touring members of the band. Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. local news and culture, Angelica Leicht The band achieved mainstream success with their second and third studio albums, Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000), although this success was marred by a series of controversies surrounding their performances at Woodstock '99 and the 2001 Big Day Out festival. No Spice Girl was better placed to rule the charts than Victoria Beckham. WebTop 10 Worst Rock Bands of All Time The Top Ten 1 Nickelback Nickelback is a Canadian post-grunge band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada. We don't mean that in a good way. What made it so bad: He delivers the song with the enthusiasm of a man signing a contractual agreement to see Simon Cowell in the flesh every single day for the foreseeable future. The Jonas Brothers - This Disney approved threesome provoke extreme anger amongst their haters for being so damn squeaky clean. You know, that little decade of time from 2000 to 2010 that basically killed everything that was decent and listenable about mainstream alt-rock? 1. Get Free is still fine? Of course, white people arent like most listeners, and will tolerate almost anything theyre told is good for them; hence the groups popularity. : When you become a parent, you tacitly sign up to watch an endless amount of childrens TV. Until these '00s shows stop, I'll be reminding everyone of not only how terrible frosted tips are, but how awful music from the '00s was, because I'm afraid for our nation. We very much doubt it! What made it so bad: How did this happen? Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz Bookmark. Hot body, rock the party / Give me some of that sugarland! As a petite woman, I know when Chelsea Dagger comes on it is time to leave the dancefloor lest I want to spend three uncomfortable minutes wedged under a lads sweaty armpit. No Spice Girl was better placed to rule the charts than Victoria Beckham. Because nobody will stand for this ever again. WebFather of All Motherfuckers, Green Day (2020) In 2022, Loudwire published that Father of All Motherfuckers was the highest ranked rock album on a list of the worst albums of the You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site. -Kai Flanders, What do white people have to complain about, George Carlin once posited. Then theres the fact that drummer Neil Peart generally consents only to speak to the drum press, a pantheon that includes in its entirety Modern Drummer and Not So Modern Drummer, if were not mistaken. -Nicholas Pell, Formed in the late aughts, The Raconteurs consist of Jack White and some other guys. The Leeds lads started out as a promising prospect but with repetitive songs, unintelligent lyrics and a tenancy to start wet t-shirt competitions at their gigs people soon began to rightfully dislike The Pigeon Detectives. So when something half decent comes along, its easy to get carried away. But we were naive in 2006. I was born too late into a world that doesnt care, she sings, dreaming of a time when music really mattered (vom), when accountants didnt have control / And when media couldnt buy your soul. Real music didnt win, on this occasion. Send a Message. He needs that sugar hit again, and again, and again. Because they combine simple composition with over-the-top production and pretentious length. Because nobody will stand for this ever again. Three lads from Donegal who made sprightly tunes about manic pixie dream girls and Louis Walsh. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. Nirvana's brief run ended following the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, but various posthumous releases have been issued since, overseen by Novoselic, Grohl, and Cobain's widow Courtney Love. Go-oes. policy. Moore died suddenly in August 2008 due to complications from injuries sustained in an ATV accident. Limp Bizkit is one of the rare band names that could not be made any more ridiculous if it were spelled "LiMp b!ZKiT," an observation that makes the band's unchecked anger so hard to take seriously. This makes them make the list. But we were naive in 2006. Yo wat up, goes Alvin Chipmunk as the song kicks off. But mainly because courting comparisons to the Beatles is always lame, no exceptions. , 400px wide WebHere is my list of the Top Ten Worst Rock Bands of the 2000s. PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie. Instead we get three-and-a-half minutes of highly derivative pop-rock that evokes memories of a hundred shit mid-noughties indie nights in damp provincial towns. It was an actual, living hell. But nothing excuses a throwaway, novelty kids TV song about a builder fixing things, managing to shift over a million copies, becoming the highest-selling song of 2000 and the first Christmas number one of the 00s. Why take our chances? Powter sings in generalisations, (Youre faking a smile with the coffee to go, You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost). THIS IS MY PLASTIC FORK! Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre, What makes a terrible band? Since its debut, the band has sold over 25 million records in the United States alone, and over 75 million records worldwide. It happened. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible Myspace updates are like the bat signal of an '00s artists, you know. No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. It was a mistake. Last but not leastwell maybe actually this is the least. To give you an example, 'Year 3000' is about what life is like in the future, and they talk about how. See also: Can an Intelligent Person Like Phish? These guys always seemed to be for people who were like, into ART and LITERATURE. EMPICS Entertainment / PA Wire Sum 41 - Fronted by Deryck Whibley, the Canadian Famous purely through association the bands biggest hit is the catchy but infuriating 'Shake It'. Let me make this clear right now: if you're a fan of Post-Grunge, Nu Metal, or Pop Punk, we salute you. Please note that The Journal uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide But the larger point of why this band is on the list is the entire pop-punk fad they inspired. The Madden brothers were so edgy, too, with their guyliner and all. They make Perrier seem vibrant and ethnic. : The faux-cockney tone of Luke Concannons vocals, as he sings, . They had an umlaut in their name! We want to hear it. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography Juke Box Hero is no Pinball Wizard; I Want To Know What Love Is will make you wish you didnt; Feels Like The First Time will hopefully be your last; Head Games is not about oral sex; Urgent is not that; Hot Blooded,Double Vision and Cold As Ice will send you to the doctor. 12. This band is neither rock, nor grunge, nor emo, nor metal. We can be thankful that 4 Non Blondes only made one album 1992s Bigger, Better, Faster, More! Afterwards, the band put out their biggest album to date, All The Right Reasons which produced 3 top 10 singles and 5 top 20 singles, on the Billboard Hot 100 example of songs like "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar". Nothing gets worse. By siouxsie. 10:00AM. We can't have them training a whole new legion of horrible pop-punk bands, can we? What made it so bad: That lumpen power chord riff is bad enough, but when the lead guitar does nothing more than imitate it, it becomes all too clear that were looking at a music hate crime. Don't even get us started on singer Bill's Native American headdress hair and his guitarist brother Tom who appears to dress in clothes an obese basketball player has given to him. He always wore sunglasses. Follow her on Twitter at @prachigu or email her at pgupta@salon.com. By marrying the two genres, brokeNCDYDE hit upon a hidden level of rubbish, a bonus round of tawdry shit. Like Piers Morgan. Their brand of twee is cloying and grating like an attention-starved, sugar-crashing eight-year-old who wants you to admire his finger painting, while youre trying to wash the dishes. -Jeff Weiss, See also: The Eagles Hotel California: Why This Song Sucks, Once upon a time/When the world was just a pancake/Fears would arise/That if you went too far youd fall/But with the passage of time/It all became more of a ball. -Some Dave Matthews lyrics, You want a real American Horror story? -Nikki Darling, See also: Top Three Beatles Who Got a Star on the Walk of Fame Before Paul McCartney, A good band should be like Frosted Mini-Wheats, a substantive cereal loaded with fiber and whole grains made edible by delicious sugary coating. Grab your copy of the Gigwise print magazine here. The band's Dark Horse album was a success which produced eight singles, one of which peaked on the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and two of which peaked on the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Boyd Tinsley was added to the band as a violinist soon after the band was formed. Theres their reality show and various line-up shifts, of course, but the details of those are too depressing to go into. Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? : Its chipmunks singing about sex. One True Voice were the boy band created by Popstars: The Rivals. It takes courage to admit that, for whatever reason, you managed to be duped into thinking this phony ear sludge could be called music. Across their three studio albums, James, Charlie and Matt inflicted such nightmarish songs as 'Year 3000', 'Air Hostess' and 'Thunderbirds' upon our poor ears. Worst bit: Its not even the worst Black Eyed Peas song. As you can imagine, this one got people fired up, and votes poured in. I think any musician and anyone with a brain will agree with at least most of these. B-. We don't want to hate on them too much because now its pretty 'hip' to hate Nickelbackbut hey it's still kind of fun. Dishonorable Mentions not on this list: Kid Rock, Linkin Park, real Matchbox 20, Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler rest assured you are all hated, as well. Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. Maybe, but if youve got Foreigner on the playlist, she wont be waiting for you. They are permanently beige, the sonic instantiation of Ambercrombie & Fitch cargo shorts, South Carolina Gamecocks hats, and flip-flops flailing. Registered office: 3rd floor, Latin Hall, Golden Lane, Dublin 8. Bang of random Playstation 2 sports game music off Jet. The 2000s embraced bands so terrible that their ability to haunt and torture us seemed to have emerged from the fantasy of horror master Stephen King: Maroon 5. Despite being deeply boring, there is something particularly distasteful about Maroon 5 and their smooth pop aimed squarely at the girls who swoon over singer Adam Levine's good looks. Report. Bands like The Living End and The Vines brought a punk rock edge to the genre, while bands like Wolfmother and Eskimo Joe leaned more towards classic rock. Just try. Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. While people seemed to have particular scorn for one particular late Nineties rap-rock band and one post-grunge band whose lead singer sounds a bit like Eddie Vedder, bands ranging from Smashing Pumpkins to the Goo Goo Dolls got votes. They're so earnest and 'real' that they just come across as luddite's cashing in on a post-Streets world where talking about modern life in a non-patronising way is somehow worthwhile and interesting. And on closer inspection, Thoms debut is a nauseating hark back to the oh-so-glorious olden days, with several factual flaws, the most notable being that Johnny Rotten wouldnt be seen dead with flowers in his hair. Thanks to the success of these '90s nostalgia tours, '00s alt-rock bands are jumping on that bandwagon and booking tours together as bad-music collectives, and they're resurrecting all that was awful about that period of music in the first place. I don't think I need to remind everyone about how terrible frosted tips on whine-singing dudes were, right? Smash Mouth is what would have happened if Limp Bizkit made love to a Lisa Frank poster.