at the Disco, which makes this entire decade of music suck just a little bit harder than it did before. There will always be those unfathomably popular bands and singers that get an inordinate amount of airtime, and are loved by obsessed, cultish fans, only intensifying the hatred of those who realize one objective truth: that when you get down to it, the music isn't even good. That may explain why a Spin Doctors song is a bit like herpes. A collection of the worst bands to emerge and inflict woeful music upon us this decade. What made it so bad: Its earnest, self-indulgent pap of the highest order. The sex rhymes on Bloodsugarsexmagik would be forgettable if they werent so awful She stuck my butt with her big black stick / I said Whats up? 14. Because they combine simple composition with over-the-top production and pretentious length. And this an ideal something to make me even sadder breakup song? Fancy a trip down Indie Memory Lane? -Ben Westhoff, Funk metal is a bad idea. Simple to the point of insulting lyrics about Elvis, James Bond and 'lovely girls' sung by a bloke called Roy is not the musical vision of the future we were promised. 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.". The Twang - The Brummie Baggie revivalists infected the music scene towards the latter end of the decade with a tedious mix of beery lad anthems and gushing sentiment. Its an instant fix, like downing a couple of fizzy drinks in one go. 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. Coldplay jokes aside, Disturbed sucked and will always suck, provided they apparently still have a pulse. Oh god, the song. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, Share with Friends Add To Playlist. Theres their reality show and various line-up shifts, of course, but the details of those are too depressing to go into. (When, by the way, they'll still be terrible.). It was a novelty at the time, honest. 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. Theres innocent fun, and then theres ruining a new millennium before its barely begun. But mainly because courting comparisons to the Beatles is always lame, no exceptions. So thanks for that, lads. Worst bit: Can We Fix It?s constant, cheap garage beat, the audio equivalent of someone drilling a hole in your conscience. 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. 10. We don't mean that in a good way. And that one song is grand, and then it turns into Brimful of Asha. Were aware of how a novelty act can be ridiculed by Simon Cowell in the first round, before finding unlikely success as the show progresses, before releasing a chart-bound single via Cowells label Syco. We very much doubt it! Scouting For Girls, you crossed the line about eight choruses ago. , 400px wide Worst bit: When you think the song has faded out but, oh no, heres another chorus this time with overblown gospel choir! Literally it was a toss-up for us, since both sound like whiny, uninteresting barely catchy songs to us. They were listed number seven on the Billboard top artist of the decade, with four albums listed on the Billboard top albums of the decade. It was a mistake. Comments. We can't have them training a whole new legion of horrible pop-punk bands, can we? Why take our chances? 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. American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. But their musical sensibilities are questionable; someone in the group seems to have decided that New Jack Swing was too subtle. 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. The 90's was a time filled with music growth, seeing many rock bands coming up, from No Doubt to Nickleback. local news and culture, Angelica Leicht We know you've noticed it, the sudden influx of '90s nostalgia bands that have made their way back on tour. The band's musical output is nothing compared to the album artwork however. 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. How did five lads from grey, rainy Dublin make songs so evocative of sunny California? Are Hootie & the Blowish breaking up? If only. Nick, Joe, and Kevinthe perfect brothers that were all cute and talented. For that, Fratellis, I can never forgive you. They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations. -Anna Westhoff, See also: Liam Gallagher On His Brother Noel: Id Rather Eat My Own Shit Than Be In A Band With Him Again, Phish is supposed to be the next generations Grateful Dead, right? From pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. : Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. 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. It is, roughly, that music achieved perfection in 1977, no one outside of New York City is important, and your interaction with credibility and its overseers is a bigger concern than learning how not to be an insufferable, self-obsessed jerk. 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. To further plummet any scrap of credibility the band might have had lead singer Donny Tourette (Real name: Pat) appeared on Celebrity Big Brother alongside Leo Sayer and Jermaine Jackson. Let me make this clear right now: if you're a fan of Post-Grunge, Nu Metal, or Pop Punk, we salute you. Rashawn Ross and Tim Reynolds have also become full-time touring members of the band. 7. -Kai Flanders, Boring, tepid, rehashed classic rock with a thin veneer of alt. / Get it crackin / Dont stop, get it get it. This was for a kids movie. 3. See if you agree with Rolling Stone readers top-10 list of the worst90s bands. Okay, guys. The group hit number one with their first ever single, a cover of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony hit 'Tha Crossroads' and went on to further success with 'Flip Reverse' in 2003. GRAMMY Award-winner Jeff Coffin of Bla Fleck and the Flecktones has since filled Moore's spot as the band's saxophonist. No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. Picks include Creed, Limp Bizkit, Hanson - and one big surprise, Readers Poll: The Ten Worst Bands of the Nineties, J-Hope, Boygenius, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week, Karol G & Shakira, The Kid Laroi, Halsey, And All The Songs You Need To Know This Week, Janelle Mone, Lana Del Rey, and All the Songs You Need To Know, Glastonbury Co-Organizer Promises Female Headliners in 2024 After All-Male Top Billing This Year, There Were Sidemen. They'll update their freakin' Myspace pages and it'll cause a snowball effect of other crappy '00s musicians to follow suit. [29] 2000s2010s Playing with Fire, Kevin Federline (2006) The only album recorded by Kevin Federline, ex-husband of Britney Spears, Playing with Fire is review aggregator Metacritic 's lowest-scoring album with a rating of 15. Using the spoils of the Beatles, Wings built a castle out of cheese. But that would be to ignore just how difficult 2005 was, when this cartoon frog became synonymous with back-of-the-bus ringtones, before becoming a UK #1 single. 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? Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. What made it so bad: When you become a parent, you tacitly sign up to watch an endless amount of childrens TV. He needs that sugar hit again, and again, and again. Nick, Joe and Kevin are met by hordes of screaming girls wherever they go, but they make us scream for altogether different reasons. Towers Of London - Well where to start? We had nothing to do with the results. This band is neither rock, nor grunge, nor emo, nor metal. That's right, the '00s. By marrying the two genres, brokeNCDYDE hit upon a hidden level of rubbish, a bonus round of tawdry shit. The mere mention of tracks like Two Princes create an earworm so powerful that youre going to need to see an ENT doctor. 7 and No. No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. Web10. Blazin' Squad - Like the mutated spawn of East 17 this group of Essex chavs ransacked the charts earlier in the decade with their Burberry style brand of pop-hip-hop raps and commercial r'n'b choruses. 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. But everything after that was just eh. We don't mean that in a good way. Metro Station - What do you do if Billy Ray Cyrus is your Dad and tween sensation Miley Cyrus is your sister? Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Empics Entertainment The Killers came in hot with their 2005 album Hot Fuss . WebGogo_is_Adlai 12 yr. ago. Maybe, but if youve got Foreigner on the playlist, she wont be waiting for you. Myspace updates are like the bat signal of an '00s artists, you know. No thanks. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. Nobodys done it since, and not because folk duo Nizlopi are boundary-pushing innovators. The group was moved to Island Def Jam Music Group, which they eventually left after conflict with the label about creative input. See also: Can an Intelligent Person Like Phish? If you have any questions or concerns or just want to drop us a line, don't hesitate to contact us! Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. for the content of external websites. 8. Because Liam Gallagher only plays tambourine and possesses the single most nasal voice in pop. Really, guys. The video is something special too, a mad vision of the future from the mind of someone who put too much faith in the plot for The Matrix. Following the release of their album, Results May Vary (2003), Borland rejoined the band and recorded The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005) with Durst, Rivers, Lethal and drummer Sammy Siegler before entering a hiatus. American pop-rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma formed by brothers Isaac (guitar, piano, vocals), Taylor (keyboards, piano, guitar, drums, vocals), and Zac Hanson (drums, piano, guitar, vocals). Deryck Whibley led this Canadian 4 piece 'rock' group that somehow pushed their way to the top, for a bit at least. Jason Roberts Keeps the Music of Bob Wills Swinging, Brooks & Dunn Boot Scoot Through 21st RodeoHouston Performance, Apes of the State Is Here to Defend Folk Punk, Become a member to support the independent voice of Houston The Pigeon Detectives - In 2001 we got The Strokes, an impossibly cool band from New York who wore their jackets tight and their hair unkempt. Doug Peters / EMPICS Entertainment Sloppy, derivative and obsessed with shock value for its own sake, the Pistols set the template for British punk rock bands trying too hard. Last years Super Bowl halftime show where they sung out of sync and trampled Sweet Child O Mine made Madonnas version look brilliant. A collection of the worst bands to emerge and inflict woeful music upon us this decade. It was a mistake. Again we have the same problem. From whence you came, Plain White Ts. 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Cheesy, yes, but harmless nonetheless. 9. blink-182 News images provided by Press Association Theres innocent fun, and then theres ruining a new millennium before its barely begun. Make a one-time donation today for as little as $1. Add to that their anodyne, soulless music and their eminently slappable faces and you begin to see why The Jonas Brothers are on this list. They're generic, they're insultingly unintelligent, they do not have absolutely the slightest modicum of self-awareness, and they're about as "extreme" as Coldplay is exciting. Naive was genuinely great! 6. Feb 23, 2017. Web2000s Rock Bands Final Thoughts. I'm serious even the 1970s with its strange clothing and dime-a-dozen disco can't compete. The Madden brothers were so edgy, too, with their guyliner and all. Just try. 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The band signed with Roadrunner Records in 1999 and re-released their once-independent album The State.The band achieved commercial success with the release of their 2000 album The State and then they achieved mainstream success with the release of their 2001 album Silver Side Up.Following the release of Silver Side Up the band released their biggest and most known hit today, "How You Remind Me" which peaked number 1 on the American and Canadian charts at the same time.Then, the band's 4th album The Long Road spawned 5 singles and continued the band's mainstream success with their hit single "Someday" which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 at the Canadian Singles Chart. But the song. Worst bit: The key change nobody asked for. WebThe Australian alternative scene of the 2000s was also notable for its diversity. -Ben Westhoff, Did you know that Blues Travelers John Popper used to be a member of this damn group? But she was briefly waylaid by evil, earnest-types Counting Crows when they convinced her to help slaughter a Joni Mitchell song. 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. Plus, how much of a dick is Lydon, allegedly punching women in the face, running around with racist goons and slamming Duffy against a wall?