And the guy Ting Ting, what was his deal? Scouting For Girls, you crossed the line about eight choruses ago. What was he hiding? 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. ------------------------------------------. 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. He needs that sugar hit again, and again, and again. This list could have gone on for miles. Getting angry with the Pussycat Dolls is like getting angry with Bank of America or Walmart. and help keep the future of the Houston Press, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. Known for their squeaky clean looks -Ian Cohen, The all-mighty arbiter of SoCal cool, Jeffrey The Dude Lebowski was famously willing to be thrown out of a cab because he hated the fucking Eagles, and you should be too. Tell us in the comments below. 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 View had one song. The Darkness - No, it wasn't a bad nightmare. 19. By far the finest thing to ever come from this group is allure cover of "Down With The Sickness" from Richard Cheese that makes a look in Dawn of the Dead. They can barely play guitar and barely hold a tune. 2. brokeNCYDE - Given their name which is meant to be play on words of 'Broken Inside', unsurprisingly brokeNCYDE are an emo band, but this isn't emo as we know it, oh no. By siouxsie Since their demise the members of One True Voice have failed to scale the heights of success and Daniel was recently seen failing to get to the final stages of this years X Factor in front of one time contemporary Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud, now a multi-millionaire X Factor judge. Last but not leastwell maybe actually this is the least. Okay, it was written by Andy Burrows, but we still can't forgive him. Their work is marked by Durst's abrasive, angry lyrics and Borland's sonic experimentation and elaborate visual appearance, which includes face and body paint, masks and uniforms, as well as the band's elaborate live shows. All Rights reserved. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own For that, Fratellis, I can never forgive you. What made it so bad: In which The Hoff who, lest we forget, should not be hassled winds down the car window and leers at passersby over an exquisitely uninventive rockabilly riff. The White Stripes The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army While these 3 genres originally started in the 1990s, they wouldn't hit the mainstream until a decade later. 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. Please, no '00s nostalgia, or these fools may find their way onto the bill. And what about Anthony Kiediss rapping? 9. blink-182 Myspace updates are like the bat signal of an '00s artists, you know. Goodbye, cruel world. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography 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. They wore suits and hats! -Ben Westhoff, Funk metal is a bad idea. No Spice Girl was better placed to rule the charts than Victoria Beckham. These guys always seemed to be for people who were like, into ART and LITERATURE. But the song. Ouch. You got it. An Honest Mistake is OK for what it is, which is a blatant attempt by a record label at emulating the success of The Killers. Consider yourself lucky if you dont remember lyrics like Oh please Mr. President, will you lend me a future. Their hit Whats Up? meanwhile combines the worst of what Ani DiFranco and grunge had to offer, all of it dressed up in thrift store clothing that probably smelled funny. 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. 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? -Nicholas Pell, Formed in the late aughts, The Raconteurs consist of Jack White and some other guys. -Elano Pizzicarola, I really wanted to like Merriweather Post Pavilion, even going far out of my way to appreciate the record as it was surely intended: super-stoned, miles from civilization in the northern California woods. Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. Send a Message. You know, that little decade of time from 2000 to 2010 that basically killed everything that was decent and listenable about mainstream alt-rock? And that one song is grand, and then it turns into Brimful of Asha. Worst bit: Its not even the worst Black Eyed Peas song. The point being: had this song not existed within a viral fad, literally nobody would care. The album did not match the sales figures of Nevermind but was still a critical and commercial success. Here are the top 10 bands that defined the 2000s Kerrang era. They probably think it's very clever and sticking it to the man, we just think it makes them look lazy. Zzzz. You get infected at a young age when you dont know any better. And Then There Was David Lindley, See the Beths Deliver Refreshing 'Expert in a Dying Field' Mini-Set on 'CBS Mornings', The YSL Case Is Stretching Fulton County's Justice System to Its Breaking Point, The National Stay Up Late to Perform 'Tropic Morning News' on Fallon, NBA 'Investigating,' Team Suspends Ja Morant After Allegedly Flashing Gun on Social Media, Netflixs Sex/Life Is Back to Satisfy Your Softcore Desires. Empics Entertainment However, there were some forgetful bands that do not make most of our top lists. but its a doozy, a mess of classic rock wails and faux bluesiness. 13. 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. 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. I would like to point out that the members of The Maccabees are called things like Orlando, Hugo, Felix, and Rupert. and RollingNews.ie unless otherwise stated. Muse, Evanescence Bring Big Goth Energy to Toyota Center. So when something half decent comes along, its easy to get carried away. This song is so wet that its given me swimmers ear, which makes the narrators self-regarding message stand by myself while I take over the world with my forgettable, dreary acoustic guitar song even more egregious. American rock band that formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. Twenty years later and chances are that you can still hear Rucker rattling around there in your brain. -Gabrielle Canon, Why is Oasis among the worst? By marrying the two genres, brokeNCDYDE hit upon a hidden level of rubbish, a bonus round of tawdry shit. I mean, really, was the "he-said-she-said bullshit" that rage-inducing, Fred Durst? Sometimes we just need to call out the musical monstrosities that actually happened and why the 2000s themselves were such a tragedy. 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. However with each progressive year, this blueprint became more and more diluted until we get to The Pigeon Detectives, essentially The Strokes do Emmerdale. I Set My Friends On Fire - This pair of electro-emo tits released their first album in 2008 entitled 'You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter' which includes the single 'Things That Rhyme With Orange'. In the late 1980s Nirvana established itself as part of the Seattle grunge scene, releasing its first album Bleach for the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. Though their leader Darius Rucker is black, Hootie could not be more vanilla. They are permanently beige, the sonic instantiation of Ambercrombie & Fitch cargo shorts, South Carolina Gamecocks hats, and flip-flops flailing. Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. From pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. He probably likes Dane Cook. The band went through a number of configurations between 1995 and 2005, achieving its current form when Adair replaced drummer Ryan Vikedal. The Give It Away video could be called Anthony and the Hand Jive, and its even more ridiculous when he starts doing duck lips. That may explain why a Spin Doctors song is a bit like herpes. And there comes a point in Hey Baby when it threatens to never end. John Mayer is that insufferable bro -- you know, the one who wears a pukka bead necklace, is always shirtless, toting around a guitar at that house party you didn't want to go to, anyway. Why you start a pop punk band who can't see past Fall Out Boy for influences of course! The 00s gave us brilliant things: Arctic Monkeys, The Wire, Spotify, the iPhone. It happened. Josh Homme might pop up and read a kids bedtime story every so often, but its a by-and-large mind-numbing existence. 25 forgotten indie bands of the 2000s, ranked from worst to best, Doug Peters / EMPICS Entertainment / EMPICS Entertainment. Nirvana's sudden success widely popularized alternative rock as a whole, and the band's frontman Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana being considered the "flagship band" of Generation X.Nirvana's third studio album, In Utero (1993), featured an abrasive, less-mainstream sound and challenged the group's audience. . Nickelback. What made it so bad: When you become a parent, you tacitly sign up to watch an endless amount of childrens TV. 4. Still, no dice. American rock band, formed in 1995 in Tallahassee, Florida. Worst bit: When you stop to think about the number of people involved in the making of this song and its accompanying video. Worst bit: The key change nobody asked for. The Jonas Brothers This pic just screams "Radio Disney." The Top Ten. There's one band here that will anger and shock many people. 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. Thi-is. Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. I was born too late into a world that doesnt care,, when accountants didnt have control / And when media couldnt buy your soul.. American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1991. But it 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. Together with the similarity Puddle of Mudd and Nickelback, Papa Roach truly stuck out in the mid-2000s like a sore Porta-Potty when it pertained to the "Butt Rock" sect of Nu Metal and Post-Grunge. Because their backstage altercations always boiled down to sibling rivalry. EMPICS Entertainment. 9. WebFrom pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. posts, comments and submissions available. He always wore sunglasses. This makes them make the list. 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? 16. The band eventually came to develop a sound that relied on dynamic contrasts, often between quiet verses and loud, heavy choruses. If we open that door, it may not be one we can close, folks, and it's way too soon for anyone to be pining away for the days when George W. Bush was head bitch in charge and Paris Hilton had a show on network television. Oh, and also, Nickelback sucks. : Somewhere, Vanessa Carlton is still perched on a travelling piano, playing the blissful notes of . We want to hear it. 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? 5. Maroon 5 - Initially this band seem inoffensive but over time their songs become so deeply ingrained in your memory that you begin to question whether you have ever even heard any other music. The Darkness - No, it wasn't a bad nightmare. : Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. From whence you came, Plain White Ts. The Jonas Brothers. 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. 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.