worst bands of the 2000s

Ouch. Drummers such as Sacha Gervasi, Amir, and Spencer Cobrin had all filled in as Bush drummers before Robin Goodridge was made the permanent fit and thus completing the Bush lineup. 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. 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. No Spice Girl was better placed to rule the charts than Victoria Beckham. (When, by the way, they'll still be terrible.). WebHere are 20 of the worst: Sandi Thom, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair), 2006 What made it so bad: Cast your mind back to 2006, when you had to ask Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz Bookmark. Metro Station - What do you do if Billy Ray Cyrus is your Dad and tween sensation Miley Cyrus is your sister? Because theyve been caught ripping off other artists songs, including Stevie Wonder, The New Seekers, and Neil Innes. 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. Having cleverly adopted the CCTV sign seen everywhere for their first album the band went post structuralist on us in 2007 with the cover for 'Once Upon A Time In The West' which simply says in block capitals 'NO COVER ART'. The Killers. WebTop 10 Worst Bands of Al Time. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. One True Voice were the boy band created by Popstars: The Rivals. They are allegedly a different, other hated band. Then again, maybe Whibley's split with Avril Lavigne will inspire him to write some inspired songs of heartbreak? Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. 'This Love' was the bands biggest hit alongside the vaguely creepy 'She Will Be Loved'. Because nobody will stand for this ever again. 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. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. Known for their squeaky clean looks and attitudes, this boy band had more than their fifteen minutes of fame. Like Piers Morgan. 5. They also won two BRIT Awards (who cares!). 17 respectively. Because their backstage altercations always boiled down to sibling rivalry. Here are 20 of the worst: : 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. Following them we had a British version in The Libertines, a romantic and literate younger brother to The Strokes who gave the whole British music scene a kick up the backside. You get infected at a young age when you dont know any better. Please, no '00s nostalgia, or these fools may find their way onto the bill. If ever there proof that British pop music was in a dire state in the first half of the noughties then it's this. 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. Worst bit: Its not even the worst Black Eyed Peas song. 12. Bang of random Playstation 2 sports game music off Jet. You thought I was done with dumping on Coldplay, did you? Hot Leg - A second appearance here for Justin Hawkins (formerly of The Darkness). What were saying is: One Night Only are directly responsible for Thats What Makes You Beautiful, a 2011 song were inclined to erroneously include in this list just in order to give it a kicking. Across their three studio albums, James, Charlie and Matt inflicted such nightmarish songs as 'Year 3000', 'Air Hostess' and 'Thunderbirds' upon our poor ears. -Ben Westhoff, Did you know that Blues Travelers John Popper used to be a member of this damn group? 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. Check the thread! It was an actual, living hell. In all fairness though, they were responsible for some tunes. The final nail in the dodgy cock-rockers' career, however, was this atrocity Hot Leg. Will happily stomp and screech along to Standing In The Way Of Control for the rest of my life. local news and culture, Angelica Leicht These guys always seemed to be for people who were like, into ART and LITERATURE. Oh, its another flash-in-the-pan indie band. 50. From pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. It was not long before they recruited bassist Dave Parsons, and later drummer Robin Goodridge, and started writing. This pic just screams "Radio Disney." Admittedly the song is a cover of the 1975 song by the Ted Mulry Gang, and Hasselhoff, when hassled about the song, claimed his video was self-parody. Yeah, that one. Quizzes; Events; Quiz Creation; Community; Videos; SporcleCon; Remove Ads; Sign In; Quiz Categories. Let me fill you in on this weird theory that I have: I'll bet every penny in my savings account that I can prove the 2000s spawned some of the lamest and straight-up embarrassing musicians the world has ever seen. I am not too proud to admit that I almost lost my mind when this Hounds of Love cover came on in a pub recently. Known for their squeaky clean looks Wire service provided by AFP and Press Association. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. The actual band took a backseat to frontman Prestons antics on Celebrity Big Brother and later, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. 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. We know this now. Here are the top 10 bands that defined the 2000s Kerrang era. 10. 1. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian groups, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide[ and ranking as the eleventh best-selling music act, and the second best-selling foreign act in the U.S. behind the Beatles, of the 2000s. Which was a good tactic on his part, because they were crap. We don't mean that in a good way. And what about Anthony Kiediss rapping? See if you can pick out which one we're talking about. Their most recent album, Away from the World, was released in 2012, and also debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. And there comes a point in Hey Baby when it threatens to never end. Limp Bizkit. Another band that just call to mind video games. We asked our readers to vote for their least favorite bands of the Nineties last week. Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. That may explain why a Spin Doctors song is a bit like herpes. Trace Cyrus is the lead in this group of wannabe punks and his equine features gallop their way through everything Metro Station do. The band's 2009 album Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (the first album since Moore's death) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, earning the band their fifth consecutive number-one debut making them the second band behind Metallica to do so. Tell us in the comments below. 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. 3. 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. 11. 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. Worst bit: The rolling piano refrain is actually quite good, which throws the whole song into stark relief. Comments. It takes courage to admit that, for whatever reason, you managed to be duped into thinking this phony ear sludge could be called music. Feedback on 25 forgotten indie bands of the 2000s, ranked from worst to best. Moore died suddenly in August 2008 due to complications from injuries sustained in an ATV accident. Waiting For A Girl Like You? When you think its finally gone, it rears its ugly head again. What made made it so bad:Pop musics often simple and repetitive, and that is absolutely fine. 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. Sort of like anchovies; in fact, its quite fair to call Rush the anchovies of rock music. Because nobody will stand for this ever again. Now suck my dick. Despite a short period of success things never really took off for the band and they are now cited as one of the reasons people grew so tired of guitar music. WebCan you name the 20 Worst Bands? But wasnt this good? Favorite. 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. Hanson has sold over 16 million records worldwide and have had eight top 40 singles in the UK and six top 40 singles in the US. Initially a chart failure, Punk Rocker found unexpected success when free spirit Sandi Thom did a virtual tour, whereby she performed gigs via webcam and streamed them online. -Ben Westhoff, Funk metal is a bad idea. Every Glastonbury poster and line-up since 1970, Soundtrack Of My Life: Ted Lasso star Phil Dunster, J-hope fulfils another fantasy with his J. Cole collab On The Street, Daisy Jones & The Six: backstage with the TV band everyones going to be watching, Final Fantasy 16 is a lavish RPG twist on Bayonetta and its all the better for it. Busted Incredibly, the 'orrible three piece sold a massive 3million albums in their four year career as well as scooping two BRIT Awards. Up until this point, it was fine to dig up a few musical memories while listening to an aging band play their radio hits, because the '90s were an awesome time for music, especially alternative rock, and therefore these nostalgia shows are relatively harmless. Yo, echoes Theodore. Pretty Rickys rap-R&B hybrid is so tasteless and tacky, even, that it could make Mariah Carey blush. Tremonti, Phillips and Marshall went on to found Alter Bridge while Stapp followed a solo career. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. But she was briefly waylaid by evil, earnest-types Counting Crows when they convinced her to help slaughter a Joni Mitchell song. posts, comments and submissions available. 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. The point being: had this song not existed within a viral fad, literally nobody would care. -Jeff Weiss. Sit in the back of an SUV with off-key sorority house members singing along to Dave Matthews Band. Houston's independent source of Good Charlotte From pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. 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". No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. 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. Its often said that people either love Rush or hate them, but a more accurate statement is that most people hate Rush, while a scattered few really love them. Cheesy, yes, but harmless nonetheless. 'This Love' was the band's most significant hit alongside the slightly scary 'She Will Be Liked'. The Madden brothers were so edgy, too, with their guyliner and all. The Darkness - No, it wasn't a bad nightmare. Why you start a pop punk band who can't see past Fall Out Boy for influences of course! For that, Fratellis, I can never forgive you. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in. 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? That said, fuck Walmart. One lucky, FAMILY AFFAIR: INSIDE SNOOP DOGG AND HIS BOSS LADY, By continuing to use our site, you agree to our, Tommy Lasorda: Part Of 5 Freeway Honoring Former Dodger Manager, Newsom Ends 3-Year COVID-19 State of Emergency In California, Vanessa Bryant And L.A. 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A number two single on your first go is not bad though is it? : First of all, the world is a better place with Out of Your Mind in it. You know, that little decade of time from 2000 to 2010 that basically killed everything that was decent and listenable about mainstream alt-rock? 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. But with the Dead, one at least enjoyed a fighting chance of enjoying them sober. The 90's was a time filled with music growth, seeing many rock bands coming up, from No Doubt to Nickleback. The perfect soundtrack to being a brat. Again we have the same problem. These are the worst musicians of the 2000s. 6. I would take being pepper-sprayed dead in my eye over listening to these guys any day. British rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met. 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? Please note that The Journal uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide It happened. Need we go on? If you aren't familiar with English bands in the 2000s this may be news to you but this terrible three-piece sold an enormous 3million albums in their 4-year career. Web10. They probably think it's very clever and sticking it to the man, we just think it makes them look lazy. 15. Justin Hawkins, he of tight catsuits and rebellious teeth fame, really did headline the Reading and Leeds festivals with The Darkness. 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. 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. What made it so bad: When you become a parent, you tacitly sign up to watch an endless amount of childrens TV. The Living End. PA Archive / PA Images / PA Images. Web9. LAWeekly Instagram: Featuring the culture of LA since 1978 , Relationship with the Victim* We love funk, we love metal, but we also love peanut butter and veggie burgers, just not together. The band has been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards and have sold around 40 million records worldwide. He always wore sunglasses. 1. and RollingNews.ie unless otherwise stated. Grab your copy of the Gigwise print magazine here. They are currently recording their seventh studio album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants. Though their leader Darius Rucker is black, Hootie could not be more vanilla. But mainly because courting comparisons to the Beatles is always lame, no exceptions. WebTHE 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. WebThe Australian alternative scene of the 2000s was also notable for its diversity. MORE INFO. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, The rankings of the worst musicians are suggested and voted on based on a variety of metrics, including popular bands least deserving of their fame and fortune, artists who shamelessly ripped off other, superior acts and just bands that don't know how to play their instruments or write songs. Worst bit: When she reminisces about how the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail. Banksy rang, he wants his money back. We didnt see Chico coming. 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. Literally it was a toss-up for us, since both sound like whiny, uninteresting barely catchy songs to us. Last Updated. Oh, The Thrills! Its an instant fix, like downing a couple of fizzy drinks in one go. 4. 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. This pic just screams "Radio Disney." Registered office: 3rd floor, Latin Hall, Golden Lane, Dublin 8. Sophisticated. 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. EMPICS Entertainment. Deryck Whibley led this Canadian 4 piece 'rock' group that somehow pushed their way to the top, for a bit at least. ------------------------------------------. blink-182 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 But Austrian disc-spinner DJ Otzi doesnt know too much of a good thing. 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. Theory of a Deadman's lead singer Tyler Connelly is sort of like a slicker version of Nickelback's Chad Kroeger which is ironic given that the pair duetted on 'Hero' taken from the Spiderman soundtrack. The 00s gave us brilliant things: Arctic Monkeys, The Wire, Spotify, the iPhone. That name, man. Okay, it was written by Andy Burrows, but we still can't forgive him. By siouxsie. Rashawn Ross and Tim Reynolds have also become full-time touring members of the band. Worst bit: Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. WebTHE 2000S WAS a landmark decade for indie music, producing acts that are still huge today. Powter sings in generalisations, (Youre faking a smile with the coffee to go, You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost). 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. 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. Justin Hawkins, he of tight catsuits and rebellious teeth fame, really 19. The band is composed of 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. MDQL is preparing to belt! Worst bit: Its chipmunks singing about sex. 10 Worst Hard Rock Lyrics Of The 2000s. And there comes a point in Hey Baby when it threatens to never end. Cringiest Lines of the New Millennium. Nu-rave may not have aged well as a scene, but Myths of the New Future still holds up, surprisingly. Zzzz. The mere mention of tracks like Two Princes create an earworm so powerful that youre going to need to see an ENT doctor. But it also gave us some truly, unforgettably horrible songs. Or perhaps the reason nobody knows who Tokio Hotel are is that they are a painfully bad band aimed at the kind of people who find Good Charlotte too extreme. With that in mind, you could actually claim that Crazy Frog was punk. Scouting For Girls, you crossed the line about eight choruses ago. The 00s gave us brilliant things: Arctic Monkeys. Okay, guys. WebThese are the worst musicians of the 2000s. The Script - OK, Mums need something to listen to - nobody wants to find their Radiohead CD's in the kitchen on a Sunday afternoon, but surely the women who brought us into this world deserve better than rubbish like The Script they are served? For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies 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. Follow. Because, even if youre composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneously pretentious and dopey, derivative and uniquely craptastic. Becoming popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the band released three consecutive multi-platinum albums, one of which has been certified diamond and has sold over 28 million records in the United States, and over 40 million albums worldwide,becoming the ninth best-selling artist of the 2000s.Creed is often recognized as one of the prominent acts of the post-grunge movement of the late 1990s and early 2000s and is one of the most commercially successful rock bands of all time. The boyband became a manband, encouraged countless 90s reformations that we did not ask for or need, and ushered in the inexplicable revitalisation of Gary Barlows career. Thank you for supporting LA Weekly and our advertisers. What made it so bad: Its a song about a tractor, for starters. for the content of external websites. Web2000s Rock Bands Final Thoughts. and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, Journal Media does not control and is not responsible 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. 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. In order for something to be hated, it must first be loved; that love is what gives the hatred its roots. 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.

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