Naive was genuinely great! 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. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. Scouting For Girls - What can we say about this band that hasn't already been said? Perhaps this is down to a belief that a band from Germany could never be as good as one from New York or London. We wondered which recent bands we might all be fighting about in 20 years. But Austrian disc-spinner DJ Otzi doesnt know too much of a good thing. The actual band took a backseat to frontman Prestons antics on Celebrity Big Brother and later, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Truthfully it was a tough call regarding whether or not to choose Simple Plan or Good Charlotte to appear on this list. By this time Westlife were six albums deep into a career built upon dull, saccharine ballads and the formula was very tired indeed. 10. Because, even if youre composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneously pretentious and dopey, derivative and uniquely craptastic. : First of all, the world is a better place with Out of Your Mind in it. 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. Worst bit: The faux-cockney tone of Luke Concannons vocals, as he sings, My dads totally had a bloody hard day / But hes been good fun and bubblin and jokin away. Oi oi, guvnor! And, lastly, I want to clarify that not all of the bands pointed out on this list existed simply throughout the 2000s, but they are remembered as '2000s musicians'. God, Im aggravated just thinking about Scouting For Girls. -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. And so in that spirit we present the worst bands of all time. Limp Bizkit. Using the spoils of the Beatles, Wings built a castle out of cheese. 6. WebStill, as of today, Maroon 5 is one of the most successful bands in the entire world, having sold more than 75 million records. Tenacious Ds Tribute was a staple of early 2000s Kerrang and helped take the band to new levels of popularity. 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. Dave is a jam act with no jams. 10:00AM. 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. Known for their squeaky clean looks and attitudes, this boy band had more than their fifteen minutes of fame. MDQL is preparing to belt! Bet you just said Ah The REVS! didnt you? Scouting For Girls write songs a child might make in a primary school music class. 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. A number two single on your first go is not bad though is it? Sports 20 Worst Bands of the 2000s Stats Can you name the 20 Worst Bands? 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. : When you become a parent, you tacitly sign up to watch an endless amount of childrens TV. They're filled to the brim with misogynistic, self-important suckage, model themselves after Nickleback, and one song has them professing that they're "so sick of the hobos." 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. Whats next, hair-pulling and time-outs? Whats that coming over the hill? These are the worst musicians of the 2000s. 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. But wasnt this good? The band eventually came to develop a sound that relied on dynamic contrasts, often between quiet verses and loud, heavy choruses. I would like to point out that the members of The Maccabees are called things like Orlando, Hugo, Felix, and Rupert. Web20 Worst Bands of the 2000s Can you name the 20 Worst Bands? But it The quartet has disappeared, but the bands dubious legacy lives on through member Linda Perry, writer and producer of some of the most boring radio songs imaginable, including Christina Aguileras Beautiful and Pinks Get the Party Started. -Liz Ohanesian, Emerging with their mid-aughts hit Grind With Me, Pretty Ricky somehow managed to lower the bar when it came to heartthrob groups with baby-oil-smeared chests. British rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met. Paul Cook and Steve Jones are great, but were held back by the larger-than-life personalities of Sid Vicious and John Lydon (or Rotten or whatever). 25 forgotten indie bands of the 2000s, ranked from worst to best, Doug Peters / EMPICS Entertainment / EMPICS Entertainment. The album did not match the sales figures of Nevermind but was still a critical and commercial success. 9. Another band that just call to mind video games. But with the Dead, one at least enjoyed a fighting chance of enjoying them sober. American alternative rock band formed in New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits, "Two Princes", and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. If only Hootie were Sandra Dee. As Spin magazine put it, they're like "Nickelback before there was Nickelback.". Boyd Tinsley was added to the band as a violinist soon after the band was formed. 17. "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. They are permanently beige, the sonic instantiation of Ambercrombie & Fitch cargo shorts, South Carolina Gamecocks hats, and flip-flops flailing. But their musical sensibilities are questionable; someone in the group seems to have decided that New Jack Swing was too subtle. advertising. Unlike Weetabix, however, theres not a shred of evidence suggesting Fleet Foxes prevent colorectal cancer. 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. WebIt's not that they're the worst bands ever, but the fact that they're so fucking boring makes them worse than some of the actual worst bands. Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs. What made it so bad: Its a song about a tractor, for starters. 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. -Kai Flanders, Boring, tepid, rehashed classic rock with a thin veneer of alt. Trace Cyrus is the lead in this group of wannabe punks and his equine features gallop their way through everything Metro Station do. The Jonas Brothers This pic just screams "Radio Disney." We want to hear it. Since its debut, the band has sold over 25 million records in the United States alone, and over 75 million records worldwide. But it also gave us some truly, unforgettably horrible songs. 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. Silverchair. Give Orange. Their second album was called Konk, which is quite fitting, in retrospect. Inexplicably popular, the band continue to break peoples ears and will to live the world over. The point here is seduction, but its hard to be seduced when youre nauseous. Known for their squeaky clean looks and attitudes, this boy band had more than their fifteen minutes of fame. 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. News images provided by Press Association What made it so bad: Mainly the chorus, which sees Gary Barlow wailing like hes just opened a tax return. 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. Okay, it was written by Andy Burrows, but we still can't forgive him. WebCLICK HERE to see The 50 Greatest Albums of the 2000s. and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, MORE INFO. 1. 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.". No Spice Girl was better placed to rule the charts than Victoria Beckham. By siouxsie PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie. Nickelback. 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. Well, too bad. (When, by the way, they'll still be terrible.). Sometimes we just need to call out the musical monstrosities that actually happened and why the 2000s themselves were such a tragedy. 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. Justin Hawkins, he of tight catsuits and rebellious teeth fame, really 19. : Its a song about a tractor, for starters. Thi-is. The band's original domestic signing was with EMI Canada. 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 / PA Wire / PA Wire, Indie for the ladsladslads. 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. unless otherwise stated. Feedback on 25 forgotten indie bands of the 2000s, ranked from worst to best. Creed released two studio albums, My Own Prison in 1997 and Human Clay in 1999, before Marshall left the band in 2000 to be replaced by touring bassist Brett Hestla. What was he hiding? So let's apologise in advance to Bjorn, Carl and whoever is currently playing drums and keep the vitriol centralised. In fact, it downright sucks. Wire service provided by AFP and Press Association. It's sort of like hating Jonah Lehrer, partially because, like Lehrer, Nickelbackplagiarizes itselfand somehow still has fans. Sloppy, derivative and obsessed with shock value for its own sake, the Pistols set the template for British punk rock bands trying too hard. Just an FYI, though? For that, Fratellis, I can never forgive you. Zzzz. Yo wat up, goes Alvin Chipmunk as the song kicks off. 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. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prachi Gupta is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on pop culture. American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1991. -Gabrielle Canon, Why is Oasis among the worst? This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The mere mention of tracks like Two Princes create an earworm so powerful that youre going to need to see an ENT doctor. We asked our readers to vote for their least favorite bands of the Nineties last week. It was the first debut album to produce three number 1 singles on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart: "All That She Wants", "The Sign" and "Don't Turn Around". In 2011, Nickelback released their latest studio album, Here and Now which again topped the charts,] with a supporting tour that began in April 2012. WebChris Gerard of Metro Weekly ranked it as Duran Duran's worst album. They also have the worst band name of the decade to boot. I don't think I need to remind everyone about how terrible frosted tips on whine-singing dudes were, right? Technically this band rose to fame in the 1990s but their hit album 'Silver Side Up' was released in 2001 and it gave all the douchy people a reason to congregate. They probably think it's very clever and sticking it to the man, we just think it makes them look lazy. 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. We love funk, we love metal, but we also love peanut butter and veggie burgers, just not together. EMPICS Entertainment / PA Wire Muse, Evanescence Bring Big Goth Energy to Toyota Center. 483623. Vote now in our 2015 Best of L.A. Readers Choice poll. Here are the top 10 bands that defined the 2000s Kerrang era. The term landfill-indie was made for a band like The Twang. Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta. Its an instant fix, like downing a couple of fizzy drinks in one go. From pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. These are the worst musicians of the 2000s. The group was especially popular in Canada, having three number-one singles in the country. Worse, the band members went on to respectively spawn the equally turgid McFly, Son of Dork and Fightstar. But people kept referring them to these labels which diluted the music genres so much its now just a big. It was not long before they recruited bassist Dave Parsons, and later drummer Robin Goodridge, and started writing. Nothing gets worse. Worst bit: The way the singer wears his hat in the video. submissions or preferences. But then this happened. This list could have gone on for miles. Good Charlotte No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. August 9, 2013 Please note that The Journal uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide Okay, their big hit, 'In Too Deep' wasn't that bad, however, the group has been chipping away at the same couple of chords now for too long. Probably the worst band musically of the decade this group of peroxide punks have gained notoriety for a series of publicity stunts. 8. By marrying the two genres, brokeNCDYDE hit upon a hidden level of rubbish, a bonus round of tawdry shit. 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. How did five lads from grey, rainy Dublin make songs so evocative of sunny California? Why you start a pop punk band who can't see past Fall Out Boy for influences of course! Ah, Johnny Borrell. Then again, maybe Whibley's split with Avril Lavigne will inspire him to write some inspired songs of heartbreak? These include a fly on the wall TV show including totally not faked (raises eyebrows) scenes of the band fighting people in the streets and sending excrement to a writer who gave them a bad review. But in practice, its a soulless, sappy ghost of the past. 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. 13. But the larger point of why this band is on the list is the entire pop-punk fad they inspired. Theres innocent fun, and then theres ruining a new millennium before its barely begun. 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. The Give It Away video could be called Anthony and the Hand Jive, and its even more ridiculous when he starts doing duck lips. I think any musician and anyone with a brain will agree with at least most of these. Tokio Hotel - Hugely popular in Europe, Tokio Hotel have yet to replicate their success in Britain or the USA. Rashawn Ross and Tim Reynolds have also become full-time touring members of the band. What made it so bad: Its earnest, self-indulgent pap of the highest order. All Rights reserved. What followed, however, was nothing short of disastrous. We had nothing to do with the results. Unlike his sister who would never do anything rebellious or naughty, Trace is covered in tattoos including the phrase 'Songs Of Victory' on his chest and a coffin on his throat. Tractors and saccharine folk should not mix. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. 10. Empics Entertainment. Theres undoubtedly genuine musicianship behind this Seattle outfit, its just wholly unpalatable, lacking even the most basic hooks and melodies necessary to sustain most listeners. 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. Cringiest Lines of the New Millennium. That's right, the '00s. Share with Friends Add To Playlist. -Kai Flanders, What do white people have to complain about, George Carlin once posited. 'This Love' was the band's most significant hit alongside the slightly scary 'She Will Be Liked'. Known for their squeaky clean looks Okay, guys. One True Voice were the boy band created by Popstars: The Rivals. I'm serious even the 1970s with its strange clothing and dime-a-dozen disco can't compete. 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'. 19. , 300px wide 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. Ill probably never get past it. 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. Interchangeable with Matchbox 20, but technically not Matchbox 20. 8. Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. 15. The point being: had this song not existed within a viral fad, literally nobody would care. Myspace updates are like the bat signal of an '00s artists, you know. 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. From whence you came, Plain White Ts. Worst bit: When he sings Im here to win your heart and soul and you think, Just let me stop you there, Shane. Added to the mix is an unhealthy dose of 'crunk'- a highly processed and auto-tuned form of hip hop with added nauseating screams. Theory Of A Deadman - Anyone who opens a song with the line So sick of the hobos and then chastises them for 'sitting around' while he has to work for money is a special kind of idiot. The Jonas Brothers - This Disney approved threesome provoke extreme anger amongst their haters for being so damn squeaky clean. Worst bit: Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. And that one song is grand, and then it turns into Brimful of Asha. The band is composed of lead guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, bassist Mike Kroeger, and drummer Daniel Adair. : The faux-cockney tone of Luke Concannons vocals, as he sings, . You got it. WebWorst band of all time 24 Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter and musician. If you take offense, then you 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. Even their most well-known musical insult "Down With The Sickness" literally reenacts a mom's whipping of her child. The new line-up released The Golden Ratio in September 2010. To embed this post, copy the code below on your site, 600px wide 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. 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. 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. It's no surprise that Creed won this poll. Enough with the nostalgia shows already. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave WebThe Australian alternative scene of the 2000s was also notable for its diversity. 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. Copyright 2023 RebelsMarket Inc. All rights reserved. B-. , somehow sounding like hes never actually been sad in his entire life quite the achievement, in hindsight. But it also gave us some truly, unforgettably horrible songs. This makes them make the list. It happened. : Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. Truthfully the best part of Papa Roach's presence is that at this moment, they have actually basically ended up being a meme. Powter sings in generalisations (Youre faking a smile with the coffee to go, You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost), somehow sounding like hes never actually been sad in his entire life quite the achievement, in hindsight. Report. WebFrom pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. ' On the plus side, however, we do thoroughly back the legit bromance between Messrs. Kiedis and Flea. We know you've noticed it, the sudden influx of '90s nostalgia bands that have made their way back on tour. 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? So when something half decent comes along, its easy to get carried away. Ev-ery. Web2000s Rock Bands Final Thoughts. WebHere they are: the absolute worst rock bands in history, ranked from the most awful bands to the kind of okay, but still pretty bad, by the Ranker community and real rock purists. In order for something to be hated, it must first be loved; that love is what gives the hatred its roots. A work of art, and enough to cement them on the latter half of this list. 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 band's musical output is nothing compared to the album artwork however. Just in case you need a good, strong dose of suck to wake you up to the cruel, cruel noise that was the '00s, we've made a list to remind you of what bands could be in your future if this nostalgia path continues to sludge its way across the nation. Like Piers Morgan. We know this now. They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations. They are currently recording their seventh studio album, Stampede of the Disco Elephants. / Get it crackin / Dont stop, get it get it. This was for a kids movie. Tis all they were good for. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. Go on! 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.