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. Josh Homme might pop up and read a kids bedtime story every so often, but its a by-and-large mind-numbing existence. WebCan you name the 20 Worst Bands? The group was especially popular in Canada, having three number-one singles in the country. 483623. We know you've noticed it, the sudden influx of '90s nostalgia bands that have made their way back on tour. 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. For the release of their seventh album, the band parted from EMI Canada and signed a new Canadian domestic distribution deal with Universal Music Canada. 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. We've already got bands like Hoobastank and Alien Ant Farm set to traipse through the city on tour. 25 forgotten indie bands of the 2000s, ranked from worst to best, Doug Peters / EMPICS Entertainment / EMPICS Entertainment. 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. And what about Anthony Kiediss rapping? The new line-up released The Golden Ratio in September 2010. 8. These results are sure to anger many people, but remember that this is a readers' poll. Tractors and saccharine folk should not mix. -Ben Westhoff, Where Journey was a hit factory, Foreigner are the sweatshop equivalent, churning out shoddy products full of lead paint. He as a character is unforgettable, but the music of Razorlight? 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. Their most recent album, Away from the World, was released in 2012, and also debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. "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. Follow her on Twitter at @prachigu or email her at pgupta@salon.com. Why you start a pop punk band who can't see past Fall Out Boy for influences of course! 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. 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. Doesnt make it funny, though, does it? And the guy Ting Ting, what was his deal? The Madden brothers were so edgy, too, with their guyliner and all. It was a novelty at the time, honest. By this time Westlife were six albums deep into a career built upon dull, saccharine ballads and the formula was very tired indeed. and RollingNews.ie unless otherwise stated. 10. The group was moved to Island Def Jam Music Group, which they eventually left after conflict with the label about creative input. : First of all, the world is a better place with Out of Your Mind in it. 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? WebHere, we take a look at 33 of the best 2000s rock bands that helped push the genre into new and exciting directions: 1. God, Im aggravated just thinking about Scouting For Girls. I was born too late into a world that doesnt care,, when accountants didnt have control / And when media couldnt buy your soul.. They probably think it's very clever and sticking it to the man, we just think it makes them look lazy. Ward was crowned the winner ofThe X Factor before releasing this radically uninventive ballad, which sounds like every single X Factor winners song ever. Yo wat up, goes Alvin Chipmunk as the song kicks off. A number two single on your first go is not bad though is it? But with the Dead, one at least enjoyed a fighting chance of enjoying them sober. PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie. Houston's independent source of 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. These are the worst musicians of the 2000s. Essentially joke mock-rockers who benefited by a temporary loss of irony awareness, this band from Lowestoft pillaged the deepest atrocities of 80's hair metal and regurgitated them over a series of tongue in cheek songs like 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love' and 'Growing On Me'. In other words, LCD Soundsystem fans are the type of people who think buying their 10-year old kid a Public Image Ltd. record for his birthday is an example of good parenting. It was an actual, living hell. Because Wonderwall is pure nonsense. 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. But everything after that was just eh. Theory of a Deadman For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies Listen to it! American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. 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. Worst bit: The rolling piano refrain is actually quite good, which throws the whole song into stark relief. Nothing gets worse. After signing to major label DGC Records, Nirvana found unexpected success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the first single from the band's second album Nevermind (1991). submissions or preferences. 17. Yo, echoes Theodore. 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. 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. 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Dave Matthews croons like Kermit with a hangover, for a presumed intended audience of trustafarians and frat bros bonding via hacky sack and horseshoes. In theory, Bad Day is a touching, uplifting number to raise the spirits, a reminder that everyone feels down in the dumps sometimes. 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. Bollocks. 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. -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? You know, that little decade of time from 2000 to 2010 that basically killed everything that was decent and listenable about mainstream alt-rock? These guys always seemed to be for people who were like, into ART and LITERATURE. 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. : One happy clappy singalong of Hey Babys chorus is nice, harmless fun. But Austrian disc-spinner DJ Otzi doesnt know too much of a good thing. Well how about they're the single worst, most soul-sapping, boring band of office workers ever to inflict their awful sub-Keane warblings on an already depressed nation's ears. As with our top 20 greatest musicians of all time and top 20 hair metal albums of all time lists, we take this shit very seriously, even enlisting objective third party analysts to review our findings for accuracy. But Austrian disc-spinner DJ Otzi doesnt know too much of a good thing. A grubby little band who don't deserve 1% of their success. Web2000s Rock Bands Final Thoughts. Silverchair. What made it so bad: Its earnest, self-indulgent pap of the highest order. 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. The 00s gave us brilliant things: Arctic Monkeys, The Wire, Spotify, the iPhone. We wondered which recent bands we might all be fighting about in 20 years. Report. Follow us on Twitter @LAWeeklyMusic, and like us at LAWeeklyMusic. I mean, really, was the "he-said-she-said bullshit" that rage-inducing, Fred Durst? Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. Lets not neglect how wonderful it was to witness a puffa jacket-wearing Dane Bowers singlehandedly stinking out Posh Spices big solo move. That said, fuck Walmart. 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. Nobodys done it since, and not because folk duo Nizlopi are boundary-pushing innovators. 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. 16. 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. Its not even the proper Westlife line-up, as this version of a traditional hymn was released the year after Brian McFadden left the band, so Shane Filan and the gang are left to the do the heavy lifting between them. 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. MEEEEEEENS NEEEEEEDS!. We like best things, too. 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. Registered office: 3rd floor, Latin Hall, Golden Lane, Dublin 8. No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. In 2009, the band's original lineup reunited and began touring, culminating with the recording of the album Gold Cobra (2011), after which they left Interscope and later signed with Cash Money Records, but DJ Lethal was asked to leave the band soon after. 18. Why take our chances? 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. Their second album was called Konk, which is quite fitting, in retrospect. But wasnt this good? The Living End. : 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. But the larger point of why this band is on the list is the entire pop-punk fad they inspired. To give you an example, 'Year 3000' is about what life is like in the future, and they talk about how. Sometimes we just need to call out the musical monstrosities that actually happened and why the 2000s themselves were such a tragedy. The actual band took a backseat to frontman Prestons antics on Celebrity Big Brother and later, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. : Its chipmunks singing about sex. Sports 20 Worst Bands of the 2000s Stats Can you name the 20 Worst Bands? 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. Nu-rave may not have aged well as a scene, but Myths of the New Future still holds up, surprisingly. only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail.. 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. Even their most well-known musical insult "Down With The Sickness" literally reenacts a mom's whipping of her child. 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. The Jonas Brothers. 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. Whats that coming over the hill? 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. Pretty Rickys rap-R&B hybrid is so tasteless and tacky, even, that it could make Mariah Carey blush. British rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met. Justin Hawkins, he of tight catsuits and rebellious teeth fame, really did headline the Reading and Leeds festivals with The Darkness. 1. But then this happened. 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. You got it. And besides, they still go on world tours, have their own podcasts and continue to release musicso we can't feel too bad for them. The 00s gave us brilliant things: Arctic Monkeys. The term landfill-indie was made for a band like The Twang. 7. and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, I think any musician and anyone with a brain will agree with at least most of these. And this an ideal something to make me even sadder breakup song? Another band that just call to mind video games. A collection of the worst bands to emerge and inflict woeful music upon us this decade. 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 can be thankful that 4 Non Blondes only made one album 1992s Bigger, Better, Faster, More! -Nicholas Pell, If LCD Soundsystem were only responsible for three albums that are half-filler and a workout mix made by people who clearly dont go to the gym for people who dont go to the gym themselves they wouldnt be on this list. -Ben Westhoff, Did you know that Blues Travelers John Popper used to be a member of this damn group? Oh god, the song. As you can imagine, this one got people fired up, and votes poured in. Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. I don't think I need to remind everyone about how terrible frosted tips on whine-singing dudes were, right? Her emotionless performance on "SNL" cemented her reputation as robotic, the product of overly manufactured pop perfection. Worst bit: Can We Fix It?s constant, cheap garage beat, the audio equivalent of someone drilling a hole in your conscience. 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. : The faux-cockney tone of Luke Concannons vocals, as he sings, . Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography So do you agree ? The band's third record, Weathered, was released in 2001 with Mark Tremonti handling bass before the band disbanded in 2004 due to increasing tension between members. No Spice Girl was better placed to rule the charts than Victoria Beckham. and help keep the future of the Houston Press, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. The Darkness - No, it wasn't a bad nightmare. With that in mind, you could actually claim that Crazy Frog was punk. Ill probably never get past it. Just one more single was released in six months before band member Daniel Pearce quit the band leaving them no choice but to split the following day. Worst bit: The way it builds to the chorus with grim inevitability. This time, car video games. But in practice, its a soulless, sappy ghost of the past. 8. He always wore sunglasses. This group of Nirvana/Pearl Jam wannabes' popularity, fortunately, died out by the mid-2000s, nevertheless, the lyrically immature and musically repeated and underdeveloped stylings of Puddle of Mudd were certainly an indication of things to come in the early 2000s, for this reason, their addition on this list. Truthfully the best part of Papa Roach's presence is that at this moment, they have actually basically ended up being a meme. But at some point, founders Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope sort of lost their way and now this is all that's left of them: If music on the radio in the early 1990s all sounded the same, that's because it was All Hootie & The Blowfish, All The Time. However, we aren't going to let them off the hook for being responsible for the birth of bands like Simple Plan and Panic! The point being: had this song not existed within a viral fad, literally nobody would care. 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. Dave Parsons joined Bush shortly after leaving the band Transvision Vamp. She's another reminder that we live in a post-Black Eyed Peas era. Because their backstage altercations always boiled down to sibling rivalry. 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. August 9, 2013 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. In theory, that sounds kind of amazing. All Rights reserved. No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. at the Disco, which makes this entire decade of music suck just a little bit harder than it did before. What made it so bad: First of all, the world is a better place with Out of Your Mind in it. Its an instant fix, like downing a couple of fizzy drinks in one go. Dave Matthews Band. posts, comments and submissions available. Worst bit:The lyric: Shes flirty / Turned 30 / Aint that the age a girl gets really dirty? No for you, my lyrically challenged friend. 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. 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. Smash Mouth is what would have happened if Limp Bizkit made love to a Lisa Frank poster. Ah, Johnny Borrell. For that, Fratellis, I can never forgive you. 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. Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta. Well, in this case the common rap happens to be true. We didnt see Chico coming. Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. What made it so bad: Mainly the chorus, which sees Gary Barlow wailing like hes just opened a tax return. -Kai Flanders, You realize that Jason Segels characters obsession with Rush in I Love You Man is tongue in cheek, right?