'This Love' was the bands biggest hit alongside the vaguely creepy 'She Will Be Loved'. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. 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. 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. 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. But she was briefly waylaid by evil, earnest-types Counting Crows when they convinced her to help slaughter a Joni Mitchell song. Truthfully the best part of Papa Roach's presence is that at this moment, they have actually basically ended up being a meme. These are the worst musicians of the 2000s. Create an email alert based on the current article, This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. Another vaguely comedy hair metal band Hot Leg also incorporated glam rock into songs like 'Gay In The 80's' and 'Cocktails'. But in practice, its a soulless, sappy ghost of the past. Web9. 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. 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 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. Okay, guys. Worst bit: The rolling piano refrain is actually quite good, which throws the whole song into stark relief. But it also gave us some truly, unforgettably horrible songs. Josh Homme might pop up and read a kids bedtime story every so often, but its a by-and-large mind-numbing existence. 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. If you still need us to explain why this band are awful with that information in your brain then the chances are you might just be stupid enough to enjoy their dreadful music. 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. Following the formal departure of singer Linn in 2007, the band performed a series of concerts as a trio in Europe and Asia from 2007 through 2009, before Jenny revealed in November 2009 that she would be taking indefinite leave from the band to focus on her own solo career.Jonas and Ulf have since recruited two new female vocalists, Clara Hagman and Julia Williamson. -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. But the song. No 00s hit has been so purpose-built to wind up as many people as possible. Creed. What made it so bad: The fact that its the sound of slipping into a coma. American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1991. 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. Maybe not the worst of the '00s offenders as far as their musical quality goes. Why take our chances? Because theyve been caught ripping off other artists songs, including Stevie Wonder, The New Seekers, and Neil Innes. The band consists of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips. And this an ideal something to make me even sadder breakup song? August 9, 2013 Nobodys done it since, and not because folk duo Nizlopi are boundary-pushing innovators. And the guy Ting Ting, what was his deal? 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. 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? Worst bit:The lyric: Shes flirty / Turned 30 / Aint that the age a girl gets really dirty? No for you, my lyrically challenged friend. 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. After the demise of his first band, then releasing an awful cover of Sparks 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Two Of Us' and before going on to unsuccessfully audition for Eurovision in 2007. It's no surprise that Creed won this poll. 17. Dave is a jam act with no jams. This pic just screams "Radio Disney." No, they deserve special mention for the critical crusade to pass James Murphy off as indie rocks preeminent male role model in spite of, nay, because of his worldview which remains as rigid and obnoxious as Toby Keiths. : Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. , Spotify, the iPhone. : Can We Fix It?s constant, cheap garage beat, the audio equivalent of someone drilling a hole in your conscience. This song isnt really so bad in of itself its more the fact that it introduced the trend of over-produced pop guff purporting to be massive indie bangers. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Twenty years later and chances are that you can still hear Rucker rattling around there in your brain. GRAMMY Award-winner Jeff Coffin of Bla Fleck and the Flecktones has since filled Moore's spot as the band's saxophonist. Send a Message. Billboard ranks them the top rock group of the decade, and their hit song "How You Remind Me" was listed as the top rock song of the decade and the fourth song of the decade. 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. Ill probably never get past it. And there comes a point in Hey Baby when it threatens to never end. Zzzz. Sometimes we just need to call out the musical monstrosities that actually happened and why the 2000s themselves were such a tragedy. Tenacious Ds Tribute was a staple of early 2000s Kerrang and helped take the band to new levels of popularity. Dave Matthews croons like Kermit with a hangover, for a presumed intended audience of trustafarians and frat bros bonding via hacky sack and horseshoes. Known for their squeaky clean looks / Get it crackin / Dont stop, get it get it. This was for a kids movie. 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. The actual band took a backseat to frontman Prestons antics on Celebrity Big Brother and later, Never Mind The Buzzcocks. The band's original domestic signing was with EMI Canada. : The faux-cockney tone of Luke Concannons vocals, as he sings, . -Kai Flanders, You realize that Jason Segels characters obsession with Rush in I Love You Man is tongue in cheek, right? 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. In short:a song so inane and dumb that electroclash legend Peaches felt compelled to write a parodic riposte, the bracingly gross My Dumps. 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 as a character is unforgettable, but the music of Razorlight? Known for their squeaky clean looks and attitudes, this boy band had more than their fifteen minutes of fame. He probably likes Dane Cook. Its cruel, really. Prachi Gupta is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on pop culture. Shane now stars in Coronation Street,which seems fitting, considering the emotions conveyed here seem every bit as genuine as pint from The Rovers Return. for the content of external websites. Content copyright Journal Media Ltd. 2023 Registered in Dublin, registration number: 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. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs. Nothing gets worse. Nick, Joe, and Kevinthe perfect brothers that were all cute and talented. -Ben Westhoff, With the exception of the song Band On the Run which sounds like a forgotten White Album b-side and the bass breakdown on Live and Let Die, there are no greater offenders of 70s schlock than Wings. LAWeekly Instagram: Featuring the culture of LA since 1978 , Relationship with the Victim* Sophisticated. Their second album was called Konk, which is quite fitting, in retrospect. With that in mind, you could actually claim that Crazy Frog was punk. Because nobody will stand for this ever again. Naive was genuinely great! American rock band that formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. While these 3 genres originally started in the 1990s, they wouldn't hit the mainstream until a decade later. ------------------------------------------. Metro Station - What do you do if Billy Ray Cyrus is your Dad and tween sensation Miley Cyrus is your sister? In order for something to be hated, it must first be loved; that love is what gives the hatred its roots. It was a mistake. WebThese are the worst musicians of the 2000s. As Spin magazine put it, they're like "Nickelback before there was Nickelback.". And misogyny. 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. Powter sings in generalisations, (Youre faking a smile with the coffee to go, You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost). 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. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. What made it so bad: Its a song about a tractor, for starters. What made it so bad: Its earnest, self-indulgent pap of the highest order. 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. Tremonti, Phillips and Marshall went on to found Alter Bridge while Stapp followed a solo career. Sitting somewhere between The Streets and Ocean Colour Scene, The Twang were hailed as the next big thing by the NME upon their emergence and topped numerous critics tips including a #2 spot in the influential BBC Sound of 2007 poll. 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. I think any musician and anyone with a brain will agree with at least most of these. 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. Led by human breathalyzer test Wes Scantlin, Puddle of Mudd successfully sold millions of copies of Come Clean, an album flooded with songs that nasally whimpered their way through a deluge of generic guitar strumming and relentless symbol-bashing. When you think its finally gone, it rears its ugly head again. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. 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). We don't mean that in a good way. For that, Fratellis, I can never forgive you. 1. The band has been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards and have sold around 40 million records worldwide. But in practice, its a soulless, sappy ghost of the past. 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! A number two single on your first go is not bad though is it? Worst bit: Its chipmunks singing about sex. 13. But people kept referring them to these labels which diluted the music genres so much its now just a big. 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). Web10. The Darkness - No, it wasn't a bad nightmare. The band is composed of -Ben Westhoff, Funk metal is a bad idea. The uber successful act are so clean cut they make Cliff Richard look like Marilyn Manson. Tis all they were good for. This is a band so hated that their own fans 2. Ah, Johnny Borrell. It was a novelty at the time, honest. WebTHE 2000S WAS a landmark decade for indie music, producing acts that are still huge today. The Give It Away video could be called Anthony and the Hand Jive, and its even more ridiculous when he starts doing duck lips. 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. Tractors and saccharine folk should not mix. Really, guys. We don't need any more to come trailin' on in behind them. / Get it crackin / Dont stop, get it get it. This was for a kids movie. American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1991. Though their leader Darius Rucker is black, Hootie could not be more vanilla. 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. See also: Can an Intelligent Person Like Phish? Goodbye, cruel world. Maybe, but if youve got Foreigner on the playlist, she wont be waiting for you. -Jeff Weiss. Avril Lavigne. My dads totally had a bloody hard day / But hes been good fun and bubblin and jokin away. Oi oi, guvnor! Whether they're singing songs about wishing to cheat on their existing girlfriend with their ex or- actually, you understand I should not even need to continue that sentence. They definitely are not as timeless or genuine as Rage Against the Machine however I still do think they deserve to be considered one of the better rap metal bands. Follow. Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre, What makes a terrible band? 10 Worst Hard Rock Lyrics Of The 2000s. You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site. They can barely play guitar and barely hold a tune. 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. Hot body, rock the party / Give me some of that sugarland! 12. The Killers. Tell us in the comments below. Bang of random Playstation 2 sports game music off Jet. Yeah, that one. Worst bit: When he sings Im here to win your heart and soul and you think, Just let me stop you there, Shane. They subsequently obtained an American deal with global distribution via Roadrunner Records. Them, and folks whose favorite book is The Da Vinci Code and favorite TV show is Two and a Half Men. Her emotionless performance on "SNL" cemented her reputation as robotic, the product of overly manufactured pop perfection. Just because there is still some joy to be obtained from hearing Ryan Jarman howl MEEEEEEEEEEENS NEEEEEEDS! Be Your Own Pet were probably not as well known as some of the bands in this list, but they were bags more fun than most of them. 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. Luckily the band have split now with Justin Hawkins going on to try various ventures such as entering Eurovision (Beaten by the car crash that was Scooch). Check the thread! In a musical genre already dominated by the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, Nick Lachey's ersatz boy band never really had a chance. THIS IS MY PLASTIC FORK! After years of speculation, Creed reunited in 2009 for a tour and new album called Full Circle, and in early 2012 the band reconvened to tour and work on a fifth album. They're so earnest and 'real' that they just come across as luddite's cashing in on a post-Streets world where talking about modern life in a non-patronising way is somehow worthwhile and interesting. Which was a good tactic on his part, because they were crap. WebHere is my list of the Top Ten Worst Rock Bands of the 2000s. Except they were actually a bunch of auto-tuned, spoiled little brats whose fame has more to do with luck than any sort of measure of talent. We'll give it to them, their biggest smash 'In Too Deep' wasn't that bad, but the group have been ploughing the same one-dimensional furrow for far too long now. 14. 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. He needs that sugar hit again, and again, and again. Hot Leg - A second appearance here for Justin Hawkins (formerly of The Darkness). 8. Their most recent album, Away from the World, was released in 2012, and also debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. 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. Even in the 1990s, there were only so many mock turtlenecks and cargo pants the front cover of Tiger Beat could handle before fans revolted against the fashion. What followed, however, was nothing short of disastrous. A grubby little band who don't deserve 1% of their success. Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz Bookmark. 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. Another band that just call to mind video games. Theres innocent fun, and then theres ruining a new millennium before its barely begun. Houston's independent source of 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. 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. Tokio Hotel - Hugely popular in Europe, Tokio Hotel have yet to replicate their success in Britain or the USA. We don't mean that in a good way. 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 We know this now. Are Hootie & the Blowish breaking up? If only. So thanks for that, lads. Famous purely through association the bands biggest hit is the catchy but infuriating 'Shake It'. Swedish pop group, originally consisting of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren. Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy. Get Free is still fine? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? Hard-Fi - A 'proper' band who sing about real things like having no money, going out on a Friday night, soldiers in Afghanistan and Feltham Young Offenders Prison. But we were naive in 2006. But wasnt this good? 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.