But it also gave us some truly, unforgettably horrible songs. What made it so bad: One happy clappy singalong of Hey Babys chorus is nice, harmless fun. Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. The current members are Chris Barron (vocals), Eric Schenkman (guitar and vocals), Aaron Comess (drums and percussion), and Mark White (bass guitar). But in practice, its a soulless, sappy ghost of the past. This pic just screams "Radio Disney." 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. Getting back to terrible pop-punk Simple Plan has ranked high on our list of hated musicians of the 2000s. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography Theres innocent fun, and then theres ruining a new millennium before its barely begun. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. 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. Boy bands from the late 90s to early 2000s. Worse, the band members went on to respectively spawn the equally turgid McFly, Son of Dork and Fightstar. We didnt see Chico coming. 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. 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. This makes them the third-most successful band from Sweden of all time, after ABBA and Roxette. Following the release of their album, Results May Vary (2003), Borland rejoined the band and recorded The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) (2005) with Durst, Rivers, Lethal and drummer Sammy Siegler before entering a hiatus. services and Literally it was a toss-up for us, since both sound like whiny, uninteresting barely catchy songs to us. To learn more see our, HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SOOOOOO *goal is scored*. Send a Message. 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. American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in 1991. Wire service provided by AFP and Press Association. They probably think it's very clever and sticking it to the man, we just think it makes them look lazy. Inexplicably popular, the band continue to break peoples ears and will to live the world over. What made it so bad: Mainly the chorus, which sees Gary Barlow wailing like hes just opened a tax return. The Living End. You thought I was done with dumping on Coldplay, did you? Tractors and saccharine folk should not mix. 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. (When, by the way, they'll still be terrible.). If the Black Eyed Peas, the creators of nonsensical hits like "Boom Boom Pow" and "My Humps," qualify as music, then any kid with a Barbie Mix It Up DJ Turntable is Mozart. 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. Whats that coming over the hill? Known for their squeaky clean looks PA Archive / PA Images Maybe not the worst of the '00s offenders as far as their musical quality goes. Their most recent album, Away from the World, was released in 2012, and also debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. Though their leader Darius Rucker is black, Hootie could not be more vanilla. Theres their reality show and various line-up shifts, of course, but the details of those are too depressing to go into. 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 The group was especially popular in Canada, having three number-one singles in the country. The worlds defining voice in music and pop culture: breaking whats new and whats next since 1952. 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. 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. Truthfully the best part of Papa Roach's presence is that at this moment, they have actually basically ended up being a meme. Limp Bizkit. Whats worse is just how seedy it all is, way too post-watershed for rodents. 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. Okay, guys. As 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. British rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met. Okay, it was written by Andy Burrows, but we still can't forgive him. In practice, it is not. submissions or preferences. The point here is seduction, but its hard to be seduced when youre nauseous. [29] 2000s2010s Playing with Fire, Kevin Federline (2006) The only album recorded by Kevin Federline, ex-husband of Britney Spears, Playing with Fire is review aggregator Metacritic 's lowest-scoring album with a rating of 15. The Journal supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in. 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. Like actually, they aren't even a band anymore. 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. Whats so bad about it: Its an 80s power ballad dressed up like a mid-noughties indie rock, and aint nobody got time for that. Check the thread! It's sort of like hating Jonah Lehrer, partially because, like Lehrer, Nickelbackplagiarizes itselfand somehow still has fans. 8. Bang of random Playstation 2 sports game music off Jet. Just an FYI, though? 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. Last Updated. The Darkness - No, it wasn't a bad nightmare. 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. The band's original domestic signing was with EMI Canada. In order for something to be hated, it must first be loved; that love is what gives the hatred its roots. WebStill, as of today, Maroon 5 is one of the most successful bands in the entire world, having sold more than 75 million records. Well, in this case the common rap happens to be true. They also won two BRIT Awards (who cares!). In theory, Bad Day is a touching, uplifting number to raise the spirits, a reminder that everyone feels down in the dumps sometimes. So thanks for that, lads. Yo, echoes Theodore. 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. It was a mistake. 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-punk craze during the '00s, and are therefore responsible for the birth of bands like Simple Plan and Panic! MILES. 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. So let's apologise in advance to Bjorn, Carl and whoever is currently playing drums and keep the vitriol centralised. Soporific Laurel Canyon coke rock whose chief existential lament seems to be What toppings should I get on my burrito? the Eagles are the quintessential band for a decade whose favorite barbiturate was the Quaalude. 1. Oh, and also, Nickelback sucks. 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. In fact, it downright sucks. I would take being pepper-sprayed dead in my eye over listening to these guys any day. , 400px wide Because nobody will stand for this ever again. 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? WebFather of All Motherfuckers, Green Day (2020) In 2022, Loudwire published that Father of All Motherfuckers was the highest ranked rock album on a list of the worst albums of the Sum 41 - Fronted by Deryck Whibley, the Canadian By this time Westlife were six albums deep into a career built upon dull, saccharine ballads and the formula was very tired indeed. The band went through a number of configurations between 1995 and 2005, achieving its current form when Adair replaced drummer Ryan Vikedal. 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. and RollingNews.ie unless otherwise stated. They are permanently beige, the sonic instantiation of Ambercrombie & Fitch cargo shorts, South Carolina Gamecocks hats, and flip-flops flailing. I would like to point out that the members of The Maccabees are called things like Orlando, Hugo, Felix, and Rupert. Feb 23, 2017. Goodbye, cruel world. Worst bit: Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. Tenacious Ds Tribute was a staple of early 2000s Kerrang and helped take the band to new levels of popularity. But in practice, its a soulless, sappy ghost of the past. Tis all they were good for. The point being: had this song not existed within a viral fad, literally nobody would care. All Rights reserved. : When you become a parent, you tacitly sign up to watch an endless amount of childrens TV. Scouting For Girls, you crossed the line about eight choruses ago. Nothing gets worse. 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. -Ben Westhoff, Touted as the originators of punk, the Sex Pistols were really just a third-rate Faces rip off with a low-rent Richard Hell on vocals. You get infected at a young age when you dont know any better. Even their most well-known musical insult "Down With The Sickness" literally reenacts a mom's whipping of her child. 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. Nick, Joe, and Kevinthe perfect brothers that were all cute and talented. 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. In theory, that sounds kind of amazing. Treat yourself. We don't need any more to come trailin' on in behind them. -Kai Flanders, What do white people have to complain about, George Carlin once posited. 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. Nickelback. What made it so bad: This might the laziest song to become a bonafide hit (it reached number three in the UK singles chart). THIS IS MY PLASTIC FORK! 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. 10. 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. By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy. In the last week, Rush and the Eagles have been reappraised and argued about on Salon. Hot body, rock the party / Give me some of that sugarland! But Austrian disc-spinner DJ Otzi doesnt know too much of a good thing. But she was briefly waylaid by evil, earnest-types Counting Crows when they convinced her to help slaughter a Joni Mitchell song. Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. The perfect soundtrack to being a brat. at the Disco, which makes this entire decade of music suck just a little bit harder than it did before. Axel F was one of those irreversible mistakes, the kind that spirals out of control before you realise whats actually happening. I don't think I need to remind everyone about how terrible frosted tips on whine-singing dudes were, right? 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. Silverchair. The Pigeon Detectives - In 2001 we got The Strokes, an impossibly cool band from New York who wore their jackets tight and their hair unkempt. Grab your copy of the Gigwise print magazine here. And what about Anthony Kiediss rapping? 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Tremonti, Phillips and Marshall went on to found Alter Bridge while Stapp followed a solo career. WebHere, we take a look at 33 of the best 2000s rock bands that helped push the genre into new and exciting directions: 1. 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. EMPICS Entertainment EMPICS Entertainment / PA Wire / PA Wire, Indie for the ladsladslads. Just because there is still some joy to be obtained from hearing Ryan Jarman howl MEEEEEEEEEEENS NEEEEEEDS! : Counting Crows singer Adam Duritzs purring la la la la chants. The band's musical output is nothing compared to the album artwork however. 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. Dave Matthews croons like Kermit with a hangover, for a presumed intended audience of trustafarians and frat bros bonding via hacky sack and horseshoes. A grubby little band who don't deserve 1% of their success. 'This Love' was the bands biggest hit alongside the vaguely creepy 'She Will Be Loved'. Need we go on? To embed this post, copy the code below on your site, 600px wide GRAMMY Award-winner Jeff Coffin of Bla Fleck and the Flecktones has since filled Moore's spot as the band's saxophonist. Its excellent that theyve got great abs, and they certainly have the right to wear their shiny jackets wide open. Borland left the group in 2001, but Durst, Rivers, Otto and Lethal continued to record and tour with guitarist Mike Smith. Boyd Tinsley was added to the band as a violinist soon after the band was formed. Bollocks. We like best things, too. and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, 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. Its an instant fix, like downing a couple of fizzy drinks in one go. 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. A work of art, and enough to cement them on the latter half of this list. He always wore sunglasses. That name, man. Favorite. Cringiest Lines of the New Millennium. But everything after that was just eh. You got it. But it Their Pete Waterman created, insipid single 'Sacred Trust' failed to hit the number one spot and was pipped to the post by 'Sound Of The Underground' by their TV competitors Girls Aloud. To give you an example, 'Year 3000' is about what life is like in the future, and they talk about how. What made it so bad: How did this happen? These are the worst musicians of the 2000s. : 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. The 90's was a time filled with music growth, seeing many rock bands coming up, from No Doubt to Nickleback. Nick, Joe and Kevin are met by hordes of screaming girls wherever they go, but they make us scream for altogether different reasons. Tenacious D. This may not be the greatest and best song in the world, but it is a damn good one nonetheless. Fancy a trip down Indie Memory Lane? Picks include Creed, Limp Bizkit, Hanson - and one big surprise, Readers Poll: The Ten Worst Bands of the Nineties, J-Hope, Boygenius, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week, Karol G & Shakira, The Kid Laroi, Halsey, And All The Songs You Need To Know This Week, Janelle Mone, Lana Del Rey, and All the Songs You Need To Know, Glastonbury Co-Organizer Promises Female Headliners in 2024 After All-Male Top Billing This Year, There Were Sidemen. We did some digging around and this is what we came up with. 10 Worst Hard Rock Lyrics Of The 2000s. -Gabrielle Canon, Why is Oasis among the worst? PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie. 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'. : Its a song about a tractor, for starters. Where would the world of sporting montages be without The Hives? It was an actual, living hell. Content copyright Journal Media Ltd. 2023 Registered in Dublin, registration number: 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. And so stylish! All rights reserved. Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. 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. What made it so bad: That opening bassline kicks in and for a few sweet seconds you think youre listening to A Town Called Malice by The Jam. American nu metal band. -Ben Westhoff, Funk metal is a bad idea. The album did not match the sales figures of Nevermind but was still a critical and commercial success. Empics Entertainment. We can't have them training a whole new legion of horrible pop-punk bands, can we? 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. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. Web10. Create an email alert based on the current article, This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. : Its chipmunks singing about sex. A collection of the worst bands to emerge and inflict woeful music upon us this decade. The Jam Addict team is a revolving door of writers who care about music, its effects on culture, and giving aspiring artists tools and knowledge to be inspired and keep on creating. Comments. 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. With that in mind, you could actually claim that Crazy Frog was punk. 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. 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. 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. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. -Nikki Darling, See also: Top Three Beatles Who Got a Star on the Walk of Fame Before Paul McCartney, A good band should be like Frosted Mini-Wheats, a substantive cereal loaded with fiber and whole grains made edible by delicious sugary coating. Who needs vocals when you've got auto-tune? It was a novelty at the time, honest. Theres innocent fun, and then theres ruining a new millennium before its barely begun. 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. But then this happened. A collection of the worst bands to emerge and inflict woeful music upon us this decade. It's no surprise that Creed won this poll. Lets not neglect how wonderful it was to witness a puffa jacket-wearing Dane Bowers singlehandedly stinking out Posh Spices big solo move. They are allegedly a different, other hated band. 9. They also have the worst band name of the decade to boot. 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. WebFrom pop crap to screamo to ridiculously dull indie, see who makes number one below: 20. 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. Hating Nickelback used to be cool, but it's so easy that it's kind of just a fact, now. 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. August 9, 2013 "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. 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.

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