And try not to dance. Sophisticated. EMPICS Entertainment / PA Wire / PA Wire, Indie for the ladsladslads. Towers Of London - Well where to start? Treat yourself. At least with those, you can sometimes get a laugh out of them. 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. Razorlight - In fairness the hatred directed at Razorlight is not actually for the three members of the band not called Johnny Borrell is it? 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. Worst bit: The way it builds to the chorus with grim inevitability. PA Archive / PA Images YOU. 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. This -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. 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. EMPICS Entertainment. A collection of the worst bands to emerge and inflict woeful music upon us this decade. Copyright 2023 RebelsMarket Inc. All rights reserved. Afterwards, the band put out their biggest album to date, All The Right Reasons which produced 3 top 10 singles and 5 top 20 singles, on the Billboard Hot 100 example of songs like "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar". But mainly because courting comparisons to the Beatles is always lame, no exceptions. Even their most well-known musical insult "Down With The Sickness" literally reenacts a mom's whipping of her child. Nick, Joe, and Kevinthe perfect brothers that were all cute and talented. 8. Because Wonderwall is pure nonsense. 4. Theres innocent fun, and then theres ruining a new millennium before its barely begun. They make Perrier seem vibrant and ethnic. We don't need any more to come trailin' on in behind them. To further plummet any scrap of credibility the band might have had lead singer Donny Tourette (Real name: Pat) appeared on Celebrity Big Brother alongside Leo Sayer and Jermaine Jackson. Nobodys done it since, and not because folk duo Nizlopi are boundary-pushing innovators. What made it so bad: When you become a parent, you tacitly sign up to watch an endless amount of childrens TV. 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. Sum 41 - Fronted by Deryck Whibley, the Canadian It is not an exaggeration to call this one of the defining albums for Worst bit: The rolling piano refrain is actually quite good, which throws the whole song into stark relief. Dave Matthews Band. -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. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave See if you agree with Rolling Stone readers top-10 list of the worst90s bands. Hanson has sold over 16 million records worldwide and have had eight top 40 singles in the UK and six top 40 singles in the US. But everything after that was just eh. WebThe Australian alternative scene of the 2000s was also notable for its diversity. So let's apologise in advance to Bjorn, Carl and whoever is currently playing drums and keep the vitriol centralised. Across their three studio albums, James, Charlie and Matt inflicted such nightmarish songs as 'Year 3000', 'Air Hostess' and 'Thunderbirds' upon our poor ears. Then again, maybe Whibley's split with Avril Lavigne will inspire him to write some inspired songs of heartbreak? Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records. 1 One Direction One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) were a British-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Another band that just call to mind video games. Whats worse is just how seedy it all is, way too post-watershed for rodents. Naive was genuinely great! In order for something to be hated, it must first be loved; that love is what gives the hatred its roots. Powter sings in generalisations, (Youre faking a smile with the coffee to go, You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost). Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta. Good Charlotte By siouxsie 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. 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. See also: Can an Intelligent Person Like Phish? 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. The Give It Away video could be called Anthony and the Hand Jive, and its even more ridiculous when he starts doing duck lips. WebAs 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. But their musical sensibilities are questionable; someone in the group seems to have decided that New Jack Swing was too subtle. Getting back to terrible pop-punk Simple Plan has ranked high on our list of hated musicians of the 2000s. Scouting For Girls - What can we say about this band that hasn't already been said? But with the Dead, one at least enjoyed a fighting chance of enjoying them sober. Of course, white people arent like most listeners, and will tolerate almost anything theyre told is good for them; hence the groups popularity. Tractors and saccharine folk should not mix. Web20 Worst Bands of the 2000s Can you name the 20 Worst Bands? They are permanently beige, the sonic instantiation of Ambercrombie & Fitch cargo shorts, South Carolina Gamecocks hats, and flip-flops flailing. Did Banana Republic run out of khakis? 'This Love' was the bands biggest hit alongside the vaguely creepy 'She Will Be Loved'. 8. Interchangeable with Matchbox 20, but technically not Matchbox 20. The point being: had this song not existed within a viral fad, literally nobody would care. 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. Empics Entertainment 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. -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. Tenacious Ds Tribute was a staple of early 2000s Kerrang and helped take the band to new levels of popularity. John Mayer is that insufferable bro -- you know, the one who wears a pukka bead necklace, is always shirtless, toting around a guitar at that house party you didn't want to go to, anyway. 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. You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site. We can be thankful that 4 Non Blondes only made one album 1992s Bigger, Better, Faster, More! 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). 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. 3. 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. 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. Unfortunately, they were so clean-cut they made Santa Clause seem like Jack the Ripper and made us wish that old Jack would go rip their smirky smiles off their faces. WebHere are 20 of the worst: Sandi Thom, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair), 2006 What made it so bad: Cast your mind back to 2006, when you had to ask These are the worst musicians of the 2000s. Worst bit: Can We Fix It?s constant, cheap garage beat, the audio equivalent of someone drilling a hole in your conscience. 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. Truthfully the best part of Papa Roach's presence is that at this moment, they have actually basically ended up being a meme. Carrots help us see much better in the dark/ Dont talk to girls, theyll break your heart. Just an example of a Wombats lyric for you. 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. Theres their reality show and various line-up shifts, of course, but the details of those are too depressing to go into. : The faux-cockney tone of Luke Concannons vocals, as he sings, . To give you an example, 'Year 3000' is about what life is like in the future, and they talk about how. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, 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. WebThe 15 most hated bands of the last 30 years Perhaps the only time you'll see Limp Bizkit, Lana Del Rey and Insane Clown Posse on the same list By Prachi Gupta Published