Worst Rock Bands of the 2000s

The Top Ten
1 Nickelback Nickelback is a Canadian post-grunge band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada. The band is composed of guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, bassist Mike Kroeger, and drummer Daniel Adair.

I understand having nickelback and daughtry and some other bands on here but a lot of ten are actually really good. Green Day, 30 seconds to mars, red hot chili peppers, Coldplay, paramore, and a few other bands on this list are some of the best alternative rock bands in the world.

And by the way: Jonas brothers and one direction are not rock in any way, shape, or form.

The big issue I have with Nickelback is that the lead singer sounds like he's taking a huge dump in every song. That alone ruins this band for me. Though it doesn't help that their lyrics are boring at best, awful at worst, and most of their songs sound very similar to each other.

On this site while listening to Iron Maiden- the complete opposite of this garbage pile of crap band. Just listen to Something In Your Mouth or S.E. X, (they have the worst song titles), and you'll see.. well actually don't, unless you want to torture your ears to the point of wishing that you were deaf

They wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so terribly overrated. This is the band that gives folks in their 40's a bad name in the year 2014. Lazy stuff for people who have no desire to explore because.

2 Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American alternative rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The current members include Mike Shinoda (vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Brad Delson (guitar), Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (bass), Joe Hahn (DJ), and Rob Bourdon (drums). Linkin Park is associated with a mixture of alternative rock, hip hop, and techno. Some of their influences include Nine Inch Nails, Deftones,... read more

A very generic, whiny, pretentious and awful band. If you think Linkin Park are more important than the Smiths, the Rolling Stones, Oasis, Radiohead and Joy Division, you have failed in forming a proper taste in music and probably are nothing but a whiny emo teenager crying in a corner yelling about how much you hate your parents and that you think you have a "horrible" life.

LINKIN PARK are not "talented". How did this word ever come to mind about them? because they are popular? because the first time you hear them they sound cool? anyways, lets get to the point. Mike Shinodas rapping is lifeless, robotic, and fails to convey emotion. I don't know why one voter said he was more talented the KanYe West on the best rappers poll! Chester Bennington does a much better job with vocals but still uses corny rage/emo/aggro factors. LP's songwriting is terrible and the songs on their records are just the sound of Corny, boilerplate aggro lyrics, DJ effects and Muscled guitars. (as described in the rolling stone review for hybrid theory) also their guitar riffs are just muscled for effect and
are really just generically lackluster (Limp Bizkit I will half-heartedly admit play better guitar riffs). check their reviews from rolling stone for further assurance (Hybrid theory 2.5/5, meteora 3/5, etc.). Overall this band is overrated by their surprisingly large fanbase.

3 Limp Bizkit Limp Bizkit is an American nu-metal/rap metal/rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 1994. Their lineup consists of Fred Durst, Sam Rivers, John Otto, and Wes Borland. They're mostly known for their singles like Break Stuff, My Way, My Generation, Nookie, Eat You Alive, Rollin', and Take a Look Around... read more

It's just Fred Durst's voice, I can't stand it. Take out the lyrics and just play the music then it's good. The riffs to Break Stuff is so awesome but Fred's voice screws it up and Nookie is very catchy but with Durst's lyrics, it just sounds stupid.

Terrible band really
Good songs only like Rollin' and My Way but as a band they are one of the most overrated but I personally don, t like limp bizkit.. By the way Linkin Park one of best bands in 2000 but not after thousand suns or living things

Limp Bizkit. As a citizen of Jacksonville, FL, and a student at the high school they attended, I am thoroughly and eternally ashamed of them.

4 30 Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band currently consists of brothers Jared and Shannon Leto.

What kind of a list is this. Linkin Park, Evanescence, 3 Doors Down, and Good Charlotte don't deserve to be on this list. The guy who made this list is obviously a troll who doesn't like the fact that bands he doesn't like get more recognition than his favorites. At least Nickelback is number 1 with 30 Seconds To Mars trailing close behind.

Pretentious. Jared Leto is undoubtedly the white Kanye West. He thinks that he is jesus and bares a nerving messianic presence and their fans (or the Echelon) are creepy and cult-like and are ALMOST like Juggalos. Just watch the video to Closer to the Edge as it confirms everything I have just said.

Boo this bands good sounds on instrumental..

5 Falling In Reverse Falling in Reverse is an American post hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2008, signed to Epitaph Records. The current members include the former Escape The Fate singer Ronnie Radke, Max Georgiev, Christian Thompson and bassist Wes Horton III. Former members of the band include Derek Jones (1984 - 2020), Ryan Seaman, Ron Ficarro, Max Green, and Jacky Vincent.

They glorify cheating on their girlfriends

6 Creed Creed is an American post-grunge band, formed in 1993 in Tallahassee, Florida. The band's best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips.

I just want to say something. A whole bunch of these bands are good. I swear the person who made this list is damnright stupid. Nickeleback and Linkin Park are my two favorite rock bands. The person who made this list is stupid

People love to hate Nickelback they should not be in the worst bands they are not good but they are not bad they are mediocre linkin park is awesome

Nickelback doesn't even come close. The inventors of queefcore and still champions of rock without testicles.

7 Simple Plan Simple Plan is a French-Canadian pop rock/pop-punk band from Montreal, Quebec. The band has released six albums.

They have a song called "God Must Hate Me" that's just him whining about how his dad caught him stealing his car, and how he forgot to study for a test

Of all the whiners to come out this decade, these guys are the absolute worst.

Are you kidding me these guys are amazing!

Sound like crybabies

8 Asking Alexandria Asking Alexandria are an English metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire formed initially in 2008 by lead guitarist Ben Bruce along with former lead singer Danny Worsnop, bassist Joe Lancaster, keyboardist and synth player Ryan Binns, and current members drummer James Cassells and rhythm guitarist Cameron Liddell. Lancaster and Binns later departed from the band in 2009 with Lancaster joining heavy metal band With One Last Breath. Bassist Sam Bettley joined the band that same year, and in January 2015 Worsnop departed to focus on his new band We Are Harlot and was later replaced by Denis Stoff of Down & Dirty and Make Me Famous. The band has released four studio albums, their most recent being ...read more.

They don't suck. I love them.

9 Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers are an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network.

I hate the jonas brothers go why can't the 80s comeback I'm looking at you pop because all the god blank drama Justin Bieber one direcion kesha kanye west if you have a different opinion about the 80s go and look up some you blankhole because you know idea what you're talking about

Not a rock band, also not terrible you just hate your girlfriend loving them. They where just in a movie called Camp Rock and covered two pop punk songs by Busted "What I Go To School For" and "Year 3000" with some lyric changes.

JONAS BROTHERS WAS A ROCK BAND?! All of the groups here are mediocre or even good in my opinion (coldplay and linkin park) what the f is jonas brothers doing here

If they were a rock band I wouldn't of known... Considering they were on god damn Disney... They suck

10 Good Charlotte Good Charlotte is an American pop-punk band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, lead guitarist and vocalist Benji Madden, bassist Paul Thomas, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin and drummer Dean Butterworth, ...read more.

These guys combine poser punk, whiny emo, and soulless Nickelbackian sound. Truly a feat of mighty proportions!

They made a song glorifying suicide. "enough Said

The Contenders
11 Buckcherry Buckcherry is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1995. The band released two albums, Buckcherry and Time Bomb, before dissolving in 2002. In 2005, lead vocalist Josh Todd and lead guitarist Keith Nelson reformed Buckcherry with a new lineup and released a new album in 2006, 15. ...read more.
12 Bring Me the Horizon Bring Me the Horizon is a British rock band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. Formed in 2004, the group currently consists of vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls, and keyboardist Jordan Fish. They are signed to RCA Records globally and Columbia Records exclusively in the US. The style of their early work, including their debut album Count Your Blessings, has primarily been described as deathcore, but they started to adopt a more eclectic style of metalcore on subsequent albums. Furthermore, their latest album That's the Spirit marked a shift in their sound to less aggressive rock music styles. ...read more.

This is my least favorite band I've listened to

13 Tokio Hotel Tokio Hotel are a pop rock band from Magdeburg, Germany, consisting of Bill Kaulitz (singer), Tom Kaulitz (guitar), Gustav Schäfer (drums) and Georg Listing (keyboards, bass) that formed in 2001. ...read more.

Tokio hotel is what you get when you throw emo and pop in the blender and watch them both die.

14 Puddle of Mudd Puddle of Mudd is an American post-grunge band formed in 1991. To date, the band has sold over seven million albums and has had a string of No. 1 hits, with their most famous hit being "Blurry". They have gone on to release six studio albums. Their music has been heavily compared to Nirvana due to Wes Scantlin's similar-sounding singing voice.
15 Daughtry Daughtry is an American rock band formed and fronted by namesake Chris Daughtry, who was a finalist on the fifth season of American Idol. Their self-titled debut album was released in November 2006.

Whoever put this here is not very bright. In their prime around 06-08 they were an amazing true rock band with great guitar riffs aided by Daughtry's amazing voice. Nowadays they are not so good so I can understand the rankings. However, this is of the 2000's, not the 2010's.

True rock band laugh out loud, their material seldom gets played in rock stations even though they are a "rock" band. Besides, don't they sound like Nickelback, another terrible band

16 Black Veil Brides Black Veil Brides is an American rock band currently consisting of Andy Biersack (vocals), Jinxx (guitar), Jake Pitts (guitar), Christian Coma (drums) and Ashley Purdy (bass), that formed in 2006 in Ohio. ...read more.

There's being a freaky emo band, and then there's trying too hard. BVB is unfortunately akin to doing the latter

I love black veil brides they are amazing they're the best you guys rock

These guys are not 2000s. They're 2010s. Know the difference.

Oh yeah! LP on No.2 and this crap band on 18th? Link Park is a legend, they've got the best vocalist alive! On the other hand this band has a gay vocalist who sings really boring and their outfit even more stupid and just why the hell do they even call themselves glam metal! The are just a heavier version of One Direction

17 Blood On the Dance Floor Blood on the Dance Floor was an American electronic music group from Orlando, Florida, originally consisting of Dahvie Vanity and several other members over time. The group formed in 2006, with former members including Jayy Von Monroe (2009–2016) and Garrett Ecstasy (2009), all of whom provided vocals for the project... read more

If you've been fortunate enough in your time on Earth to never hear this group's recordings of sound, but for some illogical reason wish to experience it, here is an easy test to determine if you like this group or not. All you have to is find 1 pound of broken glass. Take one half of you broken glass and violently insert it all into your ear canals. Take the rest of your shards and eat it all. Be sure to chew throughly. If you found this exercise fun and refreshing, I can safely say you will love Blood On The Dance Floor.

I have never heard them before but I like bands like my chemical romance taking back sunday the used and so I don't think I world like them and every body I know said that they are bad so I don't think I will ever hear them

I can not get through one song by this group. It sounds like some dim witted attention whoring teenagers.

18 Coldplay Coldplay are a British pop rock band formed in 1996. The band consists of Chris Martin (lead vocalist and pianist), Jonny Buckland (lead guitarist), Guy Berryman (bassist) and Will Champion (drummer and backing vocalist). Manager Phil Harvey is often considered an unofficial fifth member. The band renamed ...read more.

Coldplay do not qualify for a worst list at all. they are big fans of U2, and I think CP does a good job following in their footsteps (especially having Brian Eno produce Viva La Vida). also they did great with their albums in the 2000's, with three of them Parachute, A Rush of Blood to the Head, and Viva la Vida making rolling stones Best Albums of the 2000's list.

Their growth towards mainstream popular music is just disturbing. Come on man, you guys used to make genius arrangements like in "Speed of Sound" and then you made "Hymn for the Weekend" or "Up and Up" and such? Disturbing.

HOW DARE ANYONE Coldplay IS THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME! I LOVE THEM WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING! WHOEVER VOTED Coldplay ON THE WORST BANDS EVER... I CANNOT SAY HOW TERRIBLE I AM FEELING RIGHT NOW.

But if you thought it was the best bands I understand and sorry

*Sobbing* Seriously though... Who voted for Coldplay? And even worse, how are they rated at 15, worse than 1D? I am dissapointed in this list.

19 Theory of a Deadman Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian post-grunge band. Formed in 2001, the band is currently signed to Roadrunner Records as well as 604 Records. They were discovered by Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger. Theory of a Deadman has gone on to release eight studio albums. Their most well-known songs include "The Bitch Came Back," "I Hate My Life," "Santa Monica," and "Not Meant to Be," among others... read more
20 3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down is an American post-grunge band from Escatawpa, Mississippi that formed in 1996. The band originally consisted of Brad Arnold (vocals/drums), Todd Harrell (bass guitar) and Matt Roberts (guitar). They were soon joined by guitarist Chris Henderson, and later by drummer Richard Liles.

Why is 3 doors down here, they're great

21 Evanescence Evanescence is an American alternative rock/alternative metal band. It was founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody.

Ummm, why are they here? Clicked vote accidentally, so may as well share my opinion. They really don't deserve to be on this list. Amy Lee has a terrific voice, and they have such a powerful sound. They don't sing about the pointless stupid stuff most songs are about. They don't sing about this girl that's pretty, they sing about grieving, victims of sex trafficking, breaking free from someone bad (My Immortal, My Heart is Broken, Sweet Sacrifice). Granted, there are a few songs that aren't that great (Lose Control, Whispers - Fallen version, Origin is waayyy better) but honestly, whenever I listen to them I'm always filled with such emotion! Their music is so powerful. In some of their songs, I feel like they're saying and capturing how I feel when I have no one to talk to or can't explain it, that they're my voice.

22 Mudvayne Mudvayne was an American nu-metal/alternative metal band that was formed in Peoria, Illinois, in 1996. Originally from Bloomington, Illinois, they are known for their sonic experimentation, innovative album art, face and body paint, masks, and uniforms.
23 My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from Jersey City, New Jersey, active from 2001 to 2013, and again from 2019 to present day. For much of their career, the band consisted of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way, and drummer Bob Bryar.

Who The Hell made this list anyway? They are awesome... what?

But My Chemical Romance is awesome who put this on the list

Hell to the no My Chemical Romance is pretty good

24 Escape the Fate Escape the Fate is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005 and originally from Pahrump, Nevada. They are signed to Eleven Seven Music.

Just because Ronnie isn't in Escape the Fate anymore, you shouldn't hate on them. Ronnie is in another band, and still making music. I love Escape the Fate, with Craig and with Ronnie

I don't get the hate on them. I love Escape the Fate, and I still listen to them even with a lot of hateful comments

25 Panic! At The Disco Panic! at the Disco was an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 and featuring the current lineup of vocalist Brendon Urie, accompanied on tour by bassist Dallon Weekes, guitarist Kenneth Harris, and drummer Dan Pawlovich.
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