Top 10 Bands That Need to Retire the Most in 2025

Once upon a time, Jon Bon Jovi and his band were a major staple in the rock world, selling out arenas and writing some pretty catchy but repetitive hard rock in the 1980s.

Nowadays, they're a washed-up nostalgia act, and Jovi himself sounds strained and completely off. At this point, you have to question why they're still touring and making music when their prime has long passed.

His voice is not there anymore, and just like Maroon 5, they're trying to fit in with the outdated mainstream crap.

They had a decent start, but it didn't take long for Adam Levine to prioritize commercial profit over artistic integrity. They became one of the most overplayed artists of the 2010s.

Adam Levine's voice has also gotten more shrill and annoying over the years. I'm not sure how, but he doesn't sound even halfway as decent as he used to.

I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but at least their first two albums were solid enough attempts. You could tell they were at least trying.

After that, though, it was one colossal disaster after another. Wes Scantlin seems creatively spent, and his vocal cords are beyond damaged. This was illustrated in both that awful About a Girl cover and their newest albums.

Say what you will about Nickelback, but Chad Kroeger has more talent in his pinky finger than Tyler Connolly does.

After two decent enough first albums and a serviceable third album, this band's decline became increasingly noticeable. By the 2010s, they were writing some of the worst rock songs of all time, and their wannabe Imagine Dragons era was also insufferable.

Tyler had an okay voice on the debut, but you can tell that his voice has gotten a lot duller since.

While I'm not the biggest fan of hair metal to begin with, you could tell they had some talent during their prime in the '80s. However, over time, this began to decline as Vince Neil's vocals worsened and their music became more generic.

I would've been fine with them stopping after Saints of Los Angeles, but the fact that they're still making singles and touring is something else.

This band has some of the oddest lyrical choices of all time and a singer who keeps sounding worse over time.

If given the choice to listen to Hey, Soul Sister or a Limp Bizkit song, I'll always take the Limp Bizkit song because at least they don't take themselves too seriously.

Also, they made one of the worst cover albums of all time with their Led Zeppelin tribute. Why do they still exist, aside from the fact that they want money?

They were never good. You thought that "Hey, Soul Sister" was bad? Their newest songs are worse.

Similar to Maroon 5, Thirty Seconds to Mars was once a legitimate band with a good sound and impressive vocal star power from Jared Leto.

After their third album, however, they became more and more dull. They're another band channeling Imagine Dragons and making some of the most boring pop music known to man.

Chad Kroeger has one of the worst voices in rock or music history. Why didn't he realize that from the start?

Nothing against their fans, but their newer music is honestly some of the most generic and dull material I've ever heard.

They're another nostalgia act that honestly should've retired decades ago. They seem creatively bankrupt and devoid of interesting ideas. They've got nothing left to say.

Father of All was given a 0/10 by Anthony Fantano, and that says a lot.

If they said they would disband after releasing 12 albums, then why are they still together in 2025 when they still have two more albums left to release?

Coldplay announced that they would disband in 2025, but I think they should have disbanded in 2016 before collaborating with The Chainsmokers, who are terrible.

If their drummer left, why can't they just disband as a whole?

Lewis Capaldi was inspired by them, and that says a lot.

Their cover of The Sound of Silence was trash.

I'm being generous here and putting them at 10, but I'll elaborate on why.

First and foremost, I highly doubt a new album is coming anytime soon. Genocidal Humanoidz and Protect the Land are good songs, but Daron and Serj aren't going to agree on anything. I think it would help the band to throw in the towel at this point.

Daron Malakian himself seems disinterested in the idea of a sixth album, so the odds of another Scars on Broadway album seem higher.