Best Rock Bands of This Decade
 

Who do you all think are the top rock bands of the 2000's?? I would prefer if we listed bands that became popular in the year 2000 or later.

For me, it's the White Stripes, I love their music and they are amazing if you ask me especially since it's just 2 people.

So I ask you, what is your top band this decade? Feel free to post a video of your favorite song from them. It certainly doesnt have to be mainstream.

But I'll poll a few bands of this decade

I'm mostly asking because I'm searching for good music from this decade as this seems to be the worst decade for it.

Actually, I think this decade has some very inventive and daring music. I love the fact that these huge cookie cutter record labels are starting to fall away as private recording and promotion capabilities have steadily increased. It's a fun time to be a musician.

That being said, you left off my favorite bands of this decade: System of a Down, and Disturbed. I don't love Papa Roach, but I think they should be in the conversation as well.

It's all perspective...

If you're only listening to what regular rock radio tells you that you want to hear then yeah....it's bad.

But Queens of the Stone Age, White Stripes, Mastodon, The Bronx, Death From Above 1979, Eagles of Death Metal, Mars Volta, Priestess, The Sword, Yeah Yeah yeahs, Andrew WK, Turbonegro.

Not to mention very good albums by "older artists." Foo Fighters, Tomahawk, Melvins, Slayer, Dillinger Escape Plan.

All at least have 1 or 2 albums worth listening to and becoming the soundtrack to your newly discovered sex life.

ya I'm pretty much still stuck in the 90's with music. I'm sure there are some great ones out there, just not familiar with them. I forgot about System of a Down. I do like their music.

[QUOTE=Huffman83;5652210]It's all perspective...

If you're only listening to what regular rock radio tells you that you want to hear then yeah....it's bad.

But Queens of the Stone Age, White Stripes, Mastodon, The Bronx, Death From Above 1979, Eagles of Death Metal, Mars Volta, Priestess, The Sword, Yeah Yeah yeahs, Andrew WK, Turbonegro.

Not to mention very good albums by "older artists." Foo Fighters, Tomahawk, Melvins, Slayer, Dillinger Escape Plan.

All at least have 1 or 2 albums worth listening to and becoming the soundtrack to your newly discovered sex life.[/QUOTE]

:spock:

anyways, I haven't heard of any of them beside White Stripes and Queens of the Stone Age. I am not into death metal at all, but I would like to open my horizons for some new music that I might like.

Nothing mentioned was death metal...one's just called that as a joke...you know...eagles...of death metal...laid back...nevermind you get it. Yeah you get it.

This is probably my favorite song this decade

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Most of that list is a pretty rockin in an old school sense. You've probably heard the songs in movies and Tv but not aware of it.

I know for a while CBS sports was using the Bronx in between commercial highlights of the game they were showing.

The Sword recently opened up for Metallica. They have kind of a Sabbath/Blue Cheer kind of vibe. Mastodon is just well thought out metal. Not too mathy but mathy enough. Turbonego are just one of those jackass/Bam Margera kind of party bands.

Look up stuff on Itunes or mininova.com (bit torrents.)

To me, Tool and Radiohead are bands of the LAST decade, not this one. I think Radiohead's best work was early, and I've never been a big fan of tool.

I know on this board that MCR is a dirty word, but anybody that's spent the time to listen to their last album knows they're more than just another EMO band.

That all being said, I think the best band of this decade is easily The Darkness.

Eagles of death metal is The guitarist from Queens of the Stone Age and one crazy sounding singer. The first album is definitely worth a spin. Good time party music.

I am liking The Frames. Good, honest rock. They are a bit gut-wrenching at times, but really good at it. So far the album Burn The Maps is the one.

QOTSA and EODM are two of my very favorite bands. However, much like Radiohead, I think Josh Homme's earlier stuff is marginally better than the most recent stuff.

And I think I've mentioned it here before, but I actually prefer the OTHER half of At the Drive-In - Sparta - over The Mars Volta.

Yeah, the Eagles of Death Metal is a parody name.

They don't sound like the Eagles or like death metal. That's why it's funny. :D

I'll bite... What is The Darkness all about? I'm always looking for new sounds.

Sadly................its Nickelback............................ROFL

They're kind of a cross between 80's rock, glam, and comedy.

Their songs all ****ing rock hard, definite AC/DC vibe only with a singer like you've never heard before. It's so funny that you can't help but laugh.

I'm easily entertained, but this video is quite possibly the greatest music video I've ever seen.

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The best rock band of this decade (which is to say that they essentially started in this decade, unlike Tool, Porcupine Tree and Radiohead as htismaqe pointed out) is ****ing The Mars Volta. No contest.
Other great answers include: TV on the Radio, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Oceansize, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, System of a Down, Linkin Park (seriously).

Radiohead
TV On The Radio
Battles -- just one album so far, but **** yes.
The Liars
Boris

DFA1979

Rep.

I'll be looking into that.

I'm guessing if you love TMV that much, you don't like Sparta much at all...

I put tool and Radiohead in this decade is because the both have several albums that came out since 2000. At least according to one website I looked at, lol.

WTF is Sparta?

THIS. Is.

Muse

I was hoping for that, actually, but with a youtube link following it.

Oh, ****, Of course. Them too.

~effort~

"Every new generation MUST be exposed to the Velvet Underground to ensure the proper advancement of the species."

Yeah, it's just that both bands came to national awareness in the US in 1991.

The original band was At the Drive-In. When they split up, two of the guys started TMV and the other guys started a band called Sparta. I personally love them, but they don't sound a whole lot like TMV.

Props on the Priestless drop. Nowhere near best of the decade, but props none the less.

Yeah, I can't ****ing believe I forgot Muse. As far as serious music, they're probably my favorite in the last 5 years. I just can't get over how ****ing awesome The Darkness is.

One of my favorite bands of all time. Too bad everything they put out this decade was garbage (minus White Pony)

Huh. I obv. knew about At the Drive-In, but didn't know about Sparta. My guess is that you're right, that I won't like them.

I don't know, you might give it a try. I just think that if you're like the bizarro me, you won't dig it, because TMV never set me off or anything...

No Velvet Revolver?

Honestly, White Pony didn't even keep my attention for longer than a couple of days.

The first album was enjoyable,didn't care too much for the second album. Have they announced who the new singer is going too be yet??

Digital Bath and Change both make the panties drop.

Knife Party, Passenger, and The Boys Republic make the album.

Adrenaline and Around the Fur are still their best, make no mistake.

Agreed,I like White Pony a lot,everything after that is pretty bad. sad news about the bass player being in a coma and all though.

I actually just listened to my At The Drive In disc for the first time in a long time today.

The Mars Volta is pretty kickass as well.

But, the best band to span the last couple of decades is Radiohead. They are the alpha and the omega. I'm actually pretty partial to Kid A and Amnesiac, although OK Computer is an absolute masterpiece.

loosly counted as rock-three days grace, breaking benjerman, slipknot, Godsmack, disturbed, papa roach, flogging molly, muse, killers, modest mouse.

I am pretty sure cohead and Cambria should be on here

Yeah Breaking Benjerman is great,looking forward to their new album later this year..

I heard a band out of omaha today that sounded good called "curve"

What a terrible poll. No System of a Down, Korn, Slipknot, Queens of the Stone Age, Destrophy, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, yet you include fucking Nickelback? Seriously?

None of the above.

I'd have to say Rock Band 2.

I weep for the future.

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The Mars Volta /thread over

Seriously, I'm more of a hip hop head that has played instruments for a good portion of my life and TMV blew me away when I heard them for the first time. They are awesome. I saw them when the came through Dallas-Fort Worth in '08 and they played a solid 3 hour set non-stop. That show was loud as **** but sounded great so I wouldn't move from the speaker. I worked in a call center at that time and called in sick the next day bc my ears were screwed. The next day I got the "quit or be fired" talk so I quit and the show was still worth it after that.

Um, all of those "bands" were signed in the 90's.

Laugh at me, here's your chance. Not so much for what they play on the radio, but I like Hoobastank.

The Killers are pretty good, for what they play on the radio. Does Theory of a Dead Man count? They're ok, so is Shinedown. I also like Alter Bridge.

I suck, pretty much all the stuff I really like comes from the 90's.

oh, I remember foo fighters in the 90's and they aren't exactly what I consider to be "rock" anyways, like I said I'm stuck in the 90's and need some advice on how to rock this decade

For me, its a toss-up between Tool and Disturbed. Nickelback?LMAO

I know Tool has been around since the early 90's, but their best work, IMO, is Lateralus and 10,000 Days.

Kid A might be my favorite single album of all time. I love it.

Korn, Foo Fighters, and Godsmack don't at all belong in this decade. Their best stuff was all done in the 90's (and I hesitate to include Korn, because the team "best" has to be used so loosely. They didn't technically have any GOOD stuff.)

Signed is one thing. At least SOAD and QOTSA have put out good music this decade.

Most of these "nu-metal" bands they're listing are 90's bands in my opinion. But then again, I'm not a big fan of Tool, Korn, Limp Biskit, Disturbed, or any of the rest of them. They all sound the same.

Slipknot are my hometown boys, I've run in similar social circles since they were playing in front of 300 in Des Moines bars.

And yet I still can't get into them.

I was so sick of Tool by the time they released their 3rd album that I actually haven't even heard anything from them this decade. We saw them on the 2nd stage at Palooza in 1991 and thew were awesome. And then my group of friends started listening to them to the exclusion of ANYTHING else and it ruined any appreciation I had for the band.

How are the Kings of Leon not at the top of this discussion? Also the Raconteurs album Consolers of the Lonely is probably this decade's best.

my vote is for wilco. though they've been around since the mid 90's, they've really found their sound and come into their own since yankee hotel foxtrot.

I didn't care for Korn until See You On The Other Side came out. Pretty good CD. I can't stand Limp Bizkit. I wanna punch Fred Durst in the face. I don't know why. I became a fan of Tool the 1st time I heard Lateralus, in 2001.
I was a fan of Disturbed from day one. To me, there are zero similarities between these bands.

Good question.

I'm not a huge fan as it's not my type of music. But they are the totally sheik band that everybody is talking about right now.

If you're a fan that doesn't surprise me. I don't begrudge anyone the type of music they like, hell my favorite bands reads like the journal of a schizophrenic.

However, it seems you got into alot of these bands ALOT later than I did. In my group of friends, they listened to this stuff OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. It got to the point where it was like "Wow. Another clever band detuned to D." And they just started to all sound the same.

Good point as I didn't see that caveat in the OP. However, System didn't really gain popularity until 99-00, IIRC.

Amen

You're almost too late. Maybe you should just hold off for a while and pick back up in the 2010s.

I didn't read the whole thread in detail, so I'm not sure if they've been mentioned or not... but for me.... hands down the best band of this decade is The Decemberists. Followed closely by The White Stripes.

I think my favorite straight "ROCK" bank is Seether. First album came out in 2000. I really like their stuff.

(Please note, I live in BFE and haven't even heard of some of these guys)

I think my favorite band of the 2000's is Taking Back Sunday. But I don't know if you qualify them as rock.
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If they're considered in this decade, I agree.

I'll throw in for Arcade Fire, just because I think that THEY think they're the best in the decade which is both hilarious and appealing. TV on the Radio would also be important. White Stripes did a lot for re-popularizing a gritty, garage sound and bringing the blues back into rock. They're borderline from last decade, though, I think.

It's funny to see different people's opinions of what is considered "rock" music. I'm not sure what I consider Korn, SlipKnot and bands like that.... but rock just doesn't seem right to me. My tastes tend to run more toward diverse, alternative artists than the metal side of rock, though.

Good call on Seether, although some of their new stuff is starting to sound like their old stuff.

After some reflection (and my earlier, 90's-centric post), I'll add Five Finger Death Punch, Mudvayne, and Evanescence. Amy Lee's voice is amazing.

What about Sevendust? They first became "popular" around 99-00, if they ever became "popular."

30 Seconds to Mars

There were popular with me. I saw them in concert on their first tour and have been listening to them ever since.

you're kidding right?

jared f**king leto's band?

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

ghey.

I'm sort of a broken record about this......

My choice is probably pretty obvious and yeah, I'll admit to some bias. But I know there are many who agree with me - maybe not on this site though.

And yeah, they are probably more "pop" nowadays, but I can't stop listening.

Currently on tour with All American Rejects. They had a great show in KC last night.

Keep in mind they have a Chiefsplanet connection too. That's gotta count for something.

I have to have me some VEDERA!!!!!!