Our list of the top 20 American rock bands of the 2000s shows just how much the genre had evolved over the years while still hewing closely to its roots. Skip to main content Skip to site footer.

To define a band as being a “2000s band,” we mean that they released their first album in the 2000s. And now, the underrated bands of the first decade of the new millennium.

Top 50 Music Moments of the ’00s Critics’ 20 Best Albums of the 2000s Readers’ Poll: Year & Decade’s Best Albums Video: Artists pick year & decade faves. Decade-End Chart Analysis. Decade ...

To define a band as being a “2000s band,” we mean that they released their first album in the 2000s. And now, the underrated bands of the first decade of the new millennium.

A lot of bands back in the 1990s and 2000s got a ton of hate they didn’t necessarily deserve. Fortunately, with Gen Z’s love of nostalgia influencing trends in music today, ...

The 2000s featured plenty of revivalist bands to offset the future-is-now Myspace era. Meanwhile, American music needed a jolt, and like with the 1970s punk movement, New York City provided the spark.

These underrated punk bands of the 2000s didn’t do anything massively embarrassing or cloying. They merely played their music. And they did it in front of audiences great and small.

10. High on Fire. Born out of the ashes of Sleep, High on Fire took that band's Black Sabbath worship and married it with the grit of early Motörhead and vintage Celtic Frost.Their four studio albums ...

Boy band 5ive (Five) released a Greatest Hits album in 2001. British quintet 5ive were formed in 1997 through an ad in a performing arts newspaper only to end up selling 20 million records worldwide.

At Coachella in 2002, the Strokes were the buzz band of the weekend. Having released their debut album, “Is This It,” just six months before, and with only around a dozen songs in their ...

They may not have written them, but these 21st century bands did a great job with these songs. WhatCulture About Team Advertise Contact. ... 10 Greatest Rock Music Cover Songs Of The 2000s.