this decade saw pop punk indie rock and
blues inspired acts take the main stage
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
alternative rock bands of the 2000s
this list we’ve chosen influential
artists who helped define the
alternative sound and genre in the 2000s
who are commercially successful and
whose music stood the test of time well
bet you look this is part of a series of
videos spanning the decades of
alternative rock music from the 1970s to
the 2000s Oh Schatzi
which includes our lists of the top ten
alternative bands of the 1980s 1990s and
2000’s as well as the top 10 punk bands
and the top 10 grunge bands number 10
blink-182 rising out of the SoCal punk
scene at the beginning of the 1990s
blink-182
differentiated themselves with pop
elements gross-out gags and enthusiastic
performances
but it was the last year of that decade
with enema of the state that set the
stage for their future success
and paved the way for take off your
pants and jacket to become the first
punk-rock effort to top the Billboard
200 charts let’s go
Yahweh on it
that’s me
now link is one of the most successful
pop punk groups of the new millennium
I’ll take monkeys this is I bet you look
good on the dance floor
don’t believe that number nine Arctic
Monkeys these Brits blasted onto the
music scene with whatever people say I
am that’s what I’m not
this album made history when it became
Britain’s fastest selling debut and put
the Arctic Monkeys on track to win more
than half a dozen Brit Awards Oh
he’s just um
all this was thanks to the World Wide
Web as the Internet helped the band
spread their music and attract their
first record label
continued to earn more success at home
and overseas while also helping to
propel the post-punk revival movement in
the UK
number eight Queens of the Stone Age
robot rock stoner rock or alternative
rock
whatever you want to call them there’s
no question Queens of the Stone Age rock
and they rock hard
we were first introduced to their heavy
riff driven style in the late 90s but
it’s their sophomore effort rated-r that
was their breakthrough
their music has encouraged a slew of
guests to collaborate with them
including Dave Grohl and earn them four
top 20 albums so far
diverse grammy-nominated and oh so good
you know that I people somebody
number seven Kings of Leon’s
adding blues to their Southern roots
Kings of Leon didn’t actually make a big
splash in the States initially after the
UK embraced them with Brit Awards and
top 40 singles the band finally found
American success with only by the night
in 2008 sex on fire cracked the
Billboard Hot 100
while you somebody nabbed them their
first top ten smash Kings of Leon
continues to blaze the music charts with
their garage and southern rock oriented
sound today
Hey
number six the Black Keys
they went from basement playing duo to
indie label rockers and now major label
and critical darlings
while they had their commercial
breakthrough in 2010
the years leading up to this were
essential for the Black Keys to make a
name for themselves as self producing
garage and blues rockers on the indie
music scene
in 2006 they signed to Nonsuch records
and from there they were on their way to
working with respected artists and
making top 20 albums
number five muse
you know what Rio could make so much
noise and such beautiful noise at that
use is not your typical alt rock band
with space and prog rock elements the
English threesome makes heavy melodic
music and isn’t afraid to experiment
with strings electronica and more
then there’s Matthew Bellamy’s vocals
theatrics including falsetto and vibrato
which have allowed them to stand out
amongst the pack
that Muse is a Grammy winning act known
for stellar live shows and over 15
million records sold around the world
number four gorillas
they’ve got Grammys MTV Awards and over
20 million discs soul fun happened
I’m feeling glad I got sunshine for a
virtual band when you say calm useless
but not for long the future is coming up
the brainchild of Jamie Hewlett and
blurs Damon Albarn the members of
gorillas may be fictional but their
music is anything but
experimenting with hip-hop by ass-crack
and electronica this alternative rock
act holds a Guinness World Record and
four top 40 albums
number three Arcade Fire
these Montreal rockers push their way
into our musical consciousness with
their very first album
following the critically-acclaimed
funeral
Arcade Fire mesmerised us with their art
and baroque pop flavors and help cement
indie rocks popularity among the masses
after Neon Bible peaked at number two
the band made sure it was well on its
way to dominating album charts and
critics pics for years to come
number two The Strokes
cheese
their debut album The Strokes won raves
and a top 40 spot on the Billboard 200
they kept things simple using elements
of indie and garage rock but quickly won
fans hearts
thanks to memorable melodies and a
mainstream friendly sound
is this it didn’t only set the pace for
the band to hit the top 10 of the album
charts with their next four records but
also cleared the path for more
alternative bands to emerge during the
2000s
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
somebody told me
laughs shit
yes
I say
Oh son
Oh
number one the white stripes the white
stripes may have gone the indie route
for their first three discs but that
doesn’t mean the music industry wasn’t
listening
the Detroit scene was certainly buzzing
and all they needed was a little song
halt fell in love with a girl to hit the
mainstream
when a duo made their major label debut
with elephant they unleashed one of the
most memorable alternative rock songs of
the 21st century
though they’ve since called it quits the
white stripes knew exactly how to get us
going with their fusion of garage punk
and blues rock
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite alternative rock act of the
2004 entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
blues inspired acts take the main stage
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
alternative rock bands of the 2000s
this list we’ve chosen influential
artists who helped define the
alternative sound and genre in the 2000s
who are commercially successful and
whose music stood the test of time well
bet you look this is part of a series of
videos spanning the decades of
alternative rock music from the 1970s to
the 2000s Oh Schatzi
which includes our lists of the top ten
alternative bands of the 1980s 1990s and
2000’s as well as the top 10 punk bands
and the top 10 grunge bands number 10
blink-182 rising out of the SoCal punk
scene at the beginning of the 1990s
blink-182
differentiated themselves with pop
elements gross-out gags and enthusiastic
performances
but it was the last year of that decade
with enema of the state that set the
stage for their future success
and paved the way for take off your
pants and jacket to become the first
punk-rock effort to top the Billboard
200 charts let’s go
Yahweh on it
that’s me
now link is one of the most successful
pop punk groups of the new millennium
I’ll take monkeys this is I bet you look
good on the dance floor
don’t believe that number nine Arctic
Monkeys these Brits blasted onto the
music scene with whatever people say I
am that’s what I’m not
this album made history when it became
Britain’s fastest selling debut and put
the Arctic Monkeys on track to win more
than half a dozen Brit Awards Oh
he’s just um
all this was thanks to the World Wide
Web as the Internet helped the band
spread their music and attract their
first record label
continued to earn more success at home
and overseas while also helping to
propel the post-punk revival movement in
the UK
number eight Queens of the Stone Age
robot rock stoner rock or alternative
rock
whatever you want to call them there’s
no question Queens of the Stone Age rock
and they rock hard
we were first introduced to their heavy
riff driven style in the late 90s but
it’s their sophomore effort rated-r that
was their breakthrough
their music has encouraged a slew of
guests to collaborate with them
including Dave Grohl and earn them four
top 20 albums so far
diverse grammy-nominated and oh so good
you know that I people somebody
number seven Kings of Leon’s
adding blues to their Southern roots
Kings of Leon didn’t actually make a big
splash in the States initially after the
UK embraced them with Brit Awards and
top 40 singles the band finally found
American success with only by the night
in 2008 sex on fire cracked the
Billboard Hot 100
while you somebody nabbed them their
first top ten smash Kings of Leon
continues to blaze the music charts with
their garage and southern rock oriented
sound today
Hey
number six the Black Keys
they went from basement playing duo to
indie label rockers and now major label
and critical darlings
while they had their commercial
breakthrough in 2010
the years leading up to this were
essential for the Black Keys to make a
name for themselves as self producing
garage and blues rockers on the indie
music scene
in 2006 they signed to Nonsuch records
and from there they were on their way to
working with respected artists and
making top 20 albums
number five muse
you know what Rio could make so much
noise and such beautiful noise at that
use is not your typical alt rock band
with space and prog rock elements the
English threesome makes heavy melodic
music and isn’t afraid to experiment
with strings electronica and more
then there’s Matthew Bellamy’s vocals
theatrics including falsetto and vibrato
which have allowed them to stand out
amongst the pack
that Muse is a Grammy winning act known
for stellar live shows and over 15
million records sold around the world
number four gorillas
they’ve got Grammys MTV Awards and over
20 million discs soul fun happened
I’m feeling glad I got sunshine for a
virtual band when you say calm useless
but not for long the future is coming up
the brainchild of Jamie Hewlett and
blurs Damon Albarn the members of
gorillas may be fictional but their
music is anything but
experimenting with hip-hop by ass-crack
and electronica this alternative rock
act holds a Guinness World Record and
four top 40 albums
number three Arcade Fire
these Montreal rockers push their way
into our musical consciousness with
their very first album
following the critically-acclaimed
funeral
Arcade Fire mesmerised us with their art
and baroque pop flavors and help cement
indie rocks popularity among the masses
after Neon Bible peaked at number two
the band made sure it was well on its
way to dominating album charts and
critics pics for years to come
number two The Strokes
cheese
their debut album The Strokes won raves
and a top 40 spot on the Billboard 200
they kept things simple using elements
of indie and garage rock but quickly won
fans hearts
thanks to memorable melodies and a
mainstream friendly sound
is this it didn’t only set the pace for
the band to hit the top 10 of the album
charts with their next four records but
also cleared the path for more
alternative bands to emerge during the
2000s
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
somebody told me
laughs shit
yes
I say
Oh son
Oh
number one the white stripes the white
stripes may have gone the indie route
for their first three discs but that
doesn’t mean the music industry wasn’t
listening
the Detroit scene was certainly buzzing
and all they needed was a little song
halt fell in love with a girl to hit the
mainstream
when a duo made their major label debut
with elephant they unleashed one of the
most memorable alternative rock songs of
the 21st century
though they’ve since called it quits the
white stripes knew exactly how to get us
going with their fusion of garage punk
and blues rock
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite alternative rock act of the
2004 entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
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