We acknowledge the quasi-nebulous nature of going about naming the most underrated bands of the 2000s. To define a band as being a “2000s band,” we mean that they released their first album in ...
Rock bands have historically, on occasion, tried their hand at producing pop songs. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it REALLY doesn't work.
Grunge and alt-rock had their heyday in the 1990s and 2000s, and these one-hit wonders (unfortunately) slipped through the cracks.