The Alternative Music That Defined The 2000s (the sellout era?)

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

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[@ghostfacekhila]

CYHSY and Tapes n Tapes were my first myspace bands.

[@brantlybochy3065]

some deathcore you should check out is nylist. he's doing crazy stuff with vocals and instruments.

[@michaelhontz9218]

Curious where you would place the killers. They were huge (2001). Also I understand you placing Breaking Ben in butt rock but his we are not alone album had billy corgin and evanescence assistance (touring). Corgin wrote 3 songs if I remember correctly and they are solid (rain, follow, and forget it I think). Post that album I can understand the butt rock opinion.

[@Mommythief0069]

Is claw finger considered nu metal? They came out with their 1st album in 1993. If they are they beat Korn to the punch.

[@saulwoolsey9801]

@@ghostfacekhilaloved their song Conquest

[@melodica5407]

Linkin park is the perfect example that the key recipe of a successful band is simply at least one great vocalist + one great songwriter

[@iliketohearmenmoaning]

And they have two of each 🤣

[@torstenscholz6243]

Thea also had a great rapper - which shows how hip hop started to become more present in rock music and mainstream music in general.

[@drywater01]

Maybe just don't let labels take full control over your music.

[@markwrenn5965]

And a lot of "luck" is involved. Getting gifted an opportunity at the right time. But the biggest part of that is the artist being ready when that opportunity comes. Always be ready.

[@torstenscholz6243]

@@markwrenn5965 As the old saying goes: Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

There is something comfy and welcoming about the Hot Topic/Vampire Freaks/My Space era, regardless what we might think about those bands, it provided millions of teens and young adults a way to enter and explore the "alt" scene and through popular acts like LP or Evanescence discover other lesser known bands. I also greatly enjoyed the Garage revival era following the dusk of the first wave Nü Mental.

[@MrWadewynn]

Linkin Park seemed like the band that a lot of non-rockers could listen to. They had hip hop elements that appealed to a lot of the youth in the hip hop crowd. My brother was all about gangster rap and hated rock, until i showed him Linkin Park, and thats when he went down a rock music rabbit hole and basically listened to everything rock from Sublime, The Strokes, and even to AFI’s early 90s hardcore albums. All of my ghetto Asian and Latino friends thought all rock music was Honkey, but Linkin Park softened their tastes until they started listening to pop punk.

[@Sheenoobie]

Which is kind of confusing when you look at it. Rock and rap have been working together long before LP did it, even nu metal as a whole. I guess people forget Walk This Way, or even Ice T rapping about cop killing, then years later leading a hardcore band

[@aaronbazil]

@matty caswell it did, but it just wasn't done quite well yet. They hadn't integrated a sort of fusion of the two worlds like LP did. Beforehand, it was just "here's a rock song with a rapper on it... or some rap on it." It was separate in a way, and not just one glued thing. I mean, even LP ended up doing a project with Jay-Z. That right there tells you a lot. It was a nice fusion of both worlds: they were respected in the hip hop scene and rock. It's very hard to do.

[@Courtj3st3r33]

My one buddy's GF was queen bee at her High school, head cheerleader blah blah blah...when I found out that she also liked Linkin Park, I knew they were going to blow up

[@MrWadewynn]

@@Sheenoobie agreed, but I grew up in an environment where they were distinctly different scenes for some reason. Most Asian and Latino friends gravitated towards hip hop or techno to some degree in the 90s, possibly due to proximity to music based on the areas they lived in. Also, skater punks were fervently anti-rap when I was growing up, the whole “rap is crap” mentality and it is part of the mainstream, so that level of elitism wasn’t very welcoming to outsiders

[@MrWadewynn]

@@Courtj3st3r33 davey havok from AFI has stated that he noticed a change in his band’s success when girls started coming to shows, which brought out more dudes subsequently. He noted that girls have the best taste in music lol

[@JTTest]

Linkin park is the definite gateway band. I don't know how they do it but the hooks are insanely catchy. My mom listens to only r&b but she loved them, especially when they did the collab with Jay z.

[@mikekirby2085]

They had a short documentary on the Meteora album included with the cd. It showed how much work they put in to making things catchy and appealing. Like rewriting lyrics for more broad appeal and less specificity.

[@torstenscholz6243]

Yeah, LP is really one of those bands that was so successful because they appealed to simply everyone. Not only did they draw their fans from all different teen subcultures (metalheads, punks, hiphoppers), but they were also on one hand heavy enough that teens could think "This is so much better than the dull pop mainstream" but were still appealing enough that your parents would have no problem with them either.

[@drywater01]

Basically all of their singles were re-arranged by pro song writers to sound like this: catchy and groovy and radio friendly. There was an interview in the German magazin "Visions" in which the band was asked about their writing process and the PR lady stopped the interview after the band stuttered to answer. That was 20y ago.

[@howiemandel5787]

I think mainly it’s cause Chester had very accessible screaming that didn’t sound super weird & scary to normal people so if u grew up on LP it made more extreme screaming not be as unappealing as it would for most people

[@skskskpost8852]

@@howiemandel5787 I think Chester has a very Pop-ish clean singing (He was a Tenor) which actually helps LP

[@charleslebi7297]

I would argue that Linkin Park were a gateway for people wanting to get into heavy metal and for people getting into hip-hop. Linkin Park was the one band that you saw people of every ethnicity and background jamming to. I cant think of any rock band since then thats had complete crossover appeal like Linkin Park (and Limp Bizkit to a different degree).

[@228-n6f]

That’s type of the impact the Beatles had done before in 60’s and even after they’re split up in the 70’s when they went solo but bigger. No matter what type of person with a certain kind of background you meet, he or she could be a fan of a particularly band regardless. That’s the biggest common ground I see between the Fab Four and LP.

[@renatovillatoro4746]

Ethnicity???!!! People from all ethnicities like rock

[@Chelaxim]

And those metal heads and hip hop fans had Linkin Park as their gateway to electronic music.

[@gezi0752]

Except Linkin Park is much better

[@closinginonclosure]

I don't think that's arguable. Almost nobody jumps straight into the deep end of heavy music. Linkin Park were massive and undoubtedly is where some people started their journey with rock music. Some people who mainly listened to pop/popular music would be introduced to rock bands who broke through to pop radio and TRL at the time. Limp Biskit is definitely one too. And before both of them, the Aerosmith/Run DMC song probably did the same for the young people hearing that. They become gateway bands. I'm pretty sure Finn has specifically talked about this on a few different occasions and also specifically mentioned Linkin Park in that regard. This is how many things in life work. If you're in to fragrances, you don't buy a $500 bottle of Creed as your first bottle of cologne. You buy Curve at your local grocery store and if you decide you like fragrances, you graduate past the easily accessible entry level stuff. Not the best example, but I'm sure you follow.

[@EpicFurious]

I still remember the night my local radio station played "One Step Closer" for the first time. It instantly changed the world of music for me as a fourteen year old whom was raised mostly on Christian music. All of the angst, combined with the crunchy riff and hooks, just blew my mind and made me follow them immediately.

[@evelic]

I know right. When I first heard that I thought it was the heaviest shit ever, but cool as fuck at the same time.

[@timothyjewell9642]

I can totally relate to this! I grew up in a Christian household, going to a Christian school, where metal and rap were frowned upon. Linkin Park was my gateway - from there, I got into power metal like Blind Guardian, nu metal like System of a Down, metalcore like Bleeding Through, groove metal like Lamb of God, death metal like Death, melodic progressive metal like Opeth, and black metal like Satyricon. Linkin Park changed my life!

[@jackroberts3282]

I’m so glad you shouted out Mic The Snare. Honestly one of the best music creators on KZbin.

[@feestbornem2880]

He laughed with his metal video though

[@karicherrycola]

Deep Discog Dive has gotten me to finally listen to multiple artists I had never gotten around to checking out. Big fan of Mr. Snare

[@Alfred_English]

Need a collab video with Mic attempting to get you into Spoon over the course of 30 minutes

[@jbmp1390]

I was obsessed with Korn as a teenager. Say what you will about them now, but they got me through some rough years. And I'll always be a little extra grateful to them because if not for Korn I may never have learned about Deftones.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

Still a great band

[@0ffaI]

That first album is timeless

[@ogbee9690]

Deftones is way overrated imo. Can’t stand his voice

[@LetsNotFxckingDie]

Great band to this day

[@queenstixxzz]

KORN is still the shit to be honest...their last record was dope and I seen them live last year and they rock just as hard as they did back then... Still a FREAK

[@dcfromthev]

The Used's first album was what really got me into alt music, that record changed my life! Also Hybrid theory, you nailed it with both of these bands.

[@lowercasesncapitals795]

I was so stoked to see he included them! I remember popping their self-titled album into my stereo and hearing that first screaming vocal. It felt like my entire life shifted in that moment 🖤 I turned it down super low because I was afraid my parents would confiscate it, and listened to the entire album straight through. What a defining moment

[@carlzombie6722]

Ah yes 2000's alternative music. I'm 31 and grew up on it ! I remember listening to limp Bizkit's chocolate starfish in 5th grade with my walkman lol

[@patrickmcdaniel2048]

Walkman? Think you mean Discman. I'm 39 and cassettes were done for well before I graduated in '01.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

35 here, I was in High School during the Chocolate Starship era, I loved that album, it was a guilty pleasure.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

@@patrickmcdaniel2048 I'm 38 and I was using a walkman until like 2007. Discmans were cool, but we poor people had to stick to the oldschool hardware because, you know, money and stuff. When I got a discman in 2003 or so I never took it outside my house because I was too afraid to break it, lol. Casettes were coming out even in 2010 here in Poland, I think, because CDs were too expensive to many people.

[@yoanbertrand7926]

@@ELEKTROSKANSEN and the firsts discman if you jumped the song was stopping lol

[@wolfsbane1991]

I'm also 31 and this is the music I grew up on! My Chem was my favourite band of all, but I'd listen to Korn, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park etc. Emo/punk/rock was my gateway into metal, which is now by far my preferred genre. But I will always cherish the bands I grew up on!

[@oops6876]

I still remember the day in 2006 when Fuse debuted that MCR video. I was only a mild fan of their previous hits, but the song and video floored me. It was immediately apparent that everything about this song is going to be iconic to our generation. It was a lovely moment in time.

[@bamafencer12]

Fuse got me through some dark days. It's peak was from 04-06. Soooo much good alt rock and metal.

[@spfadden082711]

I used to love FUSE. That’s where I found a ton of my music. Silent Civilian, Bullet, Trivium etc

[@dragoon1090]

I love fuse. They got me into Green Day hardcore.

[@emilybeauvais4164]

Linkin Park was the first band I really fell in love with back when Hybrid Theory came out. I told myself over and over every time they toured, "I'll see them next time". If you like a band, see them NOW. There might not be a next time, especially in a genre rife with sad lyrics.

[@cherylk1518]

Same here, HUGE regret over never seeing them live 😞

[@marcusmalone]

Man, all the "at the mall with your mom" type 2000s descriptions are always so wistfully evocative lol ❤😀

[@joeytocd]

Diary of Jane is still a banger after all these years.

[@michaeljfalls]

This might be my favorite video you’ve ever done. And I’ve seen most of them for the last several years. It’s a well thought and researched cultural commentary. That was a lot of fun to watch.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@pranavnnair5]

Breaking Benjamin was my gateway band into metal. They just knew how to combine the heavy guitars and drums with awesome catchy clean vocals. I think Ben Burnley is one of the most underrated rock vocalists of the 21st century. He just has a very unique voice that is both sweet and rough at the same time.

[@starlit-rain]

Yes, same! Still love them to this day

[@Sheenoobie]

@@starlit-rain same here. Got to see there first show back together a few yeara ago. Sold out show in STL

[@AndyVasilev]

BB was not my gateway band. LP was. Nevertheless recently I started listening to them and I'm pretty surprised how good they are.

[@branm25]

Ive outgrown a lot of radio metal/rock but i still really like BB. I still throw on Phobia and Dear Agony fairly often.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

And their sound has been extremely consistent. Well I think they have improved their musicianship on a technical level, stylistically they sound very much the same on every album which is a good thing in my opinion

[@chazhartwayne6493]

I will forever love Linkin Park. RIP Chester

[@Michelle-nv2ch]

Make chester proud 💖

[@custardstuff5178]

It's so weird to hear you talk about Jet and The strokes as "alternative" here in the UK they were just an extension of "britpop" which as you can probably imagine was considered very "pop" and mainstream. Like a more modern version of the beatles.

[@bamafencer12]

Brits and Aussies have more appreciation for the guitar than America..

[@ThisIsErdoS]

Jet and Strokes are not considered Britpop in any way by anybody at all. What...

[@DavidLopez-rk6em]

@@ThisIsErdoS Can you not read? In america they werent considered brit-pop, but they sounded a lot like the brit-pop of the 90s. So much so that some people thought they were from the UK when their first album came out. In america they were advertised as neo garage rock, if they were from the UK they surely wouldve been categorized as brit-pop

[@spapeztheoctopus3249]

If there is anything good from Britain in the modern day that Americans can agree on is that y’all produce a decent bit of good music

[@godwarrior3403]

​@David Lopez They're not from the UK? Ever since are you gonna be my girl came out when I was 10, I thought they were British 😂

[@fredmyles3710]

Around '03 I remember there were only two songs that the scene girls were into - Miss Murder by AFI and The Kill by 30 Seconds To Mars. Nothing else came close to how massive these two songs were.

[@konabach]

Miss Murder came out in '06 and The Kill in '05. But AFI did hit the mainstream in '03 with their album Sing the Sorrow that had the hit Girl's Not Grey.

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

"Fred Myles" Aside from scene/emo kids, mall goths did listen to those songs as well

[@jakemarley8977]

You mean 06

[@iamcasihart]

I have quite literally never heard of these bands or songs you mention. Ever.

[@delia_watercolors]

... scene wasn't a thing till '06- '07. Before that was emo. Emo kids got into pink and became scene on MySpace. Remember "scene queens"?

[@CarlosKTCosta]

Dude... The Final Fantasy video almost made me cry... I was SO into the Anime Music Videos, they still hit me hard. As much as I love 2010's 2020's metal and prog, these songs still have a very special space in my heart.

[@garrettjohnsen]

I always “hated” my Chemical Romance in middle school being a metal head. I rediscovered them as an adult and their music slaps.

[@nolesy34]

You had a bit of animosity before it turned into a romance

[@symptomofsouls]

Nah they still suck.

[@michaelangeline9726]

Same for me here. I loved SOAD.

[@gothicasshole]

Nope still don't care for them

[@fernandoquintana2476]

Aside from their music I always loved the band name ha

[@nathanielvann5524]

It's almost surreal to remember seeing this stuff when it came out and develop opinions on it in real time. Like I find it very interesting how you lift of "Feeling It" and I remember really hating that entire album. However, your retrospective on its influence and impact is spot on. Same with "The Black Parade" because I remember "Helena" and liking it so much more.

[@doomztay]

I remember my friend showing me "teenagers" from mcr in highschool and I thought it was the sickest thing ever. I felt so angsty blasting it🤣 I was also a huge fan of the used, fall out boy and linkin park. The emo era was pretty wild. I loved the 2000s, I also miss MySpace. Having your own favorite songs playing when someone came to your page was awesome, social media now I boring. We also had that ring back thing where you could set your favorite song as the dial tone instead of the normal dial tone for ppl calling you, I can't believe that isn't a thing anymore.

[@lena9724]

Linkin Park is also the band that got me into rock! Then I discovered Green Day and Breaking Benjamin then came Slipknot, My Chemical Romance and so on. I miss those days.

[@seastarbutterfly]

Great video, Finn! My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Blink 182, Breaking Benjamin are fantastic. Nice tie in with TRL, videogames, Napster, etc.

[@RoseRed08]

Yes! I’m so happy to see this! I watched Mic The Snares video recently and actually was hoping to see you do something similar. 2000-2007 was my middle/high school years and this was my music ❤️

[@Nick-mb2iq]

Would have loved if Green Day’s American Idiot made your list. Feel like the impact of that album was monumental to my late-90s kid generation. At the time American Idiot was one of my earliest and most comprehensive introduction in to Punk. But anyway another solid video. 10/10

[@Sharkwhisperer]

yes, much more impact than Blink 182. if you look beyond the usa. By the way every decade for Finn is "weird" the 80s, the 90s, the 00s. I mean it doesnt mean anything anymore if you put that label on every decade. Maybe the 10s were not so weird but they werent so exciting.....

[@PapaSteaze]

@@SharkwhispererI can’t speak for everywhere outside the US but for my age in the UK I’d say Blink and Green Day were about the same level

[@SynthApprentice]

Yeah, that was a pretty big omission.

[@Nee96Nee]

I thought Green Day was mentioned in the 90's video. He mentioned them when he was talking about the 94 Woodstock. Though I thought he could have talked more about them than a brief mention.

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@Nee96Nee Their sound was different on American Idiot, the precursor to it evolving was Warning.

[@dylan_monument]

I know people are gonna add their 2 cents on what they think should be on this list but I just wanna say that the editing/transitions between each song/artist was smooth af. Been watching your channel for years along with the rest of my band and we love what you do. You make my lunch breaks at work better haha

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@dylan_monument]

@@ThePunkRockMBA both channels bumpin and love to see it You covered my band Monument Of A Memory actually in your Lorna Shore video haha I do vocals in that band. Appreciate the shoutout!

[@DJones1048]

As a fan of Guitar Hero, its not surprising the top 2 songs on 3 were welcome to the jungle and through the fire and flames. The game was promoted so heavily with slash (him being on the cover of the game more specifically) that welcome to the jungle was essentially the promotional theme song. So easily making that a big sell. And Dragonforce being completely unknown basically at the time, this has gotta be the most genius way to "introduce" them to the world. Their songs are, what I'd say, the best example of what songs should be as for top tier in difficulty for the game. And for them to just throw this song at you after you have beaten the game and its literally so crazy that we have never thought something like this could be that hard in Guitar Hero. And with the song actually being like fun and catchy, it's no wonder why it exploded as much as it did.

[@breezer723]

I still love guitar hero. So much great music! Played it with my 25 year old son this past weekend. I think we own 5 of the games just on the wii. 😆

[@DafniKem]

I love your channel, I wish there were more channels like yours to cover more alternative genres and microgenres like psychobilly/gothabilly, death rock, darkwave, neofolk, ebm, noise, futurepop, dungeon synth, witchouse, etc.

[@mpross92]

Owl City has some of the most descriptive well written lyrics. Always enjoyed his music

[@wattrus6077]

Isn’t it crazy how fun the lyrics are? His songs are adventures even if a little lighthearted

[@mpross92]

@@wattrus6077 that definitely comes from his Christian faith. It’s so refreshing to hear kind light hearted music in this current environment.

[@justinarzola4584]

@@mpross92 owl city was very different from the emo and gangster rap that dominated the era which were serious while owl city was childlike and innocent while still being pretty poetic which was hard to find both back then and even moreso now.

[@mpross92]

@@justinarzola4584 100%! It’s cool to see he is still working and releasing something very soon.

[@jevinday]

Linkin Park was what got me into rock and metal. Tony Hawk Pro Skater came out when I was 8 so I had heard some stuff like rage against the machine, but when I went was 10 my cousin gave me his cd player and hybrid theory and told me to listen to it. I remember because it was the weekend the baseball movie The Rookie came out. Then when I was 13 The used became my favorite band. I faked being sick in 7th grade to stay at home and download In Love and Death song for song on Limewire with my dial up internet, it took hours.

[@tonydiebold4899]

I remember seeing Linkin Park twice at Mississippi Nights (small club in St Louis) as an opener for Kottonmouth Kings and Hed PE in 2000/2001… by summer of 2002 they were headlining amphitheaters. Meteoric rise would be an accurate description.

[@slevingarganera8375]

You mean summer of 2002, right? LP wasn’t active throughout 2022.

[@User-54631]

I saw that tour but in Ca

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

I miss Mississippi Nights. It was a great venue. I think the last concert I saw there was Ludo just before the release of Broken Bride.

[@PapaLu08]

I'll chop your head off like my name was O.J ! Love some Hed Pe

[@andrewlong4684]

The throughline from Breaking Benjamin to metalcore to death metal is real, y’all

[@andrewlong4684]

@@SerErryk Found BB in high school which led me to A Day to Remember and Killswitch Engage. That led me to Suicide Silence then to Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel.

[@starlit-rain]

Went the exact same way for me

[@bucknasty69]

@@andrewlong46842000s metalcore got me into melodic death metal bands like In Flames, At The Gates, Soilwork, and The Haunted. After that I got into bands like Carcass and Death. I’ve liked death metal ever since.

[@andrewlong4684]

@@bucknasty69 the metal rabbit hole is an interesting one to fall into, that’s for sure

[@bucknasty69]

@@andrewlong4684 Definitely, especially considering I found out about Bolt Thrower and Dismember because of their albums with Warhammer 40,000 art on the cover (Realms of Chaos and Massive Killing Capacity respectively). I remember flipping through albums at my local record store and bought those two just because of the cover art haha

[@blacktide888]

I got into Metal during the New Wave of American Metal era, and to me bands like Killswitch Engage, Trivium, and Lamb of God really opened the door for me to discover that genre. Pretty crazy looking back on it.

[@christiandauz3742]

I only like a few KSE songs. Only got into Trivium through SitN. As a Nu-Metal dude Metalcore sounds diluted, lazy and just Death Metal with better riffs (I hate Death Metal)

[@blacktide888]

@@christiandauz3742 hey it’s all good man. I respect that.

[@MrWadewynn]

Bands that really helped expose the genre. Metal won’t survive without new blood. Triviums concept of combining genres was really ahead of the trend

[@85ddrummer]

I’ll never understand how pop music took the route of garage rock after the high production levels of nu metal. Indie was the next to flourish and we went from some of the most innovative production and musicians to the most stripped down music played by cool kids with mostly zero talent

[@BigOwl51]

Killswitch Engage is the perfect gateway metal band, especially if you listen to the Howard Jones era. They have the brutality and heaviness of more extreme kinds of metal, combined with pop and radio sensibilities that appeal to normies. If they’re your first metal band it’s almost like a choose your own adventure. Do you want to go deeper into more extreme genres after Killswitch? Or do you want to head into more radio friendly stuff? It’s like a turn back now sign for normies, and a welcome sign for future metalheads. Also their version of holy diver is the best cover song of all time. That’s not my opinion, it’s just a fact.

[@dicklogan2]

Preach!!!!

[@Ructions]

Greatest band of all time. Simple as that.

[@MikeA817]

21:45 take me back to 2005 and Myspace. I may have been poorer, but life was so much better and happier.

[@nathanglennie]

The Used debut album was already pretty big by the time their second album was released. I’d say that started off the post hardcore scene more than IL&D but that definitely elevated it. Not to mention they helped bring MCR into the mainstream

[@operationalbattlestation5477]

I appreciate you mentioning ‘The Used’ cuz that was the band that REALLY got me into rock/metal/screamo with their song ‘sound effects and overdramatics’

[@spfadden082711]

I was a big fan of the used. Those first two albums were great. Breaking Benjamin is another one that I loved and still do. They seem to have been so consistent

[@Alaws32]

I remember getting friended by "Attack! Attack!" On MySpace before their first album came out, and I used to regularly chat with Austin Carlile about their singles they were putting on their page, and the other bands making waves on MySpace. Man, times were simpler back then.

[@futuristic.handgun]

It really makes me so happy for your continued love of MicTheSnare. He really is super talented and funny and just a sweetheart. Been subbed to both of you for awhile now, so it's really cool to see the crossover. 💓

[@karicherrycola]

I'm super happy to see Finn continuing to shoutout MicTheSnare because he deserves way more subscribers/attention than he currently has. Making some of the best music content on this platform

[@futuristic.handgun]

@@karicherrycola I couldn't agree more!! ❣️

[@brett84c]

Owl City is one of my favorite artists but never expected to see this on here. I remember being blown away by Fireflies then I would check in on their following albums and Adam Young get better and better, reaching his peak at All Things Bright and Beautiful. His music is corny and sappy but it's so pure, innocent, and positive that it just makes me feel better when I listen but he also is incredibly good at production and writing hooks that stuck in your head for days or weeks. Guy definitely has something special you don't get with too many other artists.

[@Malum09]

Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory and Meteora, Blink's Self Titled and MCR's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge and The Black Parade were the albums of my puberty/teenage years, till this days i still listen to all of them.

[@TomMcMorrow]

Same friend! Here's hoping your mid thirties are going well!

[@Malum09]

@@TomMcMorrow the pandemic has been a fun way to spend my thirties! But seriously other than that I’m good.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Presenter looks about the same age as me. I like a lot of modern alternative rock and also older ones going back to the 90s and 80s. Hip hop too. Ska, nu metal, indie rock, garage rock, punk, new wave, etc as well. Do you remember the hair bands, glam rock crap they were shoving down our necks via radio and MTV back in the 80s and early 90s?? We needed alternative music and hip hop to rise out of the underground during the 90s. 😆 Change is good

[@crowkid5553]

Linkin park and the strokes were really the ones that still kept rock going on, without them rock wouldn't been as alive as it was back then

[@Jerich0h0lic]

Now you've gotten me all nostalgic for old Hot Topic. I only remember it happening once or twice, but our Hot Topic had a few bands play in there. Those days were awesome.

[@323johnnybravo]

The , The bands. The killers , The used , The Bravery , The Strokes , The White Stripes, The Vines. What a time to be Alive !!

[@rolandgreco5850]

Such a great video Finn, really liked the fact you were inspired by Mic The Snare and totally made it your own

[@GunnerTheStylist]

So glad Mic the Snare is getting shown more love. He's a great creator! I remember my Hot Topic had a clipboard by the CDs/Vinyls so you could suggest a band or album to be added to their in-store collection. Good times!

[@t0msula]

What an insightful and well-thought-out video. You took me on a trip down memory lane with this

[@MustyPassenger]

I was so into BSB, NSYNC, Britney, Christina, etc until I saw One Step Closer MV on MTV while getting ready for school in the morning. It definitely changed my life and I turned a totally different direction with my music interests. (And soon after, The Used)

[@soaplesstv]

Thanks for crediting the person who did the research/ shouted them out mid video to make sure we go watch his video. Appreciate the legit journalism/ not just stealing info. Props.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

I did all the research and writing on this, just to be clear! I just copied his video format.

[@ScottThePisces]

The Jay Z collab album / tour is what first got me into Linkin Park and then alternative music, coming from a Hip Hop background.

[@wienersmcbutts]

I don’t like Linkin Park at all and even I think that collab is phenomenal

[@Blessed2XS]

8:30 Crediting The Used for kicking off the Post-Hardcore Scene is insane. Atreyu takes that cake! Story Of The Year deserve credit as well. Those 2 bands had made huge impact within the greater Hardcore Scene before The Used's 2nd LP had even came out, and only a handful of their songs were Post-Hardcore, the rest were just Emo.

[@AboveTheHeavensBand]

One of my favorite videos you've done so far. Completely agree with these selections. I'm surprised Green Day's American Idiot wasn't mentioned, that record was MASSIVE in the mid-2000s. Inescapable for years.

[@ronnierockit4468]

It's fun watching you take inspiration from Mic, I've been watching both of you for a long time, and you both have great insights.

[@machine-madedog5059]

I miss the period of 2000-2004 or so, lots of great music across many genres during that time.

[@tegantalks9612]

Thank you for shouting out Mike the Snare in this video! I love seeing KZbinrs I love support one another and do different takes on similar topics!

[@jasons2210]

Well that was a fun nostalgia trip. I was born in 94 so this stuff all was coming out from when I was pretty young, but I have a brother 6 years older than me who would introduce me to a lot of these bands. The point about Blink being edgy, but not edgy enough to where your mom would take the CD away was a perfect description lol. My mom was pretty strict with explicit music when I was growing up so I had to be careful with what I listened to.

[@cjheasley5713]

I was born in 91 and my little sister in 94. It's really strange that our experiences growing up were so drastically different. All the tech changes that were made in these decades, and the culture changes - and the fact these changes came so fast. It is just crazy to me how 3.5 years age gap and it seems like we are nearly 10 years or more apart.

[@ergoth154]

I'm glad you snagged Mic The Snare's format for this, it's a great format

[@ABlankAndrew]

Damn man, this was like a tour through my childhood

[@joshuapierre4948]

Wow this video brought me through my whole adolescence. I remember every one of these songs and moments and how i felt about them at the time. I feel old now

[@yodanwhatsthejam4398]

The 2000 - 2010 mall/screamo and post hardcore era was truly the last for guitar/rock music in my opinion. Off the heels of nu metal - that massive emo wave hit mainstream audiences in a HUGE way! The Used, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory…these bands blew up! Warped Tour and all the other summer concerts were sold out for fans to see these groups, and they put on so many other acts too like Senses Fail, Hawthorne Heights, Starting Line, Dashboard Confessional and on and on. My fear is that things today have become so electronic, listeners don’t appreciate guitar and instruments anymore. Rock is dead today - and the bands that are thriving like Bring Me the Horizon, Architects, Crown the Empire, Fever 333…they’re all growing so far away from rock music with effects you can barely appreciate the instruments in there. It’s the EDM evolution of House music but for rock music. Thus…the explosion of Mall screamo and post hardcore may have been the last curtain call for true rock fans.

[@MusicaObscuraX]

I feel the same exact thing myself. It's only dedicated people who love guitar who care anymore about rock.

[@maynarddrivesfast804]

I think you're just not looking hard enough for good, new guitar driven music. There's PLENTY of great new bands out there, but since everything is Internet driven, and there's literally thousands of small independent labels, you have to actually look. Join some music forums. Sub to all your favorite genre subreddits. There's tons of great "rock music" being made right now. To call the post-harcore/screamo era the last great one for guitar music is akin to having tunnel vision. FYI: I'm a gigging guitarist who plays progressive metal (played in bands since 1994), and is in his early 40's. My music tastes range from Deftones to Sleep Token, and Saosin to Deathcab. Radio play in this modern online era is fairly meaningless, and usually just means that a band is marketable to enough to hook the casual listener. You need to look harder.

[@EvelynSucksAtLife]

Major labels like Metal Blade and Nuclear Blast is full of modern Guitar music

[@JackInABeanstalk98]

It seems like the crowds that would typically appreciate guitar based music are into artists like Chappell Roan and so on.

[@mentallyaktive916]

I literally just was watching the Mic the snare videos and his Reflexion On What Music Was Like Back In The Simpler Times Is Near Spot on.

[@CalebHimself]

Love this era of music. I grew up listening to The Strokes which really defined my taste with alternative music and of course blink 🤘

[@MWSchoolProjects]

I remember discovering Rise Against first on Guitar Hero III as a bonus song, then later on youtube as, not an AMV, but a music video for, *ahem* a popular MMORPG... Prayer of the Refugee. Still one of my favorite songs by them, and I always thought it was a shame they only got on as a bonus track. They remain a treasured artist to me and seem to be doing well regardless.

[@LauraLaurent86]

Damn the nostalgia... I'm just so grateful I was growing up with this music.

[@iantruax17]

I know I’m a little late to this video, but your description of Vampire Weekend and their fans had me rolling.

[@xReflamed]

Living in Europa, my little emo self was sooo sad we didn't have Hot Topic. 😂😭

[@1mlb704]

I asked on Twitter what would be considered alternative music in the 2000s, because I look at most of these bands as being mainstream thanks to the alternative movement in the 90s. This video answered that for me by mentioning things like TRL, hot topic, guitar hero, and social media being so influential - a lot of kids in the 2000s who were into these things and listening to the music associated with it all weren't exactly normies, at least not where I went to school lol. So just because this music in particular was mainstream rock, doesn't exactly mean it wasn't also alternative - because the word alternative is so much deeper than just the music. Great insight Finn, I always get something from your videos!

[@joshuamonroe4684]

Rose of Sharyn really made that At the Gates metalcore riffs style blow up. Miss those days. As I Lay Dying's Shadow's Are Security was in my constant rotation during that era.

[@JMPK23]

Through Struggle sunk it's hooks in my back so damn hard

[@mycool3762]

Man I watch your videos everyday. I really value your opinions. You have a way of looking at things through all lenses, no matter the topic, and have open my eyes to new bands. I was stuck in a rut of listening to the same old shit. So I appreciate you more than you know.

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you for watching!

[@fissi0n470]

I consider The Used’s first album the best post-hardcore album ever made. Bert had the best scream ever with that pure raw emotion.

[@ogmo0n]

it was a cool scream for sure

[@inputrequir3d]

Say Days Ago. Enough said.

[@torstenscholz6243]

Nah, nothing beats Alexisonfire.

[@HawkSea]

@@torstenscholz6243 Pulmonary baby

[@OiMarfelo]

Long time watcher and also long time Mic stan, I'm really glad he allowed you to give your spin on this format!! great video!!!!

[@nickbell6435]

I was a teenager/young adult through the 00s and can relate to a lot of these bands. Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory I remember in particular was the only album I had I could play in the car when my parents still drove me without worrying about getting in trouble over the swearing, which I couldn't do with Blink for example 🤣

[@ParUhDroyd]

Cool to see you do a version of Mic's videos cuz I love the ones you're referencing. As someone who grew up in this decade I'd say your list was pretty spot on, only one I may have changed would be 2008, even though it was crazy how Dragonforce got that kind of popularity from GH3 I remember back then all the talk being about MGMT and how their songs, especially Electric Feel was the future of music, which pretty did become a precursor of the indie pop boom in the early 2010's but Through the Fire and Flames definitely still deserved at least a mention so not a bad one to have in its place.

[@tylergrove7700]

I love Breaking Benjamin still to this day. I will die on the hill that they are not the best band but you aren’t going to instantly change the song if they come on.

[@timvotta1111]

This was fantastic. I like MTS decade review videos a lot, but this is pretty spectacular for covering the music I was a bit more into back then.

[@nikku1166]

Well done on the video my guy. fucking Owl City man, Firefly's is my guilty pleasure. It's like nothing else I listen to, but there's just something about that song. I don't even like another other of his songs, just that one. But I still listen to it everyfew months. That song and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" are the two I wish I didn't like and make sure nobody EVER hears be listen to them, lol. They're just those "time machine" songs that bring you back to a place when things were a certain way (who you were dating, where you lived, a loved one that was still alive, etc.). More about reliving the experience of the era and time you heard the song a lot and less about the song itself... if that makes any sense. I'll walk myself out now, lol.

[@ashtongarcia6894]

Chasing cars is genuinely such a good song

[@juliendidelot]

Finn, I've been following your channel for almost two years and I can tell you without a doubt that this is one of your best video ever, top 5 for me. Even if the subject is not yours, you have managed to make it fascinating, informative and easy to follow while maintaining what makes you: objectivity and sincerity. And I will continue to follow your work as long as I find this winning formula! 👍🏻

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

Thank you!

[@joshuatheargonaut4412]

I worked at a hot topic from 2003-2005 while going to college. The pay was terrible but I worked with some awesome people and we had way to much fun while working there. We were one of the stores that sold records and cds and had listening stations. We were a mix bag as far as music taste which was great. We had a 5 disc CD player and we would trade off listening to one another’s music. The high school kids treated us like rock stars. I remember getting pretty burned out with the whole emo scene and it’s music. But compared to the music that is popular today I’d trade it to go back to that era. Hindsight it really wasn’t that bad. And people still had personalities before social media made everyone a dullard.

[@nolesy34]

You were the local hang out before Starbucks was a thing

[@joshuatheargonaut4412]

@@nolesy34 Nolesy!!! What's doin? Workin hard or hardly working? Seen crazy Steve lately?

[@nolesy34]

Yeah yeah nah yeah lent Still doin ca$hies all day mate, got me a local council job but crazy Steve was too high from a Donny trippa snippa combo to get on board

[@pequalsa]

I was mostly listening to likes of Placebo, South, Dredg, Coheed and Cambria, The Mars Volta, Muse, The Faint, Cursive from these years

[@aivaras686]

The Limewire comment is sooo spot on lmao

[@KASA852]

Woah shoutout to Mic The Snare ❤ sweet!! Big fan of both of you 🤘🏻

[@amanonfire4451]

I think the 2000s is also the era where modern guitar tones were established. Metalcore like Killswitch Engage, buttrock stuff like Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Nu Metal etc. Not forgetting the era where I discover bands through downloading songs via record label websites (Trustkill, Roadrunner, Prosthetic etc) What an era ❤

[@SF2036]

The era of EMG active pickups. The rest were basically just the 90’s at a higher volume.

[@nighthawk9532]

Calling Chevelle “butt rock” was the first mistake here

[@SF2036]

@@nighthawk9532 Chevelle got a terrible record deal, I heard that much.

[@cherylk1518]

@@nighthawk9532 This! What tha hell!

[@derhak727]

this video made me feel so good. so many memories. i was in my 20s during the 2000s. its my fav era of music and i still listen to the used, tbs, blink and nfg

[@Jimmy-Mc]

I think this is a really great list, and does a good job to cover all the different styles. Also kudos for mentioning Guitar Hero and how much that helped spread rock to a new generation. The only thing I would change is putting one of the songs from American Idiot for 2004, since that album ended up being a huge gateway band for the later 2000's. I'm personally not a big Killswitch Engage fan, so I can't comment on how much their impact was at the same time, but I feel like Green Day's influence was strong in the later part of the decade.

[@Jimmy-Mc]

Before I Forget also came out in 2004 and drew a lot of attention to metal, so maybe it was just a juggernaut year for the genre.

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

"Jimmy McGowan" For me, if I made a list of Influential Alternative albums of that decade this would be my list 2000: Linkin Park-Hybrid Theory, Deftones-White Pony, Radiohead-Kid A, Relationship of Command-At the Drive-In 2001: The Strokes-Is This It, Bleed American-Jimmy Eat World 2002: QOTSA-Songs for the Deaf, Avril Lavigne-Let Go, Breaking Benjamin-Saturate 2003: Elephant-The White Stripes, Evanescence-Fallen, blink-182-blink-182 2004: American Idiot-Green Day 2005: Demon Days-Gorillaz, Silent Alarm-Bloc Party, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out-Panic! At The Disco 2006: Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade, Muse-Black Holes and Revelations 2007: Radiohead-In Rainbows 2008: Don't really know 2009: Don't really know Feel free to add more Influential Alternative albums of that decade as that is all I have in my head btw

[@ericiidx]

I left a Bane tour shirt I really liked in a hotel room once, and a few years later, saw that same shirt for sale at Hot Topic. Yes, Hot Topic was selling Bane shirts, and yes I bought it again.

[@churroinyomouf]

Hot Topic was Lit in the 2000s.

[@AlligatorArms]

Out of all the .mp3’s I had back then, “A-Punk” was the first alphabetically, which meant every time I plugged the iPod into my car stereo, “A-Punk” started playing. I got a little bit tired of that song, needless to say. But enough time has passed by now that I can exclaim what a god damn bop that tune is, and really as good of an example as any of a song that bridged the gap to a whole new decade in which a lot changed in alternative culture. I hope you have Mic the Snare’s blessing to cover the 2010’s in a similar matter; he does an outstanding job & so do you!

[@lizakolganova7608]

blink-182 and My Chemical Romance are forever my favorites 💗💗💗

[@Mr.Cthulwho]

Awesome video my dude! Was surprised you didn't mention Coheed

[@TargetHHH101]

I completely forgot about Vampire Weekend. Im 32 and I say it every day the 90s and early 00s were the best time to be alive.

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

Lol u just a few years off bruh, late 80s to early 2000s was goated, around 2011/2012 is where social media really kicks in. It's got its own pros and cons but for sure that was where things started going from outside to inside. 2000s it was still weird to say u met someone online, by the time we hit 2010s its weird to ask for a number, girls start giving you their social media handles.

[@TargetHHH101]

@@nobodyexceptme7794 you arent wrong

[@dalekay9ine]

Great work as always Finn! This and the 90s videos were sick dawg. I'm 38 and it all takes me back. Recently hit 110 days clean and sober and started playing drums again, excited. Do a video about ween! Keep up the good work. Hope you and your wife are doing great bud.

[@Chelaxim]

90s grumpiness is the epitome of not knowing how good you have it.

[@NotGary_]

Uffie and Justice. Man, those two in the same sentence let alone consecutively was nuts. These reviews are just amazing. I've seen so many the past few days and I cant get enough. You give enough crap to bands that I guess do kind of deserve it, but you totally give credit when it's due. It's just great. Thanks for all the hard work put into these!

[@blakedove2263]

Butt rock was honestly my gateway into heavier music and I still feel nostalgic for a lot of butt rock. It’s still a guilty pleasure