YouSuck: These Five Nu-Metal Bands Were Voted the Worst by MetalSucks Readers
Ah, nu-metal. That weirdly resurging metal subgenre that just won’t stay dead. From Powerman 5000 to Slipknot, old fans that were teens when this music was brand new are now bringing their younger siblings and even their own children out to shows to share the music that shaped their youths. Yet for every Korn and Linkin Park that pretty much everyone sees as high water marks for the genre, there are tons of stinkers.
To that end, we wanted to see which nu-metal band MetalSucks readers thought sucked the most. Over the last 72-ish hours, you guys voted to let us know exactly how you felt about bands like Deadsy, Orgy, Dope, and the like. And while the results below are mostly uncontroversial, one of the top five bands is sort of a shocker, if I’m being honest.
So without further ado, here’s the top five worst nu-metal bands, as voted by you — the MetalSucks reader.
Crazy Town (1,293 votes)
When this poll was coming together, this band was pretty much destined to take the top spot. Really famous for being one of the biggest one-hit wonders of the nu-metal era, Crazy Town blew up because of their 1999 hit “Butterfly,” but could never replicate that success. Looking back, it’s amazing a band full of tribal tattoo wearing dudebros rapping such groan-inducing lines like “Such a sexy, sexy pretty little thing/Fierce nipple pierce, you got me sprung with your tongue ring.” At least they were good enough for some recent backstage drama.
Kid Rock (978 votes)
Before he shooting at Bud Light cans with a full-auto submachine gun and missing almost all of his shots, before he decided to glom onto country music’s popularity, rich kid Robert James Ritchie — Kid Rock — was a nu-metal artist. Unlike Crazy Town, this grifter has had massive successes in his career, starting with 1998’s Devil Without a Cause. Since then, he’s sampled Metallica in a song, sang a duet with Cheryl Crow, and embraced the alt-right grift while not meaning a word he says.
Limp Bizkit (461 votes)
Now this one was a shock. Sure, Limp Bizkit’s put out some bad music in their time, but they’ve seen a huge rebirth lately with old man Fred Durst embracing his “dad vibes.” Couple their recent popularity with the fact that albums like Three Dollar Bill, Y’all and Significant Other still rock (I’ll die on that hill) and it’s amazing to me that this band made it as the third most hated. Maybe it’s how annoyingly overplayed tracks like “Nookie” and “Rollin’” have been over the years. Or maybe people just hate red Yankees hats.
Methods of Mayhem (404 votes)
Not content to play in just one shitty band, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee decided to jump onto the nu-metal bandwagon and front his own outfit, Methods of Mayhem. They really only had one song do anything of major importance, that being the track “Get Naked.” And I’d surmise to say that it only got attention because of Lee’s involvement, as well as the fact that the music video was provocative enough to get eyes. This is straight up trash.
Alien Ant Farm (247 votes)
Here’s another band seeing a bit of a comeback lately. Having been pretty much only known in the mainstream for two tracks: “Smooth Criminal” and “Movies”, Alien Ant Farm has since put out some new singles that actually kinda sound good. Still, it doesn’t take from the fact that Dryden Mitchell forced someone to grab his junk on stage.
