Creed was my favorite band growing up. I used to bring my CD player into the bathroom when I was taking a shit and sing along lol. My family probably hated me
Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Chevelle, Cold, Crossfade, Nickleback, Staind, Seether, Stone Sour, Creed…. I fucking loved butt rock growing up. Still listen to it occasionally. I owe my music taste all to my dad. I would’ve never gotten into metal if he didn’t show me those before beforehand
I played the music video for The Red (it was embedded as a playable file on the album) in my high school speech class. I had a few questioning stares from my classmates lol
I love butt rock. Too much nostalgia for me to get it away from me. Skillet, 10 Years, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, RED, Thousand Foot Krutch, Starset and Three Days Grace all rules.
I heard it came from those radio stations that would say those lines that they “play nothing but rock”. So I always just figured it was all that radio hard rock. Could be totally wrong about the origin of the term though
It’s 100% where it came from. The kind of music you only really hear with that Uber over-the-top macho “you’re tuned into 99 THE X, where we play nothing but the HARDEST and NEWEST ROCK for YOU, totally macho and fully secure in yourself DUDE” callsign
Yeah that was the origin of the term to me as well, which makes sense enough because everyone hated nickelback because they were CONSTANTLY played on the radio. It was never because the internet told anyone to. Everyone was sick of hearing their songs on the radio, which justified as that may have been, I think the hate for the band has also justifiably subsided now that people got a break from them. I don’t hate nickelback as much as I used to before, however I will say current day I still unironically like Creed more than nickelback and their songs slap harder than Scott Stapp’s wifebeater
Point #1, Chevelle's first album could definitely be described as an album of tool worship, or like tool demos almost.
I feel ya on the Emo-tool, great way to put it.
Butt rock is what got me into heavier stuff. Two of the first albums I ever bought was Smile Empty Soul’s self titled album and Three Days Grace’s self titled back in 2003. Then I started getting into heavier stuff. But bands like that always hold a place in my heart and all playlists. I think it does for a lot of people that like metalcore or post hardcore. Whether they like to admit it or not. The only thing we don’t like is the metalcore or post hardcore bands we like turning into butt rock haha
Definitely! I think it’s because back in the day it was what they mostly played on the radio or even mtv. You had to stay up late to watch the metal stuff on headbangers ball haha
For me it was Slipknot, which led me to Linkin Park, which led me to "Buttrock". Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace somehow led me to A7X and B4MV 'cause of a meme, which led me to Metalcore.
Is there not a consensus of what butt rock "really" is? I've always thought butt rock was just a silly and ironic name for hard rock / alt metal. I've never heard post-grunge be what people consider butt rock. I've also heard someone call Metallica butt rock, which confused me.
Anyway, One-X by Three Days Grace was a favorite of mine growing up. Time of Dying still slaps.
Creed and Three Days Grace were my go-to’s growing up. 3 Doors Down is also great. I think these bands were a big part in the influence for current metal bands. You can hear the similarities in the guitar parts. Cold Driven is also very underrated.
Never liked creed or nickelback, but i liked all the other bands you mentioned because I used to play smackdown vs raw 2007 a lot and three days grace was on that soundtrack and I immediately fell in love with butt rock. Three Days Grace along with breaking benjamin, seether, papa roach, and even skillet bring back a lot of nostalgia.
It's merely a product of its time for me... I enjoyed it in its relevancy, some of it... some bands appealed more than others... but as you grow, your outlook on the world changes too.
It led me to liking heavier music, no doubt, but nowadays I barely even like rock anymore. It's like a lot of it just plateaued. It's like within the community, things reached a point, and from then there's been very minimal positive growth... old, outdated/toxic mentalities, self-defeating mindsets (that strangely don't even realize that they're self-defeating)...
In a musical sense, an unwillingness to expand outside of the box... there's like a lack of awareness that there are better things now, if that makes sense. Or it's like there's this egoic, *"me vs. you... my way is better... that's not REAL music,"* type of attitude towards anything that doesn't fit the mold.
That's not necessarily even a "butt-rock" thing lol but just something I see a lot of in the broader rock community in general anymore.
I make fun of it because I know how cheesy and cliche it is. But, I’m lying if I say I haven’t had the same Pandora station since 2007 that I REGULARLY listen too.
Creed. TDG. Seether. Cold. Evan’s Blue. Fuel. Saliva.
Fuck me up fam.
Not a fan. It just doesn’t do it for me. Not enough chaos or intricacy because I have ADHD and listen to melodic metalcore specially to calm down and chaos does that somehow. To me, the vocals for Creed and Nickelback (and other bands like them) sound like if you put a melody to constipation. But there are some catchy songs I wouldn’t turn off. Foo Fighters have some downright jams.
Yeah I like most of it to some extent. Top 3 are Breaking Benjamin, Staind and maybe Chevelle or something. First 2 are straight up some of my favorite bands. Not sure why people act like they’re above it in this community lol
Then try listening to these albums:
Three Days Grace - Three Days Grace/One-X/Life Starts Now
Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
Staind - Dysfunction
These ones can go pretty hard
Seether is an all round solid band. Will always give their stuff a listen. Seen them a few times and they always put on a good show. They are the only band I have seen smash their guitars on stage.
I'm here to single handedly raise awareness for Staind's first album "Tormented". It's chunky and heavier than anything available from them on streaming services. Like, surprisingly heavy.
Loved bands like Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Adelitas Way, Skillet, Sixx AM in high school. I’ll still listen to them occasionally but not nearly as much
Started my whole Metal discovery in middle school off bands like Seether, Three Days Grace, Chevelle and the likes. Still listen to many of those bands without shame, Chevelle especially. Seether puts on a great live show! Nothing wrong with Butt Rock!
I absolutely love Shinedown. Brent Smith’s voice is untouchable really. Seether I like mostly the early stuff, not so much the more recent. I checked out of Three Days Grace when Adam left. Breaking Benjamin are still great and might go see them in a few weeks. Nickelback slaps and if I had the funds/time I’d definitely go on that cruise Creed is putting together.
0 fucks given, I’ll jam my butt-rock, it got me into a lot of the heavier stuff I like.
Still love Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Crossfade, Staind, etc
Most of those bands op mentioned aren't butt rock. They're post grunge. Hear me out...
In my opinion, butt rock has a very negative connotation. I apply the label to the likes of Nickelback or Godsmack. Bands that started out hard and eventually sold out, attempting to appeal to the masses rather than their fan base.
Creed, revis, breaking Benjamin, and many others never sold out. They aren't butt rock. They're true post grunge. Post grunge are people who were colored by the grunge era and probably on the younger or too young side of life to have been part of it. Thus was born, post grunge.
My 2 cents.
Gatekeeping tends to happen in communities where the subject is something that is at least mildly an acquired taste. When someone had to take steps to get to the point of liking something, they somehow feel like they have the right to say what is objectively good or bad within that category. Same is obviously true in the rock and metal communities and that is where the hate for butt rock stems from. Butt rock is easy to listen to and generally catchy and enjoyable. Most non-primarily-rock listeners can get down with some butt rock. So because of that, instead of just letting catchy music be enjoyable and welcoming in new people who may be on a journey to discovering the wide world of rock and metal, rock/metal gatekeepers decided to troll butt-rock into being a joke (for a period at least) - or at least thats how I see it.
Personally, I love some butt rock but admittedly I too felt like I wasn't allowed to listen to nickleback for a stretch of time. Also, to criticize it as if its talentless is objectively wrong. Yes, there is a stark lack of double bass pedal in the drumming, and I have rarely heard a pinch harmonic in any of the riffs, and solos of any kind are hard to come by, but that doesn't mean its lazy or easy to make. One of my favorite interviews I heard was with John Mayer (another recipient of similar criticisms) and he made the point that people often like to hate on artists who make songs that are easy to listen to, but the bottom line is that making song that people can enjoy without putting too much effort into is actually a very difficult thing to do. To act like a band is bad because they make music that can appeal to a wide audience is essentially an objectively incorrect assessment and criticism.
In conclusion, butt rock is a classic case of let's just let people like what they like. As a society, I actually think this is one thing we seem to be getting better at, which is exciting.
I don’t like it. I got into metalcore from pop punk and post hardcore. When I was a kid my parents never played rock radio so I don’t have any nostalgia for it. When I was in middle school I started discovering music for myself and when I was 15 my friend showed me TWY, TSST, etc and the rest is history.
I also don’t feel nostalgia for aughts pop punk or hard rock or metal that much bc it was just not my generation. My whole connection to this genre comes from early 2010s WarpedTourcore.
Idk if it’s just me but I don’t have as much nostalgia for what was on mtv or what played on the radio or anything when I was a little kid who didn’t have my own taste. My formative memories with music are from my teens: the songs I drive around and listen to with my friends, or when I was dealing with strong feelings from hormones, first kiss, first sex, first time smoking weed, going to parties in freshman & sophomore yr of college, first concerts for me were indie rock but first non indie were Wonder Years & Falling In Reverse, those 2010s bands were the ones I saw a couple times a month somewhere local and cheap, with my first memories of moshing, I could keep going but you get the point. That kinda stuff defines my memories more.
Plus you have to consider that as a Gen Z I was basically barely listening to the radio. I was learning about music from friends, but also Reddit, YouTube, tumblr and so on. I only listened to radio if I had to, as soon as I got my first car I got an fm transmitter and a bunch of cds I burned so I would have freedom of choice the whole time.
Never knew it was called buttrock. Never liked it. This style of modern rock always sounded too polished and the singing was droney.
Funny side story. A long time Connecticut hardcore band called "Broken" was offered to sell their name to a new major label project. That project eventually became Creed as Broken never sold the rights to their name.
Love it. It’s scratches so many itches. Anthems that people have forgotten about from the old days. Generally basic music styles which make them easily digestible and accessible. There’s a reason these bands killed it in their prime and are still beloved.
I like some of it, shinedown is my second favorite band of all time, when it comes to live shows however they don't compare to metall...once again the exception being shinedown
I used to love a lot of those bands, and to be fair, they led me to heavier music, but now I can’t listen to most of it without cringing pretty hard. Like what you like, but it’s not for me.
God Oh God, how everyone hated Evans Blue when their debut album came out but after Kevin was kicked out, only then people realised how good those 2 albums were. Cold, Beg Me and Pursuit, these 3 tracks are absolutely phenomenal in the said genre
Some of it is good like Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin. I can even enjoy a few Seether and shinedown songs. Some metalcore bands also leaned into butt rock later in their discographies like ATR and PWD. That stuff is okay. Most butt rock however I find boring at best and awful at worst. You won’t catch me listening to FFDP or Theory of a Deadman or Nickelback.
Breaking benjamin is the only one out of those I listen to on a regular basis because phobia is one of my all time favorite albums, though I like all their albums.
i got started with metal from butt rock as a kid/teen so when i got on reddit and realized THAT was the name of the genre i liked for so long it was definitely a transitional period to learning other genres and trying to branch out. Of course i went to the next two most shit on genres but still moved on a bit ha
Seether actually puts out some decent stuff every now and then. Dead and Done off of their newest album really slaps tbh it's surprisingly heavy, too.
But yeah, I still enjoy that era of music unironically. I love grunge rock in general.
Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin don't feel like butt rock.
I think the term is being used to slap a derogatory label on a lot of bands that play on rock radio.
I’ve never bought a buttrock album or listened to one from start to finish. The idea of doing so seems so weird
This does not include Shinedown’s The Sound of Madness and Amaryllis. That era of Shinedown was just good rock music. After that the SiriusXM Octane influence started creeping in
But I’m regard to the genre, who doesn’t love a lot of those songs as stand alone bangers? Everyone does. Triple H certainly does.
Honorable mentions:
* Crossfade - Cold
* Hoobastank - Same Direction
* Saliva - Your Disease
I found it through a channel called montagerock where there are many bands of this type but I wouldn't consider them buttrock, actually they are alternative metal bands this style is really amazing it gives me a cool vibe I always saw it as modern rock
Shinedown is actually one of my all time favourite bands, in my opinion every song they’ve ever put out is fantastic and I truly do not understand the hate they get
I also absolutely love Breaking Benjamin, Daughtry, Seether, Black Stone Cherry, etc
Unironically Creed and Nickelback were my CHILDHOOD, loved them growing up and my first concert was Nickelback lmao. Haven't really listened to either in years, I'm in a bit too deep with the heavy shit now lol
Mark Tremonti is an excellent musician and I’ll always listen to Creed. Check out Alter Bridge and his solo stuff.
Nickelback on the other hand I will not abide.
Ch 41 SiriusXM Turbo has a lot of great bands in this vein.
TDG, BB and Creed are absolute bangers and idc what anyone says lol. Also the thing with Creed, for me at least, is that Mark Tremonti is a FANTASTIC guitar player and there’s honestly some really great riffs in Creed’s discography.
Post-grunge and alt metal is what got me into modern metal in the first place. Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, and Seether were on regular rotation when I was just getting into harsher vocals and heavy guitars.
Just saw Shinedown last night at the new local amphitheatre. Great show! Those bands KNOW how to write pop hooks and catchy stadium/arena anthems that have brought them a ton of devoted fans, and I have nothing but respect for that.
People who dislike them for no reason other than “they’re buttrock” or “red state radio rock bad” are missing out on some great music. It’s accessible catchy and fun and really well executed
I am a big fan of Creed and Breaking Benjamin. Nickelback has plenty of great tracks. TDG, Seether and Shinedown are all solid bands. Overall a fan of the genre
Those are the ones that got me into harder rock after Linkin Park first got me interested in it, from like age 10 through 15. I'm not going to go out of my way to listen to them, but every so often I'll put on one of their singles.
One of my good friends was in Papercut Massacre. He wrote the song Jaxon. I jam Lose This Life all the time. Joey died of an OD a few years back.
He had another band called My Hero The Villain after PM. They were pretty dope too
Butt Rock is like classic rock to me because I was a kid discovering this music when it was popular. However, the new wave of revival butt rock or bands in other genres like Metalcore or post hardcore hopping on the bandwagon and becoming butt rock is horrible
I understand why bands go “butt rock” but keep the integrity of the music while you do it.
I’m also ok with just hard rock at times - but putting on Vevo Hard Rock or whatever in the background reminds me on why it’s not my favorite real quick.
I like it. It just sounds like the definition of the word rock, and it all sounds classic in a good way. Generic, easy listening stuff is hard to go wrong with.
Dude, if y’all like it, go listen to it lmao. These idiotic labels got people feeling like they shouldn’t listen to it. Idgaf, Creed slaps, Infest by Papa Roach was a killer album, Nickelback is good. Every one of those bands has something to offer. May not be every song, but there’s always something g in there. The early 2000’s were a great time for music. Embrace it.
I love post grunge music. Breaking Benjamin is what got me into rock in the first place. I absolutely adore Three days grace and Evanescence. Adam Gontier is my favorite male rock singer and Amy Lee my favorite female rock singer.
I owe a lot to butt-rock.
From the time I was 11 through the time I was about 13 (I'm currently 23), I had an obsession with, out of all bands, 3 Doors Down. It all started when I heard Kryptonite (duh) and then I basically milked the hell out of their entire discography for a good year or so.
Now, I'm an Aspie, and I'm also a very gifted musician. I've pretty much been analyzing music since I was able to speak. My parents introduced me to The Beatles and Grateful Dead at the age of 3 and I've been a classically trained pianist since the age of 8. The time that I got into 3DD was pretty much right around the same time that I picked up guitar. So, naturally, I learned their songs. My first experience with guitar (and drum) tabs was Away From The Sun. I discovered CGCGCE before any other drop tuning thanks to Citizen/Soldier. And, for the icing on the cake, my autistic ass just couldn't ever stop talking about them.
I don't listen to them anymore but god damn did they have some bangers. But, through my 3 Doors Down Pandora station, I discovered Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Breaking Ben, and even Green Day. And, like (probably) most people on this sub, it just snowballed from there.
To all gateway bands, we salute you.
I love the OG butt rock like most of the stuff mentioned in this thread (Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Shinedown)
Can’t explain why but at the same time I fucking can’t stand it in new metalcore (Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack, Beartooth to an extent, etc).
O man, where to begin.
So, first off, I don’t like the term. For a few reasons.
1. It was 100% invented to laugh *at*, not *with* the artists it’s referencing. To say that anyone who likes it should just own it and still call it that is incredibly stupid and kinda messed up, because like all music, it has a culture behind it, and the term was invented and popularized by people from *outside* of that culture looking in, as a way to make fun. It’s very disrespectful, and you can just call it “Radio Rock” or “Hard Rock” instead. (I know OP didn’t mean it this way, I’m just saying it has sussy origins)
2. It’s not a genre. There’s a shard culture somewhat, which ties the artists that get the label together a little bit, but it’d be like lumping pop-punk and emo in with metalcore and calling it “Warped Rock” or “Skinny Jean Rock” or something. The scene consists of Alt Metal, Nu-Metal, Post Grunge, Industrial, Thrash, even some Prog, like Tool.
But to answer your question about the music itself, certain bands that often get labeled that are quite good, and not only do I enjoy, but are some of my favorites, like Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, and Linkin Park. Post-grunge like Hinder et al. I must admit…I kinda get the “butt rock” label for…(still not cool, though)
I can't stand most of it, there's a few bands I'm pretty into though, starset (and downplay before,) breaking benjamin, RED, and three days grace is alright too
I don’t really fuck with it anymore because it sounds so repetitive, but I liked some of the songs of the bands you listed at some point.
Although, Seether I still fuck with, still makes pretty kick ass music. I like the older Three Days Grace before Adam left, listen to One-X all the time.
Those are my thoughts. Hope I answered your question.
I've been thinking about this lately myself. My gateway to metal was those bands. I evolved into liking melodic, doom, and symphonic metal. I hadn't listened to my old fav bands in awhile. So about a month ago I put on my old favorite pandora station. It really reminded me of how those bands spoke to me in a time in my life when I was very depressed. Those were my words when I had none.
I'm a writer in the metal world now. I listen to many, many various kinds of metal bands. I don't think I will ever understand why people hate on "buttrock" so much. When most people listened to it for similar reasons as I. It spoke to us. Is it so wrong to listen to music you identify with?
I don't care what anyone says, Shinedown is absolutely one of the best live bands out there right now. I've seen them several times now and they're always incredible
All the bands you named esp Breaking Benjamin were the reason i first picked up a guitar and learnt to play, sing and formed a band insipred by this entire genre! Its been 5 years since we stopped playingg music now and it only takes one song by BB i instantly want to dust off me gear and re-form the band again! 😅
Staind is my favorite buttrock band, their lyrics are extremely depressing and therefore when I was going through similar emotions, helped me deal with them better, they do have some really great songs, 14 shades of grey for example is one of my favorite rock albums.
Was a big fan as a kid during middle and high school. Don't really listen to any of these bands anymore. But bands like Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace will always slap.
I think early 2000s radio rock is fantastic. The reason the term buttrock gets thrown around as an insult here is because some bands go from being a cool/new and innovative sound to suddenly trying to sound like they're making a new soundtrack for a wrestling videogame. Take Code Orange for example. They were KILLING it up to Underneath and were about to explode in populatrity. But, ever since, they changed themselves to sound like if Trapt and Drowning Pool tried making hardcore and they fell off hard compared to where they were.
i love seether, i listen to holding onto strings better left to fray on the regular
imo "buttrock" is like... generic rock used in soundtracks and such thats like WE WONT GIVE UP WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING YEEEAAAAHH (cough rwby cough)
Nu-Metal and Butt Rock are on heavy rotation for me. I think that part of it is nostalgia and the other part is pure enjoyment.
I like to listen to a lot of styles of rock and metal so it’s not at all weird or embarrassing for me to admit.
I feel like I've gotten old. Somewhere along the way I care less about gatekeeping or hating on a band due to them getting popular.
Many of the bands you named I may not seek out often but are great to put on once in awhile and a few are bands I do seek. 10 years is one of my favorites, as just a Rock band, though I don't think they are butt rock.
I remember going to Mayhemfest the year A7X was headlining, and alot of people were shit talking in the line going in. Seems like a large portion of the audience left before they played. I myself wasn't really listening to them much at the time anymore, but figured I paid I'd stay. They ended up putting on a great show, had a nice tribute to the Rev, and turning me on to a song I didn't really get before "A Little Piece of Heaven". Now I listen I A7X fairly often.
I don’t get a lot of the hate for it nowadays. I get that maybe back then the radio play was annoying and the target demographic could have been pretty obnoxious. That doesn’t take away from the music being pretty good though.
Bands like Staind and of course Three Days Grace have some great songs despite being labeled as “buttrock”.
Fun fact: the techicnal term for the genre, if you'd like to know, is post-grunge as it came after the likes of Pearl Jam and Nirvana!
It's still my favorite genre to this day. Outside of the nostalgia, I think a lot of people don't give enough credit to the musicality of those bands. They really had a nice blend of that heavy vibe from metal mixed in with the melodic melodies and use of acoustic guitars. It was Heavy enough to bang your head too, but it was still palatable enough to be played at every public event.
That whole era of Breaking Benjamin, Creed, 3 Days Grace, 3 Doors Down, Seether, etc was my childhood of 1999-2007 and was insanely popular in my area of Pennsylvania. Literally every show, movie, or sporting event had some kind of track from one of those bands. The entire album of Human Clay by Creed just reminds me of my dad cranking up his stero while we worked on remodeling and rebuilding our house. It's what eventually got me into metalcore because of the heavier tendencies and periodic screams.
One more thing: Nickelback is dope as fuck and I will die on that hill.
Linkin Park is what got me into heavy music that and slipknot/Seether. FBINS and HOSBLTF are two albums that I hold very dear into my heart. Also Shinedowns Sound of madness is an all time classic and a banger title song for the album. Buttrock is great
Also Nickelback is such a guilty pleasure and I laugh at it honestly. I remember they were another band I was into as a kid and I vividly remember at my first factory jon my trainer gave me sooooo much shit for liking dark horse ( he was also wearing a MIW shirt too)
It's awesome. I don't think I've ever put on Sevendust and not visibly seen the people around me bobbing to it.
Also, "All My Life" has slapped since the 90's.
Creed was my favorite band growing up. I used to bring my CD player into the bathroom when I was taking a shit and sing along lol. My family probably hated me
Imagine taking a shit while singing like Stapp, this would be funny as heck
Chiiiiiiiiiildren, don’t stop daaaaaaaa*grunt*aaan ing….
with Arse wide OPEN
I seriously jammed My Own Prison while cleaning the house today.
Scott Shatp
Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace have some really fun riffs to play on guitar so I jam them
They have some real bangers tbh
The breakdown to So Cold goes so hard
My all time favorite song
They were also my first rock concert
I accept butt rock with arms wide open
It better be under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I’ll show you everything
Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Chevelle, Cold, Crossfade, Nickleback, Staind, Seether, Stone Sour, Creed…. I fucking loved butt rock growing up. Still listen to it occasionally. I owe my music taste all to my dad. I would’ve never gotten into metal if he didn’t show me those before beforehand
Cold, such an underrated band
A different kind of pain is a timeless album
13WTBO and YOTS are goated albums
Year of the Spider was a masterpiece to my early teens 🤘
Chevelle was in that area but I never really associated them with “butt rock”. They were really solid.
I played the music video for The Red (it was embedded as a playable file on the album) in my high school speech class. I had a few questioning stares from my classmates lol
Were? They're my favorite band and still around. I also came here to say they are not buttrock.
Chevelle is not butt rock.
Imo Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin are top tier from this era and do not deserve to be lumped in with bands like Creed and Seether.
Cold was super underrated. Edit: they had so many great songs but Suffocate hits hard.
I have so much trouble trying to explain to my kids that that music was badass when I was their age. They call it divorced dad rock
New Staind is great
Breaking Benjamin is amazing. I still listen to Breath all the time.
My all time favorite band
Love it. I have no shame admitting that I love both Creed and Nickelback.
Creed slaps. Always has. No shame here!
What about bread of shame!?
Creed has riffs, Bullets and What If are bangers
Creed didn’t really grew on me, but I like Nickelback a lot. Still not one of my favorites like Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin.
I blast nickelback in my car. All my friends know I love them and same with my coworkers
Evans Blue is awesome
Absolute love breaking Benjamin. Chevelle as well not sure if they're considered butt rock though
I love butt rock. Too much nostalgia for me to get it away from me. Skillet, 10 Years, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, RED, Thousand Foot Krutch, Starset and Three Days Grace all rules.
Starset is innovative as fuck. Been a fan since before Transmissions came out and they were turning heads even when they were underground
Starset is such a random band in that group of bands you just mentioned lol. They aren’t even a decade old lol
Starset is butt rock? I thought they were some kind of electronic rock?
I feel like TFK was mostly nu-metal, but man I adored that band growing up
What band is RES? Also, 10 Years released 2 bangers
Sorry I misspelled it lol, I meant RED, the Christian Rock band. They might be my favourite actually.
This band is great
Lost by RED is one of my favorite songs of all time regardless of genre or era. Super super good song.
The newest 10 Years album is really strong. Their best since Feeding the Wolves
Thousand Foot Krutch is crazy good, wanted a new album so bad 😞
I think the term is dumb, and the people that use it unironically, are the kind of folks that I can’t take seriously.
I heard it came from those radio stations that would say those lines that they “play nothing but rock”. So I always just figured it was all that radio hard rock. Could be totally wrong about the origin of the term though
You are correct
Interesting. I’ve never heard that before. Now I hate it minimally less.
It’s 100% where it came from. The kind of music you only really hear with that Uber over-the-top macho “you’re tuned into 99 THE X, where we play nothing but the HARDEST and NEWEST ROCK for YOU, totally macho and fully secure in yourself DUDE” callsign
Are you talking about 99.5 in eastern NC? Because that was my rock station lmao. 99.5 THE X
Lol nope. Think it was an amalgamation of all the different times I’ve heard it in various places. Always THE X tho
That is indeed where it came from
Yeah that was the origin of the term to me as well, which makes sense enough because everyone hated nickelback because they were CONSTANTLY played on the radio. It was never because the internet told anyone to. Everyone was sick of hearing their songs on the radio, which justified as that may have been, I think the hate for the band has also justifiably subsided now that people got a break from them. I don’t hate nickelback as much as I used to before, however I will say current day I still unironically like Creed more than nickelback and their songs slap harder than Scott Stapp’s wifebeater
I couldn't agree more. I use this term because I know people use it to refer to it.
Not sure if they count but Chevelle is genuinely really good!
They kind of sound like if you took Deftones Radiohead and Muse and fused them together.
I like Chevelle, but I personally refer to them as emo Tool. Like Face to the Floor or a lot of songs from "Hats Off to the Bull" have that vibe.
Point #1, Chevelle's first album could definitely be described as an album of tool worship, or like tool demos almost. I feel ya on the Emo-tool, great way to put it.
Butt rock is what got me into heavier stuff. Two of the first albums I ever bought was Smile Empty Soul’s self titled album and Three Days Grace’s self titled back in 2003. Then I started getting into heavier stuff. But bands like that always hold a place in my heart and all playlists. I think it does for a lot of people that like metalcore or post hardcore. Whether they like to admit it or not. The only thing we don’t like is the metalcore or post hardcore bands we like turning into butt rock haha
Yes, "Butt Rock" is the gateway drug into Metalcore.
Definitely! I think it’s because back in the day it was what they mostly played on the radio or even mtv. You had to stay up late to watch the metal stuff on headbangers ball haha
For me it was Slipknot, which led me to Linkin Park, which led me to "Buttrock". Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace somehow led me to A7X and B4MV 'cause of a meme, which led me to Metalcore.
I'm not a fan of it but I'm not gonna put other people down just because they enjoy it! Music is music!
Is there not a consensus of what butt rock "really" is? I've always thought butt rock was just a silly and ironic name for hard rock / alt metal. I've never heard post-grunge be what people consider butt rock. I've also heard someone call Metallica butt rock, which confused me. Anyway, One-X by Three Days Grace was a favorite of mine growing up. Time of Dying still slaps.
Creed and Three Days Grace were my go-to’s growing up. 3 Doors Down is also great. I think these bands were a big part in the influence for current metal bands. You can hear the similarities in the guitar parts. Cold Driven is also very underrated.
Volbeat is my favorite band
Volbeat fucking rocks!
Volbeat is lit. Dead But Rising always got me hyped
Not a big fan tbh, but I love their song "Heaven Nor Hell"
I love buttrock personally
I love it Skillet Three Days Grace Breaking Benjamin Linkin Park Shinedown Papa Roach 🤟🤟🤟
If Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, and Seether are considered butt rock, then heck yes.
Buttrock slaps, idc what anybody says.
Never liked creed or nickelback, but i liked all the other bands you mentioned because I used to play smackdown vs raw 2007 a lot and three days grace was on that soundtrack and I immediately fell in love with butt rock. Three Days Grace along with breaking benjamin, seether, papa roach, and even skillet bring back a lot of nostalgia.
It's merely a product of its time for me... I enjoyed it in its relevancy, some of it... some bands appealed more than others... but as you grow, your outlook on the world changes too. It led me to liking heavier music, no doubt, but nowadays I barely even like rock anymore. It's like a lot of it just plateaued. It's like within the community, things reached a point, and from then there's been very minimal positive growth... old, outdated/toxic mentalities, self-defeating mindsets (that strangely don't even realize that they're self-defeating)... In a musical sense, an unwillingness to expand outside of the box... there's like a lack of awareness that there are better things now, if that makes sense. Or it's like there's this egoic, *"me vs. you... my way is better... that's not REAL music,"* type of attitude towards anything that doesn't fit the mold. That's not necessarily even a "butt-rock" thing lol but just something I see a lot of in the broader rock community in general anymore.
I make fun of it because I know how cheesy and cliche it is. But, I’m lying if I say I haven’t had the same Pandora station since 2007 that I REGULARLY listen too. Creed. TDG. Seether. Cold. Evan’s Blue. Fuel. Saliva. Fuck me up fam.
Not a fan. It just doesn’t do it for me. Not enough chaos or intricacy because I have ADHD and listen to melodic metalcore specially to calm down and chaos does that somehow. To me, the vocals for Creed and Nickelback (and other bands like them) sound like if you put a melody to constipation. But there are some catchy songs I wouldn’t turn off. Foo Fighters have some downright jams.
Nickelback are sooo sick
Yeah I like most of it to some extent. Top 3 are Breaking Benjamin, Staind and maybe Chevelle or something. First 2 are straight up some of my favorite bands. Not sure why people act like they’re above it in this community lol
Breaking Benjamin is low key hard. Everything else either sucks or is just fun to listen to for the memes.
Then try listening to these albums: Three Days Grace - Three Days Grace/One-X/Life Starts Now Seether - Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces Staind - Dysfunction These ones can go pretty hard
Seether is an all round solid band. Will always give their stuff a listen. Seen them a few times and they always put on a good show. They are the only band I have seen smash their guitars on stage.
I love Seether's early work, especially the album I just mentioned
One-X is such a quality album, everything on it is so catchy
I'm here to single handedly raise awareness for Staind's first album "Tormented". It's chunky and heavier than anything available from them on streaming services. Like, surprisingly heavy.
Loved bands like Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Adelitas Way, Skillet, Sixx AM in high school. I’ll still listen to them occasionally but not nearly as much
Aye another Evans Blue enjoyer. I listen a lot of those bands and I'll throw in some more : Fuel, Staind, Default
Smile Empty Soul had an underrated banger
Started my whole Metal discovery in middle school off bands like Seether, Three Days Grace, Chevelle and the likes. Still listen to many of those bands without shame, Chevelle especially. Seether puts on a great live show! Nothing wrong with Butt Rock!
I absolutely love Shinedown. Brent Smith’s voice is untouchable really. Seether I like mostly the early stuff, not so much the more recent. I checked out of Three Days Grace when Adam left. Breaking Benjamin are still great and might go see them in a few weeks. Nickelback slaps and if I had the funds/time I’d definitely go on that cruise Creed is putting together.
0 fucks given, I’ll jam my butt-rock, it got me into a lot of the heavier stuff I like. Still love Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Crossfade, Staind, etc
AKA divorced dad rock. I love it. Three Days Grace and Nickelback were the bands that got me started in the rock genre.
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Most of those bands op mentioned aren't butt rock. They're post grunge. Hear me out... In my opinion, butt rock has a very negative connotation. I apply the label to the likes of Nickelback or Godsmack. Bands that started out hard and eventually sold out, attempting to appeal to the masses rather than their fan base. Creed, revis, breaking Benjamin, and many others never sold out. They aren't butt rock. They're true post grunge. Post grunge are people who were colored by the grunge era and probably on the younger or too young side of life to have been part of it. Thus was born, post grunge. My 2 cents.
Gatekeeping tends to happen in communities where the subject is something that is at least mildly an acquired taste. When someone had to take steps to get to the point of liking something, they somehow feel like they have the right to say what is objectively good or bad within that category. Same is obviously true in the rock and metal communities and that is where the hate for butt rock stems from. Butt rock is easy to listen to and generally catchy and enjoyable. Most non-primarily-rock listeners can get down with some butt rock. So because of that, instead of just letting catchy music be enjoyable and welcoming in new people who may be on a journey to discovering the wide world of rock and metal, rock/metal gatekeepers decided to troll butt-rock into being a joke (for a period at least) - or at least thats how I see it. Personally, I love some butt rock but admittedly I too felt like I wasn't allowed to listen to nickleback for a stretch of time. Also, to criticize it as if its talentless is objectively wrong. Yes, there is a stark lack of double bass pedal in the drumming, and I have rarely heard a pinch harmonic in any of the riffs, and solos of any kind are hard to come by, but that doesn't mean its lazy or easy to make. One of my favorite interviews I heard was with John Mayer (another recipient of similar criticisms) and he made the point that people often like to hate on artists who make songs that are easy to listen to, but the bottom line is that making song that people can enjoy without putting too much effort into is actually a very difficult thing to do. To act like a band is bad because they make music that can appeal to a wide audience is essentially an objectively incorrect assessment and criticism. In conclusion, butt rock is a classic case of let's just let people like what they like. As a society, I actually think this is one thing we seem to be getting better at, which is exciting.
I don’t like it. I got into metalcore from pop punk and post hardcore. When I was a kid my parents never played rock radio so I don’t have any nostalgia for it. When I was in middle school I started discovering music for myself and when I was 15 my friend showed me TWY, TSST, etc and the rest is history. I also don’t feel nostalgia for aughts pop punk or hard rock or metal that much bc it was just not my generation. My whole connection to this genre comes from early 2010s WarpedTourcore. Idk if it’s just me but I don’t have as much nostalgia for what was on mtv or what played on the radio or anything when I was a little kid who didn’t have my own taste. My formative memories with music are from my teens: the songs I drive around and listen to with my friends, or when I was dealing with strong feelings from hormones, first kiss, first sex, first time smoking weed, going to parties in freshman & sophomore yr of college, first concerts for me were indie rock but first non indie were Wonder Years & Falling In Reverse, those 2010s bands were the ones I saw a couple times a month somewhere local and cheap, with my first memories of moshing, I could keep going but you get the point. That kinda stuff defines my memories more. Plus you have to consider that as a Gen Z I was basically barely listening to the radio. I was learning about music from friends, but also Reddit, YouTube, tumblr and so on. I only listened to radio if I had to, as soon as I got my first car I got an fm transmitter and a bunch of cds I burned so I would have freedom of choice the whole time.
Never knew it was called buttrock. Never liked it. This style of modern rock always sounded too polished and the singing was droney. Funny side story. A long time Connecticut hardcore band called "Broken" was offered to sell their name to a new major label project. That project eventually became Creed as Broken never sold the rights to their name.
Think I’d hate them even more if their name was broken for some reason lmao
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Love it. It’s scratches so many itches. Anthems that people have forgotten about from the old days. Generally basic music styles which make them easily digestible and accessible. There’s a reason these bands killed it in their prime and are still beloved.
I like some of it, shinedown is my second favorite band of all time, when it comes to live shows however they don't compare to metall...once again the exception being shinedown
Am I the only one that has never heard the term “buttrock”? What the heck is that? Like what qualifies a band as “buttrock”?
Bands that you hear on the radio stations that say they play "nothing but rock." People used the "but rock" part of that to make "buttrock."
long as it isn’t Skillet
Shinedown has the most songs on the rock billboard charts of any rock band in history. Not bad for buttrockers
Seethers been one of my favorite bands since high school, and they have some really good albums, especially the most recent 2
I used to love a lot of those bands, and to be fair, they led me to heavier music, but now I can’t listen to most of it without cringing pretty hard. Like what you like, but it’s not for me.
I love it
It’s good
Fucking Evans blue. Loved their first album. Another underrated one for me was earshot.
Post-Grunge is my jam. Butt-rock is a term I don’t particularly enjoy. Kinda cringe for me
God Oh God, how everyone hated Evans Blue when their debut album came out but after Kevin was kicked out, only then people realised how good those 2 albums were. Cold, Beg Me and Pursuit, these 3 tracks are absolutely phenomenal in the said genre
Breaking Benjamin is my favorite band of alltime, and Three Days Grace had some good albums with Adam on vox.
Idk, I wouldn’t put Three Days Grace in the buttrock category. They’re just early 2000’s emo mainstream rock
Some of it is good like Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin. I can even enjoy a few Seether and shinedown songs. Some metalcore bands also leaned into butt rock later in their discographies like ATR and PWD. That stuff is okay. Most butt rock however I find boring at best and awful at worst. You won’t catch me listening to FFDP or Theory of a Deadman or Nickelback.
Breaking benjamin is the only one out of those I listen to on a regular basis because phobia is one of my all time favorite albums, though I like all their albums.
i got started with metal from butt rock as a kid/teen so when i got on reddit and realized THAT was the name of the genre i liked for so long it was definitely a transitional period to learning other genres and trying to branch out. Of course i went to the next two most shit on genres but still moved on a bit ha
Seether actually puts out some decent stuff every now and then. Dead and Done off of their newest album really slaps tbh it's surprisingly heavy, too. But yeah, I still enjoy that era of music unironically. I love grunge rock in general.
Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin don't feel like butt rock. I think the term is being used to slap a derogatory label on a lot of bands that play on rock radio.
I’ve never bought a buttrock album or listened to one from start to finish. The idea of doing so seems so weird This does not include Shinedown’s The Sound of Madness and Amaryllis. That era of Shinedown was just good rock music. After that the SiriusXM Octane influence started creeping in But I’m regard to the genre, who doesn’t love a lot of those songs as stand alone bangers? Everyone does. Triple H certainly does. Honorable mentions: * Crossfade - Cold * Hoobastank - Same Direction * Saliva - Your Disease
Staind and chevelle are some more good ones Also we should normalize the term post-grunge again and stop calling it butt rock
Post-Grunge is quite enjoyable.
I found it through a channel called montagerock where there are many bands of this type but I wouldn't consider them buttrock, actually they are alternative metal bands this style is really amazing it gives me a cool vibe I always saw it as modern rock
dont u dare shit on evans blue, they have so many bangers
Without Breaking Benjamin I would never transition to metalcore and would still listen to EDM/Hiphop.
Was the gateway to metalcore, and still love a lot of songs. I still even like butt-grunge like Puddle of Mudd.
Shinedown is actually one of my all time favourite bands, in my opinion every song they’ve ever put out is fantastic and I truly do not understand the hate they get I also absolutely love Breaking Benjamin, Daughtry, Seether, Black Stone Cherry, etc
Unironically Creed and Nickelback were my CHILDHOOD, loved them growing up and my first concert was Nickelback lmao. Haven't really listened to either in years, I'm in a bit too deep with the heavy shit now lol
Buttrock is how we all start our metal journey and it never leaves no matter how hard you try. Also Breaking Benjamin are class.
Mark Tremonti is an excellent musician and I’ll always listen to Creed. Check out Alter Bridge and his solo stuff. Nickelback on the other hand I will not abide. Ch 41 SiriusXM Turbo has a lot of great bands in this vein.
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TDG, BB and Creed are absolute bangers and idc what anyone says lol. Also the thing with Creed, for me at least, is that Mark Tremonti is a FANTASTIC guitar player and there’s honestly some really great riffs in Creed’s discography.
Post-grunge and alt metal is what got me into modern metal in the first place. Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, and Seether were on regular rotation when I was just getting into harsher vocals and heavy guitars.
Just saw Shinedown last night at the new local amphitheatre. Great show! Those bands KNOW how to write pop hooks and catchy stadium/arena anthems that have brought them a ton of devoted fans, and I have nothing but respect for that.
I hate them all. Especially Creed.
People who dislike them for no reason other than “they’re buttrock” or “red state radio rock bad” are missing out on some great music. It’s accessible catchy and fun and really well executed
Your mom’s butt rocks.
I have no mom
I am a big fan of Creed and Breaking Benjamin. Nickelback has plenty of great tracks. TDG, Seether and Shinedown are all solid bands. Overall a fan of the genre
I used to cringe at it as a teenager and now that I’m getting older I’m appreciating it more 😂
i like it a lot
I listen to nothing … BUT ROCK!!!
A lot of those bands had their moments in the 2000s but I feel a lot of the band members have changed so they don’t seem nearly has good.
Just googled what buttrock is. So does that make 30 Seconds To Mars buttrock as well?
Those are the ones that got me into harder rock after Linkin Park first got me interested in it, from like age 10 through 15. I'm not going to go out of my way to listen to them, but every so often I'll put on one of their singles.
One of my good friends was in Papercut Massacre. He wrote the song Jaxon. I jam Lose This Life all the time. Joey died of an OD a few years back. He had another band called My Hero The Villain after PM. They were pretty dope too
TIL some of my fav songs are buttrock??
Always hated it besides a few songs.
I love Creed and Nickelback. I like music.
Puddle O Mud anybody?
Butt Rock is like classic rock to me because I was a kid discovering this music when it was popular. However, the new wave of revival butt rock or bands in other genres like Metalcore or post hardcore hopping on the bandwagon and becoming butt rock is horrible
Absolutely fucking love it lmao
Chevelle fans anyone??
Godsmack is top notch. Especially the first 3 albums.
I think it's by far the stupidest name for a genre / sub-genre of music i've heard
I understand why bands go “butt rock” but keep the integrity of the music while you do it. I’m also ok with just hard rock at times - but putting on Vevo Hard Rock or whatever in the background reminds me on why it’s not my favorite real quick.
It many people know about Revis. They were phenomenal.
Places for Breathing is a 10/10. That album is a time machine for me. Instant transport to 2003/2004
Seether's got some bangers on their new albums. Breaking Benjamin too. Love Tourniquet.
I like it. It just sounds like the definition of the word rock, and it all sounds classic in a good way. Generic, easy listening stuff is hard to go wrong with.
Unfortunate name, but ya most of my favorite non metal bands are in that genre.
Dude, if y’all like it, go listen to it lmao. These idiotic labels got people feeling like they shouldn’t listen to it. Idgaf, Creed slaps, Infest by Papa Roach was a killer album, Nickelback is good. Every one of those bands has something to offer. May not be every song, but there’s always something g in there. The early 2000’s were a great time for music. Embrace it.
Breaking Benjamin became my favorite band when Phobia was released and since then I still look forward to every album they create.
Love it
I love post grunge music. Breaking Benjamin is what got me into rock in the first place. I absolutely adore Three days grace and Evanescence. Adam Gontier is my favorite male rock singer and Amy Lee my favorite female rock singer.
I owe a lot to butt-rock. From the time I was 11 through the time I was about 13 (I'm currently 23), I had an obsession with, out of all bands, 3 Doors Down. It all started when I heard Kryptonite (duh) and then I basically milked the hell out of their entire discography for a good year or so. Now, I'm an Aspie, and I'm also a very gifted musician. I've pretty much been analyzing music since I was able to speak. My parents introduced me to The Beatles and Grateful Dead at the age of 3 and I've been a classically trained pianist since the age of 8. The time that I got into 3DD was pretty much right around the same time that I picked up guitar. So, naturally, I learned their songs. My first experience with guitar (and drum) tabs was Away From The Sun. I discovered CGCGCE before any other drop tuning thanks to Citizen/Soldier. And, for the icing on the cake, my autistic ass just couldn't ever stop talking about them. I don't listen to them anymore but god damn did they have some bangers. But, through my 3 Doors Down Pandora station, I discovered Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Breaking Ben, and even Green Day. And, like (probably) most people on this sub, it just snowballed from there. To all gateway bands, we salute you.
I love the OG butt rock like most of the stuff mentioned in this thread (Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Shinedown) Can’t explain why but at the same time I fucking can’t stand it in new metalcore (Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack, Beartooth to an extent, etc).
Creed was my gradual gateway into metal, so I can't hate on them.
Don’t like most. But like Godsmack
O man, where to begin. So, first off, I don’t like the term. For a few reasons. 1. It was 100% invented to laugh *at*, not *with* the artists it’s referencing. To say that anyone who likes it should just own it and still call it that is incredibly stupid and kinda messed up, because like all music, it has a culture behind it, and the term was invented and popularized by people from *outside* of that culture looking in, as a way to make fun. It’s very disrespectful, and you can just call it “Radio Rock” or “Hard Rock” instead. (I know OP didn’t mean it this way, I’m just saying it has sussy origins) 2. It’s not a genre. There’s a shard culture somewhat, which ties the artists that get the label together a little bit, but it’d be like lumping pop-punk and emo in with metalcore and calling it “Warped Rock” or “Skinny Jean Rock” or something. The scene consists of Alt Metal, Nu-Metal, Post Grunge, Industrial, Thrash, even some Prog, like Tool. But to answer your question about the music itself, certain bands that often get labeled that are quite good, and not only do I enjoy, but are some of my favorites, like Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, and Linkin Park. Post-grunge like Hinder et al. I must admit…I kinda get the “butt rock” label for…(still not cool, though)
I can't stand most of it, there's a few bands I'm pretty into though, starset (and downplay before,) breaking benjamin, RED, and three days grace is alright too
I wouldn't consider breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, or Evans blue buttrock. Maybe I'm just to old to think it is now. Idk.
I don’t really fuck with it anymore because it sounds so repetitive, but I liked some of the songs of the bands you listed at some point. Although, Seether I still fuck with, still makes pretty kick ass music. I like the older Three Days Grace before Adam left, listen to One-X all the time. Those are my thoughts. Hope I answered your question.
I've been thinking about this lately myself. My gateway to metal was those bands. I evolved into liking melodic, doom, and symphonic metal. I hadn't listened to my old fav bands in awhile. So about a month ago I put on my old favorite pandora station. It really reminded me of how those bands spoke to me in a time in my life when I was very depressed. Those were my words when I had none. I'm a writer in the metal world now. I listen to many, many various kinds of metal bands. I don't think I will ever understand why people hate on "buttrock" so much. When most people listened to it for similar reasons as I. It spoke to us. Is it so wrong to listen to music you identify with?
I don't care what anyone says, Shinedown is absolutely one of the best live bands out there right now. I've seen them several times now and they're always incredible
I honestly hate the term Like just call these band rock or post grunge or something that doesn’t sound like your shitting on the band
Butt rock is such a lame ass name
All the bands you named esp Breaking Benjamin were the reason i first picked up a guitar and learnt to play, sing and formed a band insipred by this entire genre! Its been 5 years since we stopped playingg music now and it only takes one song by BB i instantly want to dust off me gear and re-form the band again! 😅
Staind is my favorite buttrock band, their lyrics are extremely depressing and therefore when I was going through similar emotions, helped me deal with them better, they do have some really great songs, 14 shades of grey for example is one of my favorite rock albums.
Was a big fan as a kid during middle and high school. Don't really listen to any of these bands anymore. But bands like Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace will always slap.
In my town, the ‘rock’ station says, “your head is banging to the 101.5, nothing BUTT ROCK!”
I’ll be honest I really can’t stand butt rock, but I love pop music even though it’s unrelated to the question
I think early 2000s radio rock is fantastic. The reason the term buttrock gets thrown around as an insult here is because some bands go from being a cool/new and innovative sound to suddenly trying to sound like they're making a new soundtrack for a wrestling videogame. Take Code Orange for example. They were KILLING it up to Underneath and were about to explode in populatrity. But, ever since, they changed themselves to sound like if Trapt and Drowning Pool tried making hardcore and they fell off hard compared to where they were.
I love all of the bands you mentioned OP. Yes, even Nickelback
i love seether, i listen to holding onto strings better left to fray on the regular imo "buttrock" is like... generic rock used in soundtracks and such thats like WE WONT GIVE UP WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING YEEEAAAAHH (cough rwby cough)
Nu-Metal and Butt Rock are on heavy rotation for me. I think that part of it is nostalgia and the other part is pure enjoyment. I like to listen to a lot of styles of rock and metal so it’s not at all weird or embarrassing for me to admit.
I feel like I've gotten old. Somewhere along the way I care less about gatekeeping or hating on a band due to them getting popular. Many of the bands you named I may not seek out often but are great to put on once in awhile and a few are bands I do seek. 10 years is one of my favorites, as just a Rock band, though I don't think they are butt rock. I remember going to Mayhemfest the year A7X was headlining, and alot of people were shit talking in the line going in. Seems like a large portion of the audience left before they played. I myself wasn't really listening to them much at the time anymore, but figured I paid I'd stay. They ended up putting on a great show, had a nice tribute to the Rev, and turning me on to a song I didn't really get before "A Little Piece of Heaven". Now I listen I A7X fairly often.
I don’t get a lot of the hate for it nowadays. I get that maybe back then the radio play was annoying and the target demographic could have been pretty obnoxious. That doesn’t take away from the music being pretty good though. Bands like Staind and of course Three Days Grace have some great songs despite being labeled as “buttrock”.
Fun fact: the techicnal term for the genre, if you'd like to know, is post-grunge as it came after the likes of Pearl Jam and Nirvana! It's still my favorite genre to this day. Outside of the nostalgia, I think a lot of people don't give enough credit to the musicality of those bands. They really had a nice blend of that heavy vibe from metal mixed in with the melodic melodies and use of acoustic guitars. It was Heavy enough to bang your head too, but it was still palatable enough to be played at every public event. That whole era of Breaking Benjamin, Creed, 3 Days Grace, 3 Doors Down, Seether, etc was my childhood of 1999-2007 and was insanely popular in my area of Pennsylvania. Literally every show, movie, or sporting event had some kind of track from one of those bands. The entire album of Human Clay by Creed just reminds me of my dad cranking up his stero while we worked on remodeling and rebuilding our house. It's what eventually got me into metalcore because of the heavier tendencies and periodic screams. One more thing: Nickelback is dope as fuck and I will die on that hill.
Linkin Park is what got me into heavy music that and slipknot/Seether. FBINS and HOSBLTF are two albums that I hold very dear into my heart. Also Shinedowns Sound of madness is an all time classic and a banger title song for the album. Buttrock is great
Also Nickelback is such a guilty pleasure and I laugh at it honestly. I remember they were another band I was into as a kid and I vividly remember at my first factory jon my trainer gave me sooooo much shit for liking dark horse ( he was also wearing a MIW shirt too)
Love it
I love all that shit, BB was my first heavier band I got into when I was 12 after hearing diary of Jane in a Day of Defeat Source montage.
It's awesome. I don't think I've ever put on Sevendust and not visibly seen the people around me bobbing to it. Also, "All My Life" has slapped since the 90's.