10 Best Rock Bands Of The 2000s

10. Muse

As the rock genre made its way into the '00s, there was a lot of copycats to be found in the mix. All across TRL, there were countless acts that were either mining off of nostalgia or just riding the coattails of stuff like pop punk and nu metal that came before them. The back to basics approach was over though. It was time to enter the arena.

Exploding out of the art rock scene in the early '00s, Muse became one of the greatest power trios of the modern age, with Matthew Bellamy emerging as one of the greatest singers in modern rock. Across albums like Origin of Symmetry and Black Holes and Revelations, these English powerhouses created some of the most thunderous rock and roll ever conceived, all while ranging in styles from one track to the next.

One minute you might be listening to a space rock epic like on Citizen Erased, and the next song might be a mix of electronics as seen on tracks like Undisclosed Desires. However, never once does it feel disjointed, with Bellamy working in conjunction with Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme to create some of the most adventurous melodies the rock world had ever heard. Whereas most bands like to find their own lane, it's almost like Muse prefers to make music that is a bit left of center.