10 Best Rock Bands Of The 2000s
4. Queens of the Stone Age
It really seemed like the swagger had been lost in the shuffle after the '90s wound down. Though you still had the macho posturing going on across MTV day after day, the actual strut that made rock and roll irresistible to begin with was not really showing itself in bands like Sum 41 or Saliva. No, if you wanted to hear some of that sultry energy again, you had to look off the beaten path a little bit.
Formed from the ashes of stoner rock outfit Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age was just the kind of weird tonal shift that the rock world needed at the time. Fronted by Joshua Homme, albums like Rated R and Songs for the Deaf were completely unique for the time, possessing both the raw muscle of metal and the otherworldly harmonies you'd fine in more streamlined rock acts.
Being descendents of the punk rock movement, QOTSA also took no prisoners when it came time to play, incorporating random dissonant harmonies whenever they felt like it. Once it all comes together, it feels like being in a dirty nightclub that you know is dangerous, but you want to venture into nonetheless. While it's not the prettiest of rock genres all the time, this kind of musical cocktail is still worth getting drunk on all these years later.