10 One-Hit Wonders That Defined The Early 2000s

3. Default - "Wasting My Time"

For much of the early 2000s, bands wanted to prove that we still knew how to rock. There was a lot of criticism being lobbed at this generation of rock bands that chided them for leaning to hard on other genres for popularity (nu metal and rap-rock being the main offenders). Where was that classic, muscly rock sound from back in the day?

Well, it was still there, but you just had to look a little harder. While the Foo Fighters were holding things down (as usual), there were a host of bands trying to escape the post-grunge sound that had been making listeners weary for quite some time.

One of those bands was the poorly-named Default. Yep, Default. As in...we couldn't come up with a name so we landed on this one by Default. Despite an incredibly lazy name, this group of Canadian hard rockers managed to hold the public's attention with their power ballad, "Wasting My Time." They never had another major hit, but they've remained a fairly popular rock band in the States and in their home country with their bare bones style.

Not-so-fun-fact: This song was brought to you by Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, who discovered the band and helped produce their debut album.