Music 5 D-Bag Rock Bands That Make Our Ears Bleed

Sorry, Nickelback, but douches are for vaginas, not rock ‘n’ roll.

Grunge was grimy, but it wasn’t until the ’90s rebel music died down that rock lovers were really done dirty. After awesome bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains told money-hungry suits to go fuck themselves, a new generation of radio-friendly bands that only appeared to be rough around the edges completely douched-out a new formula for post-grunge arena rock. Sadly, some of these lames are still with us all these years later.

Imagine our horror when we saw that Nickelback (no, can I get the whole $14.99 back?) just released a new album, Dark Horse. Nice title meant to evoke badassness, but they’re still tools, and they inspired Complex, shuddering with disgust, to call out the five douchiest post-grunge arena rock bands…