These rock bands from the 2000s seemingly disappeared in recent years. However, many of them are still together today. Let’s take a look at a few 2000s bands that disappeared and why we don’t hear from them much nowadays!
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1. The Ting Tings
You might remember this indie rock and pop outfit by their hit 2008 single “That’s Not My Name”. In fact, the whole of their debut album We Started Nothing was a huge commercial success. The album charted high in the UK and did pretty well in the US, too.
So, what happened to this indie sleaze duo? While their follow-up album Sounds From Nowhere was pretty solid, it just didn’t have the chart-topping magic of their debut record. The Ting Tings released a couple more albums in the 2010s and are working on a 2025 release, so who knows? The Ting Tings could very well be back.
2. The Early November
One of many emo 2000s bands that more or less disappeared further into the new millennium, The Early November was known for their emotional, vulnerable lyrics and hard-hitting instrumentation. The band’s debut is an excellent record, but their real claim to fame was the 2006 record The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path.
The outfit released a few additional albums, the most recent being a 2024 self-titled release. Sadly, after the release of The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path, the band took a long hiatus before returning with In Currents in 2012, which was a bit of a disappointment to fans.
3. The Vines
Remember this Australian alt-rock outfit? The Vines were really something incredible, and their early-career works in the 1990s deserve more love. The band found substantial success with the album Highly Evolved in 2002, namely for the single “Get Free”.
Sadly, their follow-up album Winning Days failed to chart nearly as well. The band is still together as of this writing, but they never really matched the success of Highly Evolved.
4. Hurt
If you were a post-grunge fan in the early 2000s, you probably remember Hurt very well. This American rock band released four albums before their eventual breakup in 2015, and the biggest of which was the 2006 release Vol. 1. Singles like “Falls Apart” and “Rapture” were decent hits, and the band seemed like they were going to capitalize on that success.
Vol. II was a pretty substantial critical success as well. Despite the fact that both albums got a ton of airplay and critical praise, they weren’t very commercially successful. Hurt was subsequently dropped by Capitol Records
5. The Morning Benders
The Morning Benders didn’t exactly disappear; they simply changed their name. Now known as Pop Etc, this indie rock outfit is best known for the 2008 album Talking Through Tin Cans. The band toured around the US the following year and released a few additional albums in the 2010s. After changing their name to Pop Etc in 2012, they more or less faded into obscurity.
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