Bad bands - where are they now?

It's time to talk about bad bands. And when I say "bad" I mean really, appallingly, downright unlistenably bad.

If you're not covering your ears, thumping your desks and demanding I stop the madness by the end of this blog, I will have considered myself to have failed.

My punishment will be listening to Limp Bizkit's debut Three Dollar Bill, Y'All non-stop all week while wearing an Insane Clown Posse T-shirt and reading Bloodhound Gang's biography. I think I'd rather slay kittens. Not really mum.

So I've dug into the archives, done a little research (hello, Wikipedia) and pulled out a selection of bad bands to find out what they're up to now. Careful - there are a fair few one-hit wonders in here on the comeback trail. You have been warned.

Here are Five Bad Bands and What They're Up To Now:

Lit: They performed on Pamela Anderson's butt, had a hit with My Own Worst Enemy and disappeared. Where are they now? It's quite sad really. The band's drummer Allen Shellenberger died of a brain tumour in August last year. But that isn't stopping Lit: they've got a new drummer and plan to tour and release a new album soon. I'm on the edge of my seat.

Zebrahead: They had a minor hit with their catchy Playmate of the Year single, a song they loved so much they named their 2000 album after it. Then? Unfortunately, they've kept making albums and in 2009 they released an awful cover - with low-budget video - of Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend. Talk about a career sinker.

Wheatus: The poor man's Weezer, Wheatus scored a hit with Teenage Dirtbag in 2000. Since then, label battles saw them release an album called Suck Fony - geddit? - and they now give  albums away for free through their website, when it's working.

Sugar Ray: A low-budget Sublime, Sugar Ray hit it medium with Every Morning and Fly, a song that has a drum beat that I always mistake for KoRn's Kick the PA. They're still going, releasing acoustic Jack Johnson surf-pop like last year's tedious Boardwalk, taken from an album called Music for Cougars. At least they know their audience.

Crazy Town: We saved the worst for last. You remember Butterfly, that awful 1999 chart topper filled with dodgy sexual references sung by a tattooed muppet who obviously wanted to be Fred Durst? Watch out, because they're on the comeback trail and an album called Crazy Town is back is due for release any second. You have been warned.

Whew, that's enough bad music from one day. Go recover by listening to CEO's Come with Me, Big Boi's You Ain't No DJ, The Black Keys' Everlasting Light, Kele's Walk Tall and The Fire by The Roots.

Are there any bad bands you want to hear more about? Let me know and I'll save them up for a part two.

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