At The Drive-In Named Best ‘Contemporary Punk/Emo’ Single Of The Decade
Alternative Press name their ‘Haircut 100 list’ of the top 100 contemporary punk and emo singles of the decade.
At the Drive-In’s ‘One Armed Scissor’ has been named Alternative Press’s favourite single of the decade. Below is the full list of AP’s top 100 singles. Slim pickings, isn’t it?
100. Alkaline Trio – “We’ve Had Enough”
99. Cursive – “Art Is Hard”
98. Death Cab For Cutie – “Soul Meets Body”
97. Boys Like Girls – “The Great Escape”
96. Death Cab For Cutie – “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
95. Rival Schools – “Used For Glue”
94. Rise Against – “Ready To Fall”
93. Weezer – “Island In The Sun”
92. Something Corporate – “Punk Rock Princess”
91. The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Panasonic Youth”
90. Bad Religion – “Los Angeles Is Burning”
89. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – “Me And Mia”
88. Hawthorne Heights – “Ohio Is For Lovers”
87. Manchester Orchestra – “I’ve Got Friends”
86. Lifetime – “Airport Monday Morning”
85. Jimmy Eat World – “A Praise Chorus”
84. Saves The Day – “Freakish”
83. Blink-182 – “Adam’s Song”
82. Brand New – “Jesus Christ”
81. Taking Back Sunday – “You’re So Last Summer”
80. AFI – “The Days Of The Phoenix”
79. Rise Against – “Give It All”
78. Gym Class Heroes – “Cupid’s Chokehold”
77. Glassjaw – “Pretty Lush”
76. Death Cab For Cutie – “The New Year”
75. Green Day – “Jesus Of Suburbia”
74. The Faint – “I Disappear”
73. Hot Hot Heat – “Bandages”
72. Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up To Boston”
71. Motion City Soundtrack – “Everything Is Alright”
70. Death Cab For Cutie – “The Sound Of Settling”
69. Fall Out Boy – “Dance, Dance”
68. The All-American Rejects – “Dirty Little Secret”
67. Plain White T’s – “Hey There Delilah”
66. Muse – “Starlight”
65. Bright Eyes – “Lover I Don’t Have To Love”
64. Green Day – “Wake Me Up When September Ends”
63. AFI – “Girl’s Not Grey”
62. The Hives – “Hate To Say I Told You So”
61. Sparta – “Cut Your Ribbon”
60. Glassjaw – “Ape Dos Mil”
59. Straylight Run – “Existentialism On Prom Night”
58. Say Anything – “Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too”
57. Cobra Starship – “Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)”
56. Bad Religion – “Sorrow”
55. Anthony Green – “Dear Child (I’ve Been Dying To Reach You)
54. Taking Back Sunday – “MakeDamnSure”
53. Green Day – “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams”
52. Rise Against – “Swing Life Away”
51. Dashboard Confessional – “Hands Down”
50. The Bouncing Souls – “True Believers”
49. Modest Mouse – “Float On”
48. Blink-182 – “The Rock Show”
47. My Chemical Romance – “Welcome To The Black Parade”
46. Against Me! – “Thrash Unreal”
45. The Used – “A Box Full Of Sharp Objects”
44. Motion City Soundtrack – “The Future Freaks Me Out”
43. The Shins – “New Slang”
42. Yellowcard – “Ocean Avenue”
41. The Postal Service – “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”
40. Underoath – “Reinventing Your Exit”
39. Paramore – “That’s What You Get”
38. Saves The Day – “Shoulder To The Wheel”
37. Panic! At The Disco – “I Write Sins Not Tragedies”
36. Phantom Planet – “California”
35. The Starting Line – “The Best Of Me”
34. 3OH!3 – “Don’t Trust Me”
33. Silversun Pickups – “Lazy Eye”
32. New Found Glory – “My Friends Over You”
31. Brand New – “Sic Transit Gloria…Glory Fades”
30. AFI – “Miss Murder”
29. Alkaline Trio – “Stupid Kid”
28. Andrew W.K. – “Party Hard”
27. Say Anything – “Alive With The Glory Of Love”
26. New Found Glory – “Hit Or Miss”
25. The All-American Rejects – “Move Along”
24. Green Day – “American Idiot”
23. Piebald – “American Hearts”
22. Brand New – “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows”
21. The Used – “The Taste Of Ink”
20. Paramore – “Misery Business”
19. The All-American Rejects – “Swing, Swing”
18. Deftones – “Change (In The House Of Files)”
17. Head Automatica – “Beating Heart Baby”
16. Muse – “Time Is Running Out”
15. Saves The Day – “At Your Funeral”‘
14. Brand New – “Jude Law And A Semester Abroad”
13. The Gaslight Anthem – “The ‘59 Sound”
12. Jimmy Eat World – “Bleed American”
11. Blink-182 – “All The Small Things”
10. Thursday – “Understanding In A Car Crash”
9. Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
8. My Chemical Romance – “Helena”
7. Dashboard Confessional – “Screaming Infidelities”
6. The Postal Service – “Such Great Heights”
5. Taking Back Sunday – “Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team)”
4. Fall Out Boy – “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”
3. Jimmy Eat World – “Sweetness”
2. My Chemical Romance – “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)”
1. At The Drive In – “One Armed Scissor”
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beez you dont half print some shit that no one fucking cares about
DEP…contempary punk/emo…hmmm
As much as I like ATDI, I can’t help but cringe that they’re in such esteemed company as MCR, FOB & JEW. Although given the scopy of that list, guess it wasn’t hard for ATDI to win – given they’re the only punk band on there.
And yep Mike, agreed – DEP? WTF?
Only one song by Thursday????
Ah, it’s nice to see METAL Hammer staying true to it’s roots by delivering news abot “contemporary punk/ emo” I mean at least with the deathcore bands they’re a part of the flourishing metal scene, but this is just beyond everyone’s lowest expectations.
For shame.
18. Deftones – “Change (In The House Of Files)” whattttttttt?????????
deftones not emo
where is swing life away. Rise Against fuckin rock especially last saturday
there are a few decent songs in there but to see taking back sunday, fob, mcr, hawthorne heights and dashboard confessional even mentioned by metal hammer is enough to make me want to vomit blood on the nearest emo scum! alternative press are tossers anyway
@simoninflames:in case you hadn’t noticed they put the whole goddamn list on here,it’s not like they were saying “FOB are awesome or anything”,besides DEP are on here
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ok a bit of a random list but there are a fair few good songs on the list,why the hell are so many ppl who comment on this site so close minded.seriously if half the ppl are as hardcore as they go on why dont u just read terrorizer.i mean metal hammer has covered alot of the bands in the list,some have been on the cover.
but one thing when did muse become punk or emo
From those, I can’t believe that Thrash Unreal, Shipping Up To Boston and Party Hard weren’t higher. And how any ‘Best of the Decade’ list which allegedly covers punk can exclude Rancid is beyond me. Every one of their singles from this decade is better than the majority of rubbish on that list and they are one of the very few truly punk bands left.
Chris, you speak the gospel truth. Long live Rancid!
What a strangely random assortment of songs.
This is a right list! Agree with most of it. glad to see Glassjaw up there -Twice
king of heavy metal, you cared enough to click the link, read it AND post a comment.
i agree with all the list bar 3)H!3 even being included in it that is pretty shitty!
personally i don’t see why metal hammer felt the need to even publish this, there are only about 5 relevant bands in there, could’ve just said ‘at the drive-in beat a bunch of shit emo bands in pointless list’ and left it at that!
i know im being harsh as i do actually like afi, bad religion etc but i sometimes wonder why metal hammer bother covering things like this. its always a bit worrying to see muse, DEP and deftones classed as punk/emo too!
Quit your crying…..DEP are highly overrated anyways!!!!!
i don’t like DEP just strange to see them classed as punk/emo. i know there’s too many genres of music these days but still! i once saw blink 182 classed as nu metal! mind u, now that most hmv’s have got rid of the metal section u can find bands like mayhem and nile under ‘rock and pop’!!!
Beez my boy! I DONT CARE!!