Genre smashing, alternative industrial crew Worst Ones blend together their unique sound from a palette of grunge, doom metal, hardcore punk and electronic styles.
“Hell raising hard rockers Worst Ones find a nice niche somewhere in between the poppy industrial dance of 90s faves Girls vs Boys and the hard and heavy riffage of The Kills.”
– WXPN The Key
“Worst Ones have drawn influences from pretty much everywhere on the heavy music spectrum to create Is It Worth It?, their brand-new EP. Starting off with the Melvins-esque “Human Hair,” Is It Worth It? dabbles in sludge, doom, goth, industrial and fuzzed-out punk. Singer/guitarist Drew Ew’s vocals fall somewhere between a whine and a snarl; combined with the band’s instrumental sound, it wouldn’t be hard to believe Is It Worth It? is a never-released Sub Pop title from their heyday.”
– Decibel Magazine
Forming in 2016 from the culmination of crushing betrayal and disillusionment with the party scene, WORST ONES went to the studio with Dan Kishbaugh (An Albatross, Vektor, Die Choking). The result; a spot on Suicide Bong’s ‘Killed by Philadelphia Vol. 1’ and seven digital singles, later released by Black Monk Records on limited edition cassette. The stand out single “Found Out” was featured on New Noise, XPN, Spill Magazine and AltPress Discover. After a year WORST ONES returned to the studio to record “Sink Teeth” for doomedandstoned.com’s ’Doomed & Stoned in Philadelphia’ compilation and postgothic.com’s ‘Post-Gothic You Should Know’ compilation. The EP “Is It Worth It?”, dropped later that year and had a streaming debut on Decibel Magazine’s blog. WORST ONES returned to the studio to record “Badman”. This album allowed the band to further use their electronic programming skills resulting in an industrial doom style that produced the bands heaviest material yet. Songs from “Badman” have been featured on Indie Nation, White Light White Heat, Weedian, Frontière Rock, Lone Frequencies and a variety of Spotify playlists. WORST ONES produced videos for three songs from “Badman”, ‘Born of Pain’, ‘Black Hole Baby’ and ‘Funeral Flowers’. “Badman” also spawned an entire remix album featuring works from Super Thief, Das Black Milk, Jordyn and more. “Badman” and it’s remixes are available on all streaming sites and www.worstones.com
