Brokencyde Teach Me How To Scene Tour

Brokencyde crashed into the late-2000s scene with a sound that could only be described as chaos turned up to 11 — a mash of crunk, screamo, and party-rap that helped define (and polarize) an era of MySpace music. Hailing from Albuquerque, New Mexico, the band became one of the most talked-about names in “crunkcore,” a genre they helped pioneer by pairing Auto-Tuned hooks with screamed vocals, heavy beats, and unfiltered party energy.

Their debut I’m Not a Fan… But the Kids Like It! (2009) hit the Billboard 200 and cemented their cult status, drawing a massive online following while sparking equal amounts of controversy and devotion. To some, they were a guilty pleasure; to others, the wildest, weirdest soundtrack to adolescence.

Love them or hate them, Brokencyde carved out a space in internet-era music that can’t be erased — a neon-colored, bass-booming time capsule of youth culture’s loudest impulses.