By: Ron Powers In 2000, Wheatus broke through with “Teenage Dirtbag,” a slacker-rock anthem built on crunchy guitar riffs and Brendan B. Brown’s outsider storytelling, turning adolescent alienation into a global alt-pop singalong. Originally a charting international hit and defining early-2000s coming-of-age track, the song found an unexpected second life decades later, surging across TikTok and Instagram as users paired sped-up clips with awkward throwback photos and teenage