Post-grunge
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| Post-Grunge | |
| Stylistic origins | |
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| Cultural origins | |
| Typical instruments | |
| Mainstream popularity | Peaked during the mid and late-1990s; lower but existent in the 2000s |
| Regional scenes | |
| Central Florida, Chicago, California, Upper Midwest, Pacific Northwest, Southeast Texas, Southern Ontario | |
| Other topics | |
| Post-grunge bands | |
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that somewhat emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of grunge music.[1] Generally, bands labeled as such are rock bands that are influenced by grunge. Their music may often incorporate the distorted guitar, angst-filled lyrics and "loud-quiet" dynamics of grunge, but produce it in a radio-friendly and commercial way.[2]
While there are exceptions, many post-grunge groups do not explicitly refer to grunge bands as influences. Rather, they often cite as influences those bands that influenced the development of grunge itself, such as The Melvins and early hard rock acts such as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. However those bands show less of a relation to these "influences" making them more of idols than the true influences they were for grunge bands of the early 90's.[3][4]
The first huge "post grunge" albums were Sixteen Stone by British band Bush and Live's Throwing Copper. The albums featured many hit singles, a departure from the day's grunge artists Nirvana and Pearl Jam whose most recent albums featured one or two hits. Bands such as Everclear, Collective Soul, Silverchair and Candlebox were soon to follow.
By 1994 "post grunge", along with alternative rock in general, had overtaken grunge as the main rock format in America, while in Britain, Brit-pop (Britain's alternative rock scene) was becoming massively popular. However by the end of the millennium, with disappointing follow ups by most "post grunge" artists, few bands survived. Those that did were the bands that evolved, most notably Dave Grohl's post-Nirvana outfit, Foo Fighters, whose first two albums fit in with the rest of the "post grunge" pack. At the turn of the millennium the band shifted in style to more melodic, classic rock like songs. No studio album by Foo Fighters has failed to reach the top 10 since 1995. Another band to evolve was Stone Temple Pilots, whose first album "Core" was more grunge like, but whose later albums were more Post-grunge their 1994 album "Purple" debuted at #1.
Today there are a number of post '90s bands still thriving commercially in this genre, most notably Nickelback, Three Days Grace, Seether, and 3 Doors Down, all of which currently have albums on the Billboard 200 chart.
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- ^ 'Description of Post-Grunge' by Rhapsody
- ^ 'Post-Grunge' on All Music Guide
- ^ 'Band Q&A: Mark Tremonti' of Creed, from Creed.com
- ^ 'Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown' review by C.M.Y., Atlantic Unbound. May 1997.
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