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Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that 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 '90s.[3][4]
The first huge "post grunge" albums were Sixteen Stone by British band Bush and Live's Throwing Copper. Bands such as Collective Soul, Silverchair and Candlebox were soon to follow.
The genre had begun to fade by the late 90s but was re-energized with hits by Third Eye Blind, Marcy Playground, and Semisonic.
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, only a few bands, like Creed, maintained continued commercial success. Many bands that survived had 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.
Today there are a number of post '90s bands still thriving commercially in this genre, most notably Nickelback, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman, Seether, and 3 Doors Down.
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