| Post-grunge | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Alternative rock[1] Grunge Hard rock |
| Cultural origins | Early-1990s, Florida, Ontario, Southern California, Seattle, Georgia |
| Typical instruments | Electric guitar - Bass guitar - Drums - Vocals |
| Mainstream popularity | Mid 1990s through the 2000s |
| Regional scenes | |
| British Columbia, California, Central Florida, Chicago, Nova Scotia, Southeast Texas, Southern Ontario, Upper Midwest | |
| Other topics | |
| Post-grunge bands | |
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of grunge. The genre became a dominant rock genre and force on radio and MTV in the early to late 90s. However, many post-grunge bands were criticized for being corporate cash-ins on the early 90s Grunge movement and being "rip offs" of grunge bands. During this time bands such as Candlebox, Live, Bush, Collective Soul and Silverchair became immensely popular thus knocking Grunge out of the commercial spotlight. This is a particular reason why this genre and alternative rock in general became the dominant rock genre for the rest of the 1990s. By the end of the 1990s however commercial fortunes began to wane for many post-grunge bands with some bands having lower album sales, some disbanding, getting more success in other countries, changing musical styles or just not being played on the radio and video waves as much. The exception of newer bands such as Creed who became extremely popular from 1998 to 2002 helped make this style of music in the forefront of the rock scene. In the mid 2000s bands such as Creed, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Seether, Hinder, 3 Doors Down, Three Days Grace, Rev Theory, Theory of a Deadman and Daughtry have become dominant bands on MTV and radio and are striving in the mainstream rock scene, Thus still making it a dominant genre in rock and making almost a second wave of post-grunge artists. Like grunge, First wave post-grunge bands usually use the distorted guitar and apathetic and teenage angst ridden lyrics. However, most bands use a more hard rock structure in guitar solos, longer song lengths, more commercial sounding production and generally at a little slower pace. Also, another distinctive feature of such bands is that many use very melodic and emotional lyrics to get an emotional response out of fans and concert attendees. Bands that do use this feature tend to focus more on the lyrics than the music unlike Grunge who focus more on music than lyrics.
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