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Post-Grunge

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Primary Stylistic Influences:
Grunge, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Southern Rock


Secondary Stylistic Influences:
Hard Rock, Nu Metal, Hair Metal, Glam Rock, Arena Rock, Blues Rock, Garage Rock

Post-grunge is a derivative of Grunge music that became popular in the late '90s. The genre is primarily marked by its use of the apathetic, droning vocals, downtuned guitars and Hard Rock/Punk aesthetics commonly associated with Grunge, but removing the more unusual songwriting choices and less commercially-friendly influences from Hardcore Punk and Noise Rock that many original grunge artists were known for, in addition to much more mid-tempo songs. In other words, taking, running-with and exploiting the more commercially viable qualities of Grunge while heavily watering down its oddity and offending harshness. Yeah, this genre doesn't go over well with the underground music scene. Its popularity has occasionally caused it to receive blame for Alternative Rock becoming more banal and losing its experimental qualities, as the genre's existence lead to the numerous less glossy bands previously snatched up by major labels after Nirvana's breakthrough being unceremoniously dumped.note  Like Boredoms, Butthole Surfers and Jawbox, to name a few.
The genre has been known to use the more traditional rock structures often rejected by their predecessors in Grunge, modernized with straightforward, brooding lyrics. In this sense, the movement could be considered (ironically) the Spiritual Successor to Hair Metal, whose pop beats and polished production brought heavy rock to a widespread audience (Post-grunge is also well known for its "soul-searching" ballads). Indeed, many post-grunge bands take more influence from Poison, Cinderella and Whitesnake than Nirvana; post-grunge players generally think of the old grunge-greats as idols/heroes rather than true influences, with more of an interest in stylistic emulation over artistic aspiration (the subtle difference between a direct or indirect influence from grunge can affect how well-received a post-grunge band is, both critically and to their audience). Post-Grunge tends to focus more on conventional lyrical structure than the music itself, often the opposite stance of early grunge artists. Though the genre is rooted primarily in Alternative Rock, make no mistake, post-grunge was tailor-made for the mainstream, and is what helped Alternative become rooted as 'Mainstream' music. note Notice that Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks' record-holders are almost entirely post-grunge bands. In essence, it took no influence from what Grunge was, but took every influence from what Grunge became; a commercial darling.
The rise of Post-grunge has gone to dominate and even embed itself in the standardly recognized sound of Hard Rock as most people can hear, creating the assumption that post-grunge is, along with Pop Punk and mainstream Emo, the only form of modern rock. This has had the flip-side effect of some of the more straight-forward, contemporary rock groups note The kind who take their influence from the deep-seated 70's and 80's hard rock staples (Black Stone Cherry, Rev Theory, Hinder, Saving Abel, Buckcherry, Pop Evil, My Darkest Days, etc.) being lumped in with post-grunge, despite largely having no alternative qualities in their musicnote Nickelback is a particularly odd case of this, taking on a more stadium/pop sound in their later albums and thus joining this group while still carrying the post-grunge label as an Artifact Title, probably because of their lead singer's scratchy voice. There is a bit of cross-over involved as well: Saliva, Shinedown, 3 Doors Down and Daughtry like to dabble in/pay tribute to "regular" hard rock when they can, adding to this confusion. It seems the only way to escape this is to play very old-fashioned retro-rock, such as Garage Rock revival, new Blues Rock, neo-psychedelia, traditional-metal revival, or modernized Power Pop.
After dominating mainstream rock music in the late '90s and '00s, post-grunge eventually wore out its welcome in The New '10s. Few new bands are playing post-grunge anymore, largely moving onto straightforward Alternative Rock or Pop Rock. The post-grunge bands that didn't sing about Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll are still charting well on Mainstream Rock radio (usually because they added elements of other genres into their music), but everyone else retain cult followings at best or are Condemned by History at worst.
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Drowning Pool (originally a Nu Metal act; third album onward)
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Theory of a Deadman (also a Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll group who are closely tied to Nickelback. They were for the most part the lone survivor of that wave of bands after they went out of style)
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The Bends (1995)
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Guano Apes
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Red ( Mixed with Christian Rock and Symphonic Metal)
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Foo Fighters (Album) (1995)
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System of a Down: Very respected band, hailing from California with more political lyrics than most of the genre. It's hard to group them in any genre, but their 1998 debut contained some Alternative Metal material paired with Serj Tankian's heavier voice.
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Papa Roach (later work)
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Sevendust (not always, but a lot of their more radio-friendly material leans towards this)
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Chevelle (most obvious example of the Tool influence within Alt-metal/post-grunge)
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Godsmack (most obvious example of the Alice in Chains influence within Alt-metal/post-grunge. Primarily was Nu Metal at the beginning of the era)
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Goo Goo Dolls (as a result of a Black Sheep Hit ["Name"] on their fifth album which in turn set off a Genre Shift. The rest of those first five albums are closer to the music of The Replacements)
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Creed (one of the more infamous examples)
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Filter (crosses over with Industrial Metal, given they’re an offshoot of Nine Inch Nails)
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Sick Puppies (an Australian act, known for having a female bassist who occasionally sings)
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Shinedown (Probably the Post-Grunge band with the most Soundgarden influence)
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Saliva (bordering on nu-metal)
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Sixx:A.M. (a rock trio featuring Nikki Sixx; their sound is far removed from that of Sixx's more well-known band)
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Staind (initially nu-metal, then switched to post-grunge after the success of "It's Been Awhile". Their latest album however, is a complete return to their nu-metal roots.)
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Collective Soul
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Cryoshell (Mixed with Symphonic Metal , and they have a definite Evanescence influence )
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Stone Sour (Corey Taylor occasionally lapses into this genre when with Slipknot when singing melodically)
Corey Taylor
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Bush (occasionally considered genuine grunge, but this is highly controversial)
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Hurt (once again, a big Ensemble Dark Horse of the genre, being very experimental and Tool-esque)
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Foo Fighters (ironic, considering the band's origins; easily one of the most beloved and respected examples on this list)
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Hoobastank (was more Nu Metal in on their debut album, but this seems to better apply to their second album)
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Smile Empty Soul (arguably the most respected example)
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CKY (generally regarded as somewhere between here and straight alt-metal or something else altogether, they also have very strong stoner influences that are very uncommon in this genre)
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Nickelback (easily the most successful, yet hated example)
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