90s Alternative/Post-Grunge

Einherjar86 · May 7th, 2008, 04:35 PM

This isn't a recommendations thread (unless you want to recommend something,

); I was just wondering what some people's favorite bands are from the post-grunge era. Personally, I love the band Live. I get made fun of by my friends, but I can't help it. I own every Live record (admittedly, certain records are very sub-par, especially V). I think they're incredible. So, before this turns into a rant on how Live is an amazing band, let's have others share their favorites.

The Ozzman · May 7th, 2008, 05:21 PM

Post-Grunge?

Einherjar86 · May 7th, 2008, 07:00 PM

It's a sub-genre of alternative that emerged after the height of the grunge scene. Most bands in the post-grunge era had only a few hits, and ended up on those BUZZ compilations. There are some really good bands that came out of this time, though. Some of the bands include:

Bush
Collective Soul
Everclear
Semisonic
Tonic
Filter
Foo Fighters
Live
Incubus
Harvey Danger (remember these guys?

)
Our Lady Peace
Stiltskin
The Verve Pipe

EyeballKid · May 7th, 2008, 07:57 PM

Oasis
Powderfinger

And definitely Live. Love that band. Though Songs from Black Mountain really grinds my gears. Really uninspired, lame songwriting. Much worse than V, IMO.

ramses · May 7th, 2008, 09:39 PM

I laughed at them when their first album came out. I just didn't like the first song they released on Mtv. But, right before they released their first single for Throwing Copper, I won a copy from a radio station in a parking lot. I was walking to my car, and a guy I knew years back called me over. He was working for 98 rock, out of Tampa. I already, for 3-4 years stopped listening to the radio. But, this old friend asked me to name 5 live albums, win the new Live cd. Easy enough...I took it home, and was hooked after the first 4 tracks. I then went and picked up Mental Jewelry, gladly admitting that I was way off about them! I have Secret Samadhi as well. I like it a little better than Throwing Copper. One thing about the TC album...I was going through a really depressing period then, and along with Dream Theater's Awake album, they helped get me through the rough times. So, I always have fondness for that album. When I won it from 98 rock, I kinda didn't expect it to be that good.

ramses · May 7th, 2008, 09:42 PM

I also like Geggy Tah.

razoredge · May 7th, 2008, 09:50 PM

post grunge always confused me but your right, there are some good songs in there. Bush, Collective Soul... was Candlebox "post grunge" ? What was Creed ?... theres a band everyone loves to hate, I still like my Alterbridge CD. Shinedown, Disturbed probably called something else... lol

I did turn away from rock radio around that time though due to some of the sounds, or lack there of, to much full chord bashing and ride cymbal crashing for me, I started listening to country for the firt time in my life because I wanted tonal quality. Rockmetal got better again later on

Satanstoenail · May 7th, 2008, 09:50 PM

I got into bands like Incubus and 311 for a while, but I don't listen to them at all anymore. I find most post-grunge stuff boring as hell.

razoredge · May 7th, 2008, 09:53 PM

Rockmetal.... Ha.... see I too can create new genre titles

Einherjar86 · May 8th, 2008, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by EyeballKid

Oasis
Powderfinger

And definitely Live. Love that band. Though Songs from Black Mountain really grinds my gears. Really uninspired, lame songwriting. Much worse than V, IMO.

I forgot about Oasis; good call.

I actually like Songs From Black Mountain. No doubt, there are some bad songs on that record; but on the whole, I think there are a few songs that are way better than anything on V. But that's just my opinion. Overcome, from V, was an absolutely killer song, so that bumps the album up a few points. That whole thing about incorporating rap into their music just really pissed me off though. Live doesn't need to do that in their music (and it really sounds terrible; Ed cannot rap at all).

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Originally Posted by ramses

I laughed at them when their first album came out. I just didn't like the first song they released on Mtv. But, right before they released their first single for Throwing Copper, I won a copy from a radio station in a parking lot. I was walking to my car, and a guy I knew years back called me over. He was working for 98 rock, out of Tampa. I already, for 3-4 years stopped listening to the radio. But, this old friend asked me to name 5 live albums, win the new Live cd. Easy enough...I took it home, and was hooked after the first 4 tracks. I then went and picked up Mental Jewelry, gladly admitting that I was way off about them! I have Secret Samadhi as well. I like it a little better than Throwing Copper. One thing about the TC album...I was going through a really depressing period then, and along with Dream Theater's Awake album, they helped get me through the rough times. So, I always have fondness for that album. When I won it from 98 rock, I kinda didn't expect it to be that good.

That's a cool story. Throwing Copper definitely has some amazing songwriting on it. Mental Jewelry is great as well, although a very different sound. It has more of a funk influence, especially with all that slap bass. Secret Samadhi is amazing, and definitely an overlooked record. It's so dark, and in the vein of something like Smashing Pumpkins. Rattlesnake, Lakini's Juice, Ghost, Freaks, and Turn Your Head are all killer.

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Originally Posted by razoredge

post grunge always confused me but your right, there are some good songs in there. Bush, Collective Soul... was Candlebox "post grunge" ? What was Creed ?... theres a band everyone loves to hate, I still like my Alterbridge CD. Shinedown, Disturbed probably called something else... lol

I did turn away from rock radio around that time though due to some of the sounds, or lack there of, to much full chord bashing and ride cymbal crashing for me, I started listening to country for the firt time in my life because I wanted tonal quality. Rockmetal got better again later on

Creed, Alterbridge, and Shinedown are all considered post-grunge by most people (I mean, it can be such a wide genre, because anything that sounds somewhat like grunge nowadays can be post-grunge, because it's all "after grunge"). However, I don't really consider them post-grunge. I usually lump them in with just modern pop-alternative. Granted, they are heavier and lean towards a grunge sound... I don't know. I'm just not the hugest fan of those particular bands. You can argue that they're part of this genre though, definitely.

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Originally Posted by Satanstoenail

I got into bands like Incubus and 311 for a while, but I don't listen to them at all anymore. I find most post-grunge stuff boring as hell.

I don't really listen to it much anymore (with the exception of Live). It's more the kind of genre that you go back in your more mature years and think "oh yeah, I remember this band." For me, it's kind of nostalgic. Still, there are some great songs that were written in this era. I still sing along to "Closing Time" every time I hear it.