Here's another genre I really like! Post-grunge bands evolved from Grunge bands, who were the kinds of people who practiced their music in their garages. They are described as "Their music may often incorporate the distorted guitar, angst-filled lyrics and 'loud-quiet' dynamics of grunge, but employ more commercial or 'radio-friendly' production and mastering. Post-grunge also tends to be driven more by musical lyrics than by tune."

Actually, there are quite a lot of Post-grunge bands, and from the list I'm a fan of quite a few of them (some of these I didn't even know were classified as post-grunge)

- 10 Years
- 3 Doors Down
- Audioslave
- Breaking Benjamin
- Collective Soul
- Daughtry
- Hinder
- Live
- Nickelback
- Puddle of Mudd
- Shinedown
- Staind

I always thought Bon Jovi would be on that list, but apparently his band is considered Hard Rock.

Anyway, other bands you may be familiar with that are Post-grunge include:

- 30 Seconds to Mars
- Alien Ant Farm
- Alter Bridge
- Better Than Erza
- Bush
- Candlebox
- Chevelle
- Creed
- Finger Eleven
- Foo Fighters
- Fuel
- Godsmack
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Hoobastank
- Lifehouse
- Matchbox Twenty
- Papa Roach
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Saliva
- Saving Abel
- Seether
- Silverchair
- Stone Sour
- Sugar Ray
- Switchfoot
- Theory of a Deadman
- Third Eye Blind
- Three Days Grace
- Trapt
- The Verve Pipe

This is actually kind of surprising. I didn't realize that so many bands I'm familiar with were Post-grunge! Maybe this can be what I say would be my 'official' genre of music, despite being a fan of so many other kinds of music.

So yeah, of the Post-grunge bands listed, are there any you're a fan of?

Honestly, I've never really heard any of those XD
Though I do listen to some Nickelback

*cracks knuckles/hooves* Here are the songs some of these bands are famous for. You may have heard them on the radio.

10 Years - Wasteland and Beautiful
3 Doors Down - Not My Time and Kryptonite
Breaking Benjamin - So Cold and Diary of Jane
Collective Soul - Shine
Live - Lightning Crashes and one of my favorites, Selling the Drama
Puddle of Mudd - Blurry (If you're a fan of the Ace Combat series, you'd know this song)
Shinedown - 45 and Devour
Candlebox - Far Behind
Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
Godsmack - Voodoo


Daughtry is the Chris Daughtry's band, who was a contestant on American Idol. Didn't win, but he does some good music!

Yeah if you're a Nickelback fan, I recommend (though he's not on here) David Cook's selftitled album. He was last year's American Idol winner, and his music sounds a lot like Nickelback. ;)

oooh o: thanks Quad, I'll be sure to look ..well listen XD to these when my internet goes back up to speed :D