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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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} During this time bands such as Candlebox, Live, Bush, Collective Soul and Silverchair became immensely popular thus knocking Grunge out of the commercial spotlight.^{[citation needed]} This is a particular reason why this genre and alternative rock in general became the dominant rock genre for the rest of the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} 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 who became extremely popular from 1998 to 2002 helped make this style of music in the forefront of the rock scene. Creed and Staind, as prime examples of the genre, are still successful to this day, with Staind among the very few bands in history to have three consecutive albums to top the Billboard 200. In the mid 2000s, while those bands were still going strong, bands such as 30 Seconds to Mars, Puddle of Mudd, Seether, Hinder, 3 Doors Down, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Rev Theory, and Theory of a Deadman; also started to gain heavy airplay and commercial success. 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 where the focus is more on music than its lyrics.

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• List of post-grunge bands

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