Grunge that has been mixed with another genre to either appeal to a specific audience or so as to correctly represent the
band stylistically.
The term originated as a derogatory slur for bands in the
late 90's playing in the style of the early 90's grunge revolution.
However, while some bands WERE simply only using grunge stylings to either attract audiences or make
money, many bands did, in fact, feel that their specific sound(s) required varying degrees of grunge influences, along with influences from other sources.
Examples:
Creed
3 Doors Down
Hinder
Foo Fighters
Trapt
Puddle of Mudd
etc.
Matchbox Twenty is not included due to the fact that the majority of their genre is a 70's rock
mix, with only very limited influences from grunge.
Also, I have grudgingly included
Creed on this list, simply because it is public
opinion that they are not grunge simply because their first studio album was released in 1997. It is my belief, however, that
Creed has an extremely large percentage of grunge influence, so much so that grunge is their most prevalent genre.
Person
1 is listening to
music.
Person 2 walks up and says: God man, you're such a hypocrite for telling me you like grunge, and then going off and listening to this garbage!
Person 1: Who said that I can't listen to
music that are similar? It's not like all post-grunge was made to commercially benefit from grunge!
