Ok post-grunge
Not usually considered rock's finest hour but there were some OK albums in this scene. Here are some of my favourites |
| 1 |  | Revis
Places For Breathing
Unfortunately the only release from this band. Their lead singer is excellent. |
| 2 |  | Atomship
The Crash of `47
Quite a proggy band and another one that sadly only released one album. Their lead singer and lead guitarist both tragically passed away too. |
| 3 |  | Pulse Ultra
Headspace
Might be pushing the genre tag a little bit with this one but it's another great standalone release by a band who seemingly came and went without anyone noticing. Definitely a nice little hidden gem that's worth listening to. |
| 4 |  | 10 Years
The Autumn Effect
A more well-known name, this band definitely peaked with this album. Vocals that have a lot of emotion behind them without being cringe-inducing, and instrumentation that's fairly simple without being mind-numbingly generic. |
| 5 |  | Alter Bridge
Blackbird
One of the best mainstream hard rock albums of the 2000s. Post-Fortress Alter Bridge doesn't really do much for me, but the period between their debut and Fortress was sublime, with this and Fortress being the two peaks of the era. |
| 6 |  | Chevelle
Wonder What's Next
The 3.8 jokes have been made to death about this band, but their consistently high album ratings on this site are well deserved. They're not groundbreaking in the slightest but they're masters at writing memorable melodic hard rock, with just enough Tool-esque sounds to keep things interesting. |
| 7 |  | Cold
13 Ways to Bleed On Stage
Cold's frontman Scooter Ward is a fantastic singer, and one of the very few Eddie Vedder impersonators of the late 90s and early 2000s who seemed to show some genuine emotion in his singing. 13 Ways and Year of the Spider are their career highlights, with this album being my personal favourite. |
| 8 |  | Collective Soul
Collective Soul
A surprisingly interesting release from an otherwise fairly overrated band. |
| 9 |  | Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
One of the most essential late 90s rock albums. |
| 10 |  | Finger Eleven
The Greyest of Blue Skies
This and Tip are the only 2 Finger Eleven albums really worth listening to, but this album is honestly a really good listen. The Depeche Mode cover isn't half bad either. |
| 11 |  | Foo Fighters
The Colour and the Shape
Another obvious choice and it's pretty overrated but still such a great release with very little filler. |
| 12 |  | Incubus (USA-CA)
Make Yourself
Might be up for debate whether these guys qualify as post grunge or not, but like The Colour and the Shape and Third Eye Blind's S/T this is an absolutely essential late 90s rock release. |
| 13 |  | Live
Throwing Copper
Most of Live's discography is fairly par for the course when it comes to post-grunge, but Throwing Copper is another standout release for the genre. |
| 14 |  | Our Lady Peace
Happiness...
Before these guys became mindlessly generic (thanks in part to Bob Rock), they put out some fairly interesting records with great vocals and thought-provoking lyrics. |
| 15 |  | Silverchair
Neon Ballroom
I still miss this band, even though the chances of them ever reuniting is pretty much zero at this point. Thankfully their discography is littered with gems. |
| 16 |  | Sinch
Sinch
Another little gem of an album that has a few proggy tendencies here and there. |
| 17 |  | Hurt
Vol. II
This is a really great album, very mournful lyrics with some nice acoustic packages. |
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