Oasis
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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).
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.
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.
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.
cause it has a metallic edge so maybe heavymetallicrock
