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Originally Posted by mercury-hg
Redlemon, I'm curious what "grunge followers" you think were decent. As far as late adopters to a popular genre go, I've always felt that grunge offerings (Bush, Creed, Nickelback, Default, Seven Mary Three, Godsmack, Puddle of Mudd, etc) were simply horrible. The best "late grunge" bands didn't really get significant airplay (Toadies, Tripping Daisy, Hum, Shudder to Think, Dandelion, non-Frogstomp Silverchair, etc)
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I'm not referring to "second-wave grunge" or something like that. There was a lot of generally fun music by one hit wonder bands, all lumped under a huge banner called "alternative", for no good reason. Elastica, Breeders, Veruca Salt (for some reason only the girl groups are coming to mind right now), groups like that. "Flagpole Sitta", whoever sang that. Third-wave ska. The Presidents of the United States of America.
These groups were signed becase Nirvana was signed, and the record companies all wanted to find something new and fresh. I think that the more one-hit-wonders are on the radio at any time, the healthier the music scene is.