Editing Grunge (section)

===Since 1997: Successors and revivals===
====Second-wave post-grunge====
[[File:Creed (band).jpg|thumb|240px|Post-grunge band Creed in 2002]]
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Following the end of the original grunge movement, post-grunge increased in popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s with newer bands such as [[Creed (band)|Creed]], [[Nickelback]], [[3 Doors Down]] and [[Puddle of Mudd]].<ref name="aboutpostgrunge" />{{better source needed|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]] dubious for anything other than entertainment reviews with attribution|date=April 2021}} Other {{nowrap|post-grunge}} bands include [[Foo Fighters]], [[Staind]] and [[Matchbox Twenty]]. These post-grunge artists were criticized for their commercialized sound as well as their "worldview built around the comforts of community and romantic relationships", as opposed to grunge's lyrical exploration of "troubling issues such as suicide, societal hypocrisy and drug addiction."<ref name="aboutpostgrunge" />{{better source needed|reason=[[WP:ALLMUSIC]] dubious for anything other than entertainment reviews with attribution|date=April 2021}} Adam Steininger criticized post-grunge bands' "diluted ditties filled with watered-down lyrics, all seemingly revolving around suffering through romance."<ref name="Steininger">{{cite web |url=http://www.westword.com/music/the-ten-shittiest-post-grunge-bands-5684793/2 |title=The ten shittiest post-grunge bands |last=Steininger |first=Adam |date=August 15, 2013 |website=westword.com |publisher=Westword |access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720140003/http://www.westword.com/music/the-ten-shittiest-post-grunge-bands-5684793/2 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Criticizing many bands that have been described as post-grunge, Steininger criticized [[Candlebox]] for their "pop-filled" sound, focus on "love lyrics, and writing songs without "versatility and creativity; [[Three Days Grace]] for their "diluted" and "radio-friendly music"; 3 Doors Down for focusing on "snagging hit singles instead of creating quality albums"; [[Finger Eleven]] for going in a "pop rock" direction; Bush's "random phrasings of nonsense"; [[Live (band)|Live]]'s "pseudo pop poetry" that "strangled the essence of grunge", [[Puddle of Mudd]]'s "watered down post-grunge sound"; [[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]], for tearing down "grunge's sound and groundbreaking structure to appeal more to the masses"; and [[Nickelback]], which he calls the "featherweight ... punching bags of post-grunge" whose music is "dull as dishwater".<ref name="Steininger" />

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Many major grunge bands continued recording and touring with success in the 2000s and 2010s. Perhaps the most notable grunge act of the 21st century has been [[Pearl Jam]]. In 2006, ''Rolling Stone'' writer Brian Hiatt described Pearl Jam as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame", but noted the band had nevertheless developed a loyal concert following akin to that of the [[Grateful Dead]].<ref name="secondcoming">{{cite magazine |author=Hiatt, Brian |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming |title=The Second Coming of Pearl Jam |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 16, 2006 |access-date=June 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823234208/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/pearl_jam_the_second_coming |archive-date=August 23, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They saw a return to wide commercial success with 2006's [[Pearl Jam (album)|''Pearl Jam'']], 2009's ''[[Backspacer]]'' and 2013's ''[[Lightning Bolt (Pearl Jam album)|Lightning Bolt]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/328459/pearl-jam/chart|title=Pearl Jam – Chart history |magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> Alice In Chains reformed for a handful of reunion dates in 2005 with several different vocalists replacing Layne Staley. Eventually settling on [[William DuVall]] as Staley's replacement, in 2009 they released ''[[Black Gives Way to Blue]],'' their first record in 14 years. The band's 2013 release, ''[[The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here]]'', reached number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Alice In Chains|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Alice In Chains – Chart history: ''Billboard'' 200 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=October 1, 2013}}</ref> Soundgarden reformed in 2010 and released their album ''[[King Animal]]'' two years later which reached the top five of the national albums charts in Denmark, New Zealand, and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/album/74435 |title=King Animal by Soundgarden – Music Charts |website=Acharts.us |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd joined [[Alain Johannes]] (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven), Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) and [[Dimitri Coats]] (Off!) to form side project Ten Commandos in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tencommandos.net/ |title=Ten Commandos |publisher=Ten Commandos |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116090535/http://www.tencommandos.net/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Despite Kurt Cobain's death, the remaining members of Nirvana have continued to be successful posthumously. Due to the high sales for Kurt Cobain's ''[[Journals (Cobain)|Journals]]'' and the band's best-of compilation ''[[Nirvana (Nirvana album)|Nirvana]]'' upon their releases in 2002, ''The New York Times'' argued Nirvana "are having more success now than at any point since Mr. Cobain's suicide in 1994."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9C03E6DE1431F930A25752C0A9659C8B63|title=Nine Years After Cobain's Death, Big Sales for All Things Nirvana|author=Nelson, Chris|date=January 13, 2003|access-date=August 29, 2007|newspaper=nytimes.com}}</ref> This trend has continued through the century's second decade, with the reissuing of the band's discography and release of the authorized documentary ''[[Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck]]''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Morgen|first=Brett|title=Cobain: Montage of Heck|date=May 4, 2015|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4229236/|access-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> In 2012, the surviving members of Nirvana re-united, with [[Paul McCartney]] in place of Cobain, to record a track for the soundtrack Dave Grohl's documentary ''[[Sound City (film)|Sound City]]'' titled "Cut Me Some Slack".<ref>{{Citation|last=nevadch|title=Nirvana & Paul McCartney – Cut Me Some Slack [Live] [HD 720p]|date=December 14, 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a8j_LEryAs| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/7a8j_LEryAs| archive-date=2021-10-29|access-date=December 5, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

One of the most successful rock groups of the 21st century, [[Queens of the Stone Age]], has featured major contributions from various grunge musicians. [[Josh Homme]] had briefly played in [[Screaming Trees]] with off-and-on QOTSA member [[Mark Lanegan]], before forming the group. Nirvana's [[Dave Grohl]] and [[Eleven (band)|Eleven's]] Alain Johannes have also provided notable contributions. Homme and Grohl joined with [[Led Zeppelin]]'s [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] to form the supergroup [[Them Crooked Vultures]] in 2009. Johannes also performed with the group as a touring member.

[[File:Courtney Barnett at Rough Trade.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A female singer and guitarist performing onstage. She is singing into a microphone while playing electric guitar.|Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist [[Courtney Barnett]] in 2015]]
In the early 2000s, grunge would make multiple regionally based resurgences, albeit minor ones. In 2005, ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' made note of {{nowrap|grunge-influenced}} groups returning in the Seattle scene.<ref>{{cite news |author=Scanlon, Tom |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20050923/nite23/weapons-of-mass-neo-grunge-appeal |title=Weapons of Mass Neo-Grunge Appeal |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=September 23, 2005 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |archive-date=June 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604042813/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050923&slug=nite23 |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported of grunge-influenced groups from [[Yorkshire and the Humber|Yorkshire]], including [[Dinosaur Pile-Up]], [[Pulled Apart by Horses]], and [[Wonderswan (band)|Wonderswan]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Simpson, Dave |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/30/leeds-grunge-scene |title=Just Don't Call It Grunge: Leeds' New Music Scene |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 30, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |location=London}}</ref> Also, in 2003, the ''New York Times'' noted a resurgence in grunge fashion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/nyregion/front-row.html?src=pm |title=FRONT ROW |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=La Ferla, Ruth |date=September 30, 2003 |access-date=August 19, 2012}}</ref>

The 2010s have birthed a number of bands influenced by grunge. Unlike their forebears, some of these acts ascribe the label to themselves willingly. Many acts have been noted for affiliating and/or collaborating with prominent figures from the original alternative rock era. [[Steve Albini]] has produced for or worked with members of bands such as [[Bully (band)|Bully]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Bryn |last=Lovitt |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/bully-i-remember |title=Bully, "I Remember" &#124; New Music |work=Impose Magazine |date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indieunderground.ca/indie-music/new-music-bully-trying-grunge-rock-alternative.html |title=New Music: BULLY – "Trying" (Grunge / Rock / Alternative) &#124; Indie Underground |website=Indieunderground.ca |date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720165723/http://indieunderground.ca/indie-music/new-music-bully-trying-grunge-rock-alternative.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Vomitface,<ref>{{cite news |last=Laban |first=Linda |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/vomitface-are-literally-dissatisfied-with-everything-but-jesus-teen-mom-and-music-7711741 |title=Vomitface Are 'Literally Dissatisfied With Everything' but Jesus, 'Teen Mom' & Music |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=September 29, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016 |archive-date=November 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101231626/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/vomitface-are-literally-dissatisfied-with-everything-but-jesus-teen-mom-and-music-7711741 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="first-avenue.com">{{cite web|url=http://first-avenue.com/performer/vomitface |title=Vomitface |publisher=First Avenue |date=July 5, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> and [[Shannon Wright]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/over-the-sun-mw0000330139 |title=Over the Sun – Shannon Wright |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=April 6, 2004 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> while [[Emma Ruth Rundle]] of [[Marriages (band)|Marriages]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slugmag.com/national-music-reviews/marriages-salome/ |title=Review: Marriages – Salome |website=SLUG Magazine |date=May 1, 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> has toured with [[Buzz Osborne]] of the [[Melvins]]. Other notable acts that have been labelled as grunge or as heavily influenced by the grunge era, include [[Courtney Barnett]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Ganz |first=Jacob |url=https://www.npr.org/event/music/394023874/courtney-barnett-nobody-really-cares-if-you-dont-go-to-the-party-live-at-sxsw |title=Courtney Barnett, 'Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party' (Live At SXSW) |newspaper=NPR |date=19 March 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Everett |last=True |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/17/courtney-barnett-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-and-sometimes-i-just-sit-review |title=Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit review &#124; Music |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> [[Wolf Alice]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Nme.Com |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-albums-of-the-year-2015/394320#/photo/47 |title=NME Music Galleries |website=Nme.com |date=February 5, 2016 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> [[Yuck (band)|Yuck]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/yuck-talk-grunge-revival |title=Yuck Talk Grunge Revival &#124; News &#124; Clash Magazine |website=Clashmusic.com |date=24 January 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> [[Speedy Ortiz]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukfestivalguides.com/artist/speedy-ortiz |title=Speedy Ortiz |website=Ukfestivalguides.com |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> [[the Kut]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premiere-the-kut-mind-games|title=Premiere: The Kut – 'Mind Games'|website=Clash Magazine|date=29 March 2018 }}</ref> [[Mitski]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/mitski-revels-hurt-to-make-neo-grunge-but-would-trade-it-all-to-be-happy-and-dull/|title=Mitski revels in hurt to make neo grunge, but would trade it all to be happy and dull – Loud And Quiet|newspaper=Loud And Quiet|access-date=February 18, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> [[2:54]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Sian |last=Rowe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/07/colette-hannah-thurlow-2-54 |title=2:54: the sisters heading to Doom Rock Central &#124; Music |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> [[False Advertising (band)|False Advertising]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://falseadvertising.bandcamp.com/album/brainless|title=Brainless, by False Advertising|website=False Advertising|access-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref> [[Slothrust]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url={{AllMusic|artist|slothrust-mn0003211103#biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Slothrust Biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sonicbids.com/band/slothrust-1/|title=About Slothrust|website=Sonicbids|language=en|access-date=February 18, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218144422/https://www.sonicbids.com/band/slothrust-1/|archive-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://slothrust.bandcamp.com/|title=Everyone Else, by SLOTHRUST|website=SLOTHRUST|access-date=February 18, 2017}}</ref> [[Baby in Vain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://partisanrecords.com/artist/baby-in-vain/|title=Baby In Vain – Partisan Records|website=partisanrecords.com|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005143956/http://partisanrecords.com/artist/baby-in-vain/|archive-date=October 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Big Thief]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/06/big-thief-all-eyes-on-masterpiece-interview/|title=Big Thief: The Dynamic Indie Quartet Can't Be Satisfied With One 'Masterpiece' {{!}} SPIN|newspaper=Spin |date=June 30, 2016|access-date=September 2, 2016|last1=Unterberger |first1=Andrew }}</ref> [[Torres (musician)|Torres]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Corinne |last=Jones |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/17/torres-sprinter-review-astonishing-unsettling |title=Torres: Sprinter review – astonishing, unsettling, beautiful |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref> Lullwater,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nysmusic.com/2019/03/15/interview-athens-georgia-meets-seattle-grunge-lullwater/ |title=Interview: Athens, Georgia meets Seattle grunge: Lullwater |access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref> and [[Red Sun Rising]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.axs.com/interview-red-sun-rising-vocalist-mike-protich-unravels-thread-129163 |title=Interview: Red Sun Rising vocalist Mike Protich unravels 'Thread' |access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref>

Media outlets also began referring to a revival of the grunge sound around the mid-2010s, with the label being given to bands such as [[Title Fight]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/the-90s-grunge-revival-is-alive-and-well-in-this-new-title-fight-video|title=The '90s Grunge Revival Is Alive And Well In This New Title Fight Video – News – Rock Sound Magazine|website=Rock Sound Magazine|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720165639/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/the-90s-grunge-revival-is-alive-and-well-in-this-new-title-fight-video|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Culture creature">{{cite web|url=https://www.culturecreature.com/grunge-emo-revival/|title=Enough With the 'Grunge Revival.' Rock Bands of 2017 Should Look Ahead – Culture Creature|date=March 29, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref> [[InCrest]],{{cn|date=October 2024}} [[Fangclub]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/11/artist-of-the-day-1109-dublins-fangclub-sink-their-teeth-into-the-uk-on-debut-album-6917177/ |title=Artist of the day 11/09: Dublin's Fangclub sink their teeth into the UK on debut album|date=11 September 2017|access-date=February 2, 2018 }}</ref> [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]],<ref name="Culture creature" /> [[My Ticket Home]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rocksins.com/reviews/my-ticket-home-unreal/|title=My Ticket Home – unReal – Rock Sins|website=rocksins.com|date=13 October 2017|access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/review/2017-10-09/my-ticket-home-unreal-album-review|title=My Ticket Home – unReal album review|date=October 9, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref> [[Citizen (band)|Citizen]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/12093/citizen-youth|title=Citizen – Youth|last=Punknews.org|website=punknews.org|date=22 July 2013 |access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref> [[Milk Teeth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/milk-teeth-vile-child|title=Milk Teeth – Vile Child|date=22 January 2016 |access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref> and [[Muskets (band)|Muskets]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/muskets-spin/|title=Muskets – 'Spin' – Punktastic|website=punktastic.com|access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://altcorner.com/bands/muskets/|title=MUSKETS – ALTCORNER.com|access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vennrecords.com/muskets/|title=Muskets – Venn Records|date=May 6, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref> some of which have been described as merging the genre with [[emo]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}