Your way in
Post-grunge 1994
The grunge formula cleaned up for radio: same dynamics, less dirt, vastly more airplay.
- Heaviness
- 5
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 9
- Where from
- USA / Canada
- Tempo
- 100-140 bpm
- Song length
- 3.5-4.5 min
- Written about
- Relationships, Loss, Perseverance, Interior struggle, generalised
- Vocals
- Sung
Why this one
| You said | Post-grunge | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 5 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1994 | 100% | ×1 |
| Yes. A proper melody. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 9 out of 10 | 90% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 98% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, melody 1 out of 6. Post-grunge leads the next by 5 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Alice in Chains, Dirt 1992
Alice in Chains - Dirt. The heaviest and bleakest record the scene produced.
- 2The one to put on first
Foo Fighters, The Colour and the Shape 1997
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape. Dave Grohl played nearly all of it himself.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Grunge, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Post-grunge's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Symphonic metal 93%
Full orchestra and choir treated as equal instruments, usually with an operatic female lead. Metal's most visible face in the European mainstream.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 6 steps from Post-grunge.
The way into Symphonic metal -
Emo pop 93%
The emo formula with a radio chorus and polished production. The version that reached MTV and the shopping mall.
8 steps from Post-grunge, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Emo pop
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 6.
- Yes. A proper melody. put 12 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Grindcore, Brutal death metal, Cybergrind. Worth 1 of 6.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.