post-grunge
Noun
Meaning
post-grunge (uncountable)
(music) A genre of grunge music influenced by pop music and heavy metal.
Examples
We were perceived as a post-grunge band.
By the mid-1990s, as elements of the movement began to attract mainstream interest, particularly grunge and then Britpop, post-grunge and pop-punk, the term alternative began to lose its meaning.
Post-grunge main Foo Fighters performing an acoustic show in 2007 The term post-grunge was coined for the generation of bands that followed the emergence into the mainstream and subsequent hiatus of the Seattle grunge bands.
The album peaked at number 53 on the Billboard 200. citation Alternative metal band Chevelle's 2016 album Northern Corridor demonstrates a much heavier sound than their previous albums, more resembling nu metal than their post-grunge roots.
The term post-grunge originally was meant to be pejorative, suggesting that they were simply musically derivative, or a cynical response to an "authentic" rock movement.