Meaning of postgrunge | Babel Free

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A subgenre of alternative rock from the mid-1990s, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable sound.

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“Although the "Electronica Revolution" has been hailed in the US media as the long-overdue arrival of techno to America, it's readily apparent that the British invaders have met the postgrunge audience halfway.”

“"Aren't you a little young for that? What happened to grunge and punk?" "It's postgrunge now. I think punk is buried next to disco."”

“A similar impulse lay behind the alternative country idiom that established itself in the mid-'90s, with a historical knowingness and postgrunge sensibility...”

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