Aranda - The Post-Grunge Revolution
There was always something rather demeaning about the word 'post-grunge'. To me it always rung like, 'just after grunge but not as good'. It definitely IS good. The beauty in post-grunge is usually in the challenge of making something that sounds mainstream while still maintaining the spirit of hard rock from which the genre derives its taste and originality.
Bands like Creed, The Foo Fighters, Shinedown and Seether have always managed to impress me with heart-felt performances and dedicated music. One of the most recent post-grunge bands that came to my attention lately was Aranda.
With a rather talented lead vocalist and rather energizing angry music; I think those guys will enjoy immense success with their next few albums.
My favorites from their only album:
2 comments:
You know, I like all those bands you mentioned (especially Seether, he's something - listen to Finding beauty in Negative places album, it's fantastic!) but Aranda didn't grab me. I don't know, they seem pop-ish to me.
Hard rock all the way ;)
Have a listen to this -
Placebo - Battle for the Sun
Well, come to think of it, they are a little too mainstream perhaps for certain tastes =D I loved that Placebo song though; thanks a zillion for sharing; it's awesome ^_^
Post a Comment