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  • noun A 1990s subgenre of alternative rock, utilizing the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable sound.

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  • They proclaimed Chicago the new Seattle and said that we’d come to save the rock world from “the postgrunge macho backlash.”

    I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone Stephanie Kuehnert 2008

  • They proclaimed Chicago the new Seattle and said that we’d come to save the rock world from “the postgrunge macho backlash.”

    I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone Stephanie Kuehnert 2008

  • They proclaimed Chicago the new Seattle and said that we’d come to save the rock world from “the postgrunge macho backlash.”

    I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone Stephanie Kuehnert 2008

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