post-grunge

1999
Guano Apes contributed to the Meschugge film soundtrack

The non-album single “Don’t You Turn Your Back On Me” was contributed to the Meschugge film soundtrack in 1999.

Manic Street Preachers won every major award

At the NME Awards in 1999, the band won every major award (Best Band, Best Album, Best Live Act, Best Single and Best Video).

Godsmack playing at Ozzfest and Woodstock

playing at Ozzfest and Woodstock ’99 .

Manic Street Preachers shortlisted for the 1999 Mercury Prize

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours was also shortlisted for the 1999 Mercury Prize

Stone Temple Pilots Release No. 4

Released in 1999, No. 4 was conceived as a “back-to-basics” rock album in the vein of Core or Purple.

Matchbox Twenty became a hit

“Smooth” was the album’s lead single and became a hit in 1999.

Creed (band) The album was released

The album was released in 1999, when My Own Prison was still doing reasonably well. However, Human Clay was an instant and overwhelming success debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and selling over ten million copies over the next two years, becoming one of the few rock albums…
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Idlewild (band) Idlewild eventually returned to Edinburgh in 1999 to begin writing

Idlewild eventually returned to Edinburgh in 1999 to begin writing new songs, and contacted engineer Bob Weston , from Chicago , who recorded six songs with them in London. These songs held a more aggressive, emptier sound than those previously, and the band were pleased with the results; however, they…
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Def Leppard Euphoria

In an effort to capitalise on this new momentum, Def Leppard returned to its classic sound with the 1999 album Euphoria . The first single, ” Promises “, reunited the band with Mutt Lange and hit the US Mainstream Rock Track charts at No. 1 for three weeks although it…
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10 Years (band) 10 Years were initially formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999 with

10 Years were initially formed in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999 with singer Mike Underdown, drummer Brian Vodinh, bassist Lewis Cosby, and guitarists Ryan Johnson and Matt Wantland. In 2001, Cosby left and the band recruited Andy Parks on bass. They independently recorded Into the Half Moon the same year.