It was normally used to describe bands that sorta toed the line between modern rock and alt-rock, so 80's stuff like REM and The Smiths along with 90's stuff like Pearl Jam and Weezer got lumped in.

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It was normally used to describe bands that sorta toed the line between modern rock and alt-rock, so 80's stuff like REM and The Smiths along with 90's stuff like Pearl Jam and Weezer got lumped in.

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REM seems like they'd be the quintessential college rock band alongside Superchunk and Archers of Loaf.

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Also, speaking of Staind, their first album is cut more from the TOOL "alt metal" vein than any kind of post-grunge. After that, though...

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Which is why Dysfunction is the only Staind album that is remotely worth listening to, beyond hearing two or three songs (at which point, with their post-grunge albums, you've effectively heard the entire album).

From my understanding college rock was a very loose "radio format" kinda of deal, but yeah I don't hear it too much in use.

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Why would you throw in Dinosaur Jr? and I seriously doubt you've explored much of it at all.

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that you're right on, and I've heard Dino Jr. called "grunge" but I shrugged it off

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Which is why Dysfunction is the only Staind album that is remotely worth listening to, beyond hearing two or three songs (at which point, with their post-grunge albums, you've effectively heard the entire album).

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Just curious, have you ever listened to their first album, Tormented, by any chance? It's rare, but I just listened to it the other day for the first time and it's similar to Dysfunction except it's much more raw and definitely is their heaviest alt-metal output.

And speaking of which, Staind's new album sounds like it'll be in the same realm as Tormented, except with those post-grunge and radio-friendly choruses that Staind has adopted over the years.

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Just curious, have you ever listened to their first album, Tormented, by any chance? It's rare, but I just listened to it the other day for the first time and it's similar to Dysfunction except it's much more raw and definitely is their heaviest alt-metal output.

And speaking of which, Staind's new album sounds like it'll be in the same realm as Tormented, except with those post-grunge and radio-friendly choruses that Staind has adopted over the years.

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It's been a while since I've heard Tormented, but you're right. I still think I prefer Dysfunction to it, but it definitely is a heavier album, and far more so than anything since.

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"This isn't alternative rock! This is college rock!"

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Yay, Futurama, Wooo!

Yeah, it's a cute song.

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Not a genre by any means, but whatever happened to the "college rock" term? Really fizzled out in the past 10-15 years.

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I've actually heard stuff like LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire called college rock recently and it kinda suprised me.

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