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What's the general consensus of this late-90's/early-00's Godsmack-ish alternative rock band?

Back around 2002-ish, I had friend who was such a fan that her AOL screen name actually referenced the song Shimmer (off Sunburn). They, along with Queens Of The Stone Age, The White Stripes, etc., were at the time hyped as being "saviors for modern rock." But whereas QOTSA and TWS became critical darlings and remain popular/respected to this day, Fuel was sort of a two-hit wonder. With Shimmer and Hemorrhage (off Something Like Human) being probably the only two songs the band is really remembered for. They now have little else under their belts beyond releasing two more (critically unacclaimed) albums in 2003 and 2007 and a lot of inner-band turmoil.

As for MY opinion of the band, Hemorrhage is the only song I've really heard. It wasn't bad (actually, I kind of liked it), but I didn't really find anything that distinguished it from what bands like Godsmack and Weezer were doing at the time, beyond may be being a little more proggy (if that means anything). So I never really bothered to check any of their albums out and probably never will. Still, I found myself remembering this band just now, and thought them worth polling on the forum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0QMfK9hzgA

I paused Anthrax's second-best album for this?! QOTSA and TWS are way better.

Miss.

Not really sure I see the Godsmack comparisons either.

They're both technically "post-Grunge" bands. And probably the only ones getting any kind of mainstream exposure by 2000.

From the top of my head, Finger Eleven, Hoobastank, Incubus, Creed, Collective Soul, Live, Foo fighters are post grunge and IMO had more mainstream success than Fuel. Fuel barely bleeps on my radar..

Oh not the Metallica song? Sorry.

Garbage band.

Oh man. How could I forget those bands? Another would be Our Lady Peace. I guess, whenever I remember "popular music from ten years ago", NSync and Eminem usually come to mind.

Actually, Creed would probably more accurately compare with Fuel than Godsmack. In fact, I remember people calling them a "heavier/darker version of Creed."

I think I could describe 95% of the bands I listen to like that.

and Moist would be another as well but they are barely known in the states. For those interested check out their debut Silver. It's all kinds of awesome!

I shouldn't get credit though, I was a teen in the 90's and Grunge and post-grunge was pretty much 90% of the music I listened too, so I remember a lot of them.

Just a little side note:

By the end of the 90's and the start of 2000's

All those sound alike bands with similar vocalists in tone like Creed, Fuel, Lifehouse, Puddle of Mud, Default, Theory of a Deadman and Nickleback where all the rage on Canadian airwaves. That plus all the NSync, Backstreet boys crap. This is when I decided to turn off the radio and start discovering music on my own.

Don't know if it was anything like that in the states, but I suspect it was. Anyhow as you probably can tell, I'm not a huge fan of Fuel.

I'd say it was pretty similar here in the states, though I'd imagine rap had a bigger share of the 'pop-rock mainstream' and a bigger influence on the peak popularity of big rock bands Korn, Limp Bizkit, then Linkin Park, and so forth.

Post-grunge Creed clones never held a candle for me against the original grunge bands. All the impetus I needed to leave the mainstream radio.

Still, the worst post-grunge band has to be Bush. Awful stuff.

Korn, Limp Bizkit, then Linkin Park were also played heavily, I just don't consider them Post-grunge so I didn't mention them.

I wasn't sure. Anyhow, I'd say it was a similar radio climate for 'post-grunge' in the states.

Bush was somewhat tolerable.

IMO Creed, Fuel and Lifehouse where the worst offenders

POD was another such band.

On a sidenote, I don't even know why they call themselves "Fuel." Their name really doesn't fit their music.

Creed's not that bad and certainly better than Fuel.

Bush was awesome. And Creed was shit which Fuel wasn't entirely.

I know this is a bizarre opinion but I quite liked Bush's Razorblade Suitcase...maybe even more than 16 Stone. i think they went to shit after those two though.