Buttrock. Divorced Dad Rock. Post-Grunge. Whatever you wanna call it, it was a genre that had a chokehold on the early ’00s.

You could hardly turn on the radio between 1999 and 2008 without hearing Nickelback, Creed, or any number of modern rock bands cranking out slightly distorted riffs with gravely vocals. The whole experience has ended up being a bit of a pop-cultural joke, but to, regretably, quote Tom Hardy’s Bane: “You merely adopted the dark; I was born in it…”

This was a formidable era for me. I saw Creed on their Human Clay tour with Sevendust and Finger Eleven. (Fun Personal Fact: My old pal Brad Sample, from recent The Voice fame, went with me to this show.) I saw Nickelback and 3 Doors Down at least three times each. I met Puddle of Mudd at a meet and greet, and they complim

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