Originally Posted by All_Tomorrows_Parties

Grunge has maintained a certain following amongst high school students through the years. I could be wrong, but I would guess this is because for the kids who are inclined to listen to rock music over rap, pop, etc., there hasn't been a really huge movement to come along that these kids could claim as their own. By this I don't mean that there haven't been popular rock acts, but no band has exploded and changed rock music in the mainstream to such an extent since Nirvana in '91. Rap-rock became popular when I was in high school, but this was a very shortlived trend and actually sounds more dated than music made nearly ten years earlier.