Econoline Crush
For a while, if you wanted a sweaty night out in Vancouver, it was a tossup between Nickelback and Econoline Crush. The quintet's mixture of slamming guitars and computers might be a cerebral option, but as heard on 1998's best-selling The Devil You Know, they're used to devastating effect.

Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven may have had a better name when they were funk group Rainbow Butt Monkeys, but this Ontario fivesome possessed more flair for the post-grunge thing. Creed's Wind-Up label agrees, having released their sophomore disc, The Greyest of Blue Skies, in 2000.

Puddle of Mudd
When Fred Durst first heard Puddle of Mudd's demo, he realized he had stumbled onto something great. All the Limp Bizkit Svengali needed to do was convince Kansas City songwriter Wesley Reid Scantlin to start with a new band. Their current hit "Control" suggests it was good advice.

U.P.O.
Los Angeles vocalist Shawn Albro and guitarist Chris Weber met at an English music festival in the mid-'90s and quickly bonded over their love of grunge. Unsurprisingly, their 2000 debut, No Pleasantries, sounds like Badmotorfinger II and is none the worse for that.