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This is a genre guide to the resurgent wave of rock 'n' roll that began in earnest in the 1990s and has become the driving force of underground music in the new century. As big labels create big-money buzz over boy bands and teen pop phenoms, and older groups like U2 continue making albums, the real energy in rock remains where it always has been, in small shows and enthusiastic fans busily creating new genres and resuscitating old tools of the trade. This survey presents a complete guide to bands neither punk nor arena rock nor old-school garage, but instead an exciting combination of all three. Special emphasis is given to the new genre's rejuvenation of poster art.