Minivan Rock

Minivan Rock was a loosely-defined musical style and aesthetic that was popular from roughly 1997 to 2004,https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/minivan-rock-50-greatest-songs-9364720/ during the Y2K era. This was the period where alternative rock influences became fully subsumed into the mainstream, with genres such as post-grunge having a more pop-oriented sound compared to the original grunge. The music and fashion of this period was rather preppy, but had a more sophisticated and serious side to it as well.
==Fashion==
Fashion for Minivan Rock was similar to Y2K and various alternative styles (i.e. Grunge, Nu-Metal, Pop Punk). Reoccurring fashion elements include:
* Tanktops
* Baggy pants/jeans
* Revealing tops and conservative bottoms
* Eyeliner
* Neck accessories (Necklaces, chokers, ties, etc.)
After 2004, the Minivan Rock style gave way to Emohttps://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/g5gk5x/avril-lavigne-7-most-iconic-looks and Scene fashion, which emphasized black complimenting brighter colors (such as pink, blue, etc.).
==Media==
===Movies===
This era was defined by party-oriented raunchy comedies and cheesy CGI/film adaptations of TV shows which often featured Minivan Rock songs on their soundtrack:
*American Pie (1999)
*Dude Where's My Car (2000)
*Shrek (2001)
*Agent Cody Banks (2001)
*Clockstoppers (2002)
*Spider-Man (2002)
*Scooby-Doo (2002)
*The Cat in the Hat (2003)
*EuroTrip (2004)
==Music==
*Post-grunge and general alternative rock
*Pop punk
*Pop
*Bling era Hip-Hop/R&B
*Nu-Metal
*Late 90s-early 00s adult contemporary
*Singer-songwriters
===Songs===
*Complicated by Avril Lavigne
*All You Wanted by Michelle Branch
*Why Can't I? by Liz Phair
*Way Away by Yellowcard
*Perfect by Simple Plan
*This Love by Maroon 5
=== Artists ===
*New Radicals
*Rob Thomas
*Matchbox Twenty
*Lenny Kravitz
*Barenaked Ladies
*Smash Mouth
*Sugar Ray
*Pink
*Filter
*Tonic
*Dido
*Hanson
*Eve 6
*Marcy Playground
*Switchfoot
*3 Doors Down
*Wheatus
*Savage Garden
*Edwin McCain
*BBMak
*The Moffatts
*Gil Ofarim
*Early Maroon 5
*Fuel
*Incubus
*Sixpence None the Richer
*Goo Goo Dolls
*Early Nickelback
*Sarah McLachlan
*Alanis Morissette
*Creed
*Vanessa Carlton
==Resources==
==Gallery==
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File:Mall Pop3.jpg|Michelle Branch on Blender
File:Mall Pop4.jpg|Goo Goo Dolls
File:Mall Pop5.jpg|Maroon 5 Cover
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