Candlebox

Candlebox formed in Seattle in 1990 and became one of the more commercially visible rock bands to emerge from the city's post-Nevermind major-label wave. Their 1993 self-titled debut arrived on Maverick and moved quickly because songs like "Change," "You," "Cover Me," and "Far Behind" joined grunge-era guitar weight to bluesy hard-rock vocals and broad radio hooks. Kevin Martin's voice gave the band its main identity, stretching from gritty restraint into big, open choruses, while Peter Klett's guitar work kept the material tied to classic hard rock as much as alternative rock. Later albums such as Lucy, Happy Pills, Into the Sun, Love Stories and Other Musings, Disappearing in Airports, Wolves, and The Long Goodbye showed a band that never fully abandoned its 1990s foundation but kept leaning into road-tested rock craft. Candlebox's heaviness is not extreme; it comes from thick guitars, vocal drama, and the emotional directness of post-grunge songwriting. Their best-known songs remain durable because they turn grief and tension into riffs that feel immediate rather than ornamental for rock radio.