Fuel

Part of a vanishing herd of post-Pearl Jam grunge-pop contenders, Fuel came straight out of Pennsylvania in 1998 with "Shimmer," a canny mix of strings and hard-rock hooks that was one of the year's guiltiest pleasures and the best thing on their major-label full-length debut, Sunburn. Fuel boasted a charismatic lead singer (the somber, improbably named Brett Scallions) and enough decent tracks...