90s Rock Vault 🤘 on Instagram: "This Song Quietly Defined Late 90s Alternative Fuel — “Shimmer” | Live at The Chapel, 1999 By the late 90s, alternative rock was in transition. Grunge had ended, nu-metal hadn’t taken over yet, and radio was dominated by emotional, melodic bands trying to carry the sound forward. Fuel emerged right in the middle of that shift — not chasing trends, but writing songs built on vulnerability, atmosphere, and massive choruses. “Shimmer,” released in 1998, became the t