alternative rock
noun
: alternative music that blends elements of conventional rock with influences from other musical styles (such as punk rock, hard rock, hip-hop, or folk)
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Sonic Youth doesn’t make its appearance in the 468-page tome until nearly halfway, and in the memoir’s narrative the band’s development and ascent parallel punk’s splintering across the country into subcultures like no-wave, hardcore and grunge and alternative rock.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
It was voted the alternative rock station’s No. 1 song of 1984 in a year-end listeners poll.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
But this was a good decade past the alternative rock revolution, and it was canceled due to anemic ticket sales.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024
By Maria Sherman May 8, 2024 5:14 PM EDT
Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and more, has died.
—Maria Sherman, TIME, 8 May 2024
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
It was voted the alternative rock station’s No. 1 song of 1984 in a year-end listeners poll.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
But this was a good decade past the alternative rock revolution, and it was canceled due to anemic ticket sales.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024
By Maria Sherman May 8, 2024 5:14 PM EDT
Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and more, has died.
—Maria Sherman, TIME, 8 May 2024
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“Alternative rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alternative%20rock. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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