alt-rocker noun

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View this post on Instagram Fellow alt-rock staples The Shins and Silversun Pickups will be Weezer's supporting bands for the tour. Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 The alt-rock singer-songwriter with bonafide pop-star status originally booked a solo tour extravaganza back in 2020 in support of Petals for Armor, but the pandemic scrapped those plans. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026 The vinyl boom started in the late 2000s as a more niche trend among audiofiles and indieheads, with alt-rock figures like Jack White serving as early trailblazers evangelizing the format. Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026 There were closer to 25 or 30 people watching by the time the local rocker and his bandmates made it through a set of soulful psychedelic alt-rock. Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alt-rock

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alt-rock was in 1982

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“Alt-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alt-rock. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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