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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Celebrate Baltimore Pride, be moved by a schoolboy's dream, honor a naval tradition, check out great coin collections and rock out at an alternative rock concert.
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John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
Here’s another one that Southern Californians surely heard more than the rest of the nation thanks to KROQ’s alternative rock programming.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
Yes, touting Lollapalooza’s early bona fides benefits Lollapalooza, but underneath that, Lolla is slyly challenging the flattened image of alternative rock in the 1990s.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 21 May 2024
Down With Wilco with the Minus 5 (2003) Young Fresh Fellows frontman Scott McCaughey and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck formed the Minus 5 in 1993, and have since made more than a dozen albums with a rotating all-star cast of musicians from prominent alternative rock bands.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 June 2024
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John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
Here’s another one that Southern Californians surely heard more than the rest of the nation thanks to KROQ’s alternative rock programming.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
Yes, touting Lollapalooza’s early bona fides benefits Lollapalooza, but underneath that, Lolla is slyly challenging the flattened image of alternative rock in the 1990s.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 21 May 2024
Down With Wilco with the Minus 5 (2003) Young Fresh Fellows frontman Scott McCaughey and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck formed the Minus 5 in 1993, and have since made more than a dozen albums with a rotating all-star cast of musicians from prominent alternative rock bands.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 June 2024
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“Alternative rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alternative%20rock. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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