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A gigantic stylistic umbrella for everything from early garage rockers the Stooges to noise artisans Sonic Youth, and from Synth Pop royalty New Order to Postmodern Pop pioneer Beck, the "alternative" moniker was introduced into the mainstream in the early 1990s -- but as an alternative to what? Alternative represented a collision of several genres whose momentum had been building for several decades. Beginning with the artsy, seedy undercurrents of the Velvet Underground in the late '60s, and continuing through both Punk's heyday in the late '70s and the college rock/Post-Punk of the '80s, the groundswell of the underground ultimately broke big in January 1992 when Grunge upstart Nirvana's Nevermind improbably topped album charts worldwide. The brashness of the original Punk movement has played a significant role in forming the attitude and identity of most alternative music of the last twenty years, yet the underground's original scorn of mass acceptance became so diluted in the wake of its ever-growing commercial success, its near-complete metamorphosis into the mainstream was an inevitability in the hodgepodge '90s.
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This Is The Worst Day Of My ...
The Actual
Alternative/Punk
RED
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The Days Of the Phoenix
AFI
Punk-Pop, Hardcore Punk, Skate Punk
Nitro
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Sometime Around Midnight
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alternative/Punk
Shout! Factory
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Sometime Around Midnight (Ex...
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alternative/Punk
Shout! Factory
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Moth in a Cloud of Smoke
All Smiles
Alternative/Punk
Dangerbird Records
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Kill To Know
Amy Miles
Alternative/Punk
Pcoop
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Rebellion-Lies
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Punk
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Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Punk
Merge Records
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Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Punk
Merge Records
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Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Punk
Merge Records
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I Am The Boy For You
Astrid Williamson
Alternative/Punk
One Little Indian
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Hozanna
Astrid Williamson
Alternative/Punk
One Little Indian
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John Norris Interviews Bradf...
Atlas Sound
Experimental, Alternative/Punk, Ambient
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John Norris Interviews Bradf...
Atlas Sound
Experimental, Alternative/Punk, Ambient
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You've Made Us Conscious
The Audition
Alternative/Punk
Victory Records
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Give Thanks and Praise / Jah...
Bad Brains
Hardcore Punk, Old-School Punk, Alternative/Punk
Megaforce
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In The Night
Basia Bulat
Alternative/Punk
Rough Trade
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The Way She Feels
Between The Trees
Alternative/Punk
Bonded Records
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Blue Skies
Blackpool Lights
Emo, Alternative/Punk, Industrial
Curb Appeal Records
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Closer
Bleed The Dream
Post-Grunge, Alternative/Punk, Emo
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