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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 post-modern 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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Castaway
Camphor
Alt/Punk
Friendly Fire Recordings
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Honestly
Cartel
Pop Punk, Alt/Punk
Epic
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Lived In Bars
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
Matador
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He War
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
Matador Records
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Who Knows Where The Time Goe...
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
Matador Records
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Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Liv...
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
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Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Liv...
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
Matador Records
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Love & Communication (Live)
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
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Living Proof
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
Matador
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Who Knows Where The Time Goe...
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
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Remember Me (Live)
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
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Remember Me (Live)
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
Matador Records
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Love & Communication (Live)
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk, Dream Pop
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Trust
Catalepsy
Alt/Punk
Stillborn Records
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Keep Forgetting
The Cinematics
Alt/Punk
TVT Records
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In Fear and Faith
Circa Survive
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk, Pop Punk
Equal Vision Records
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Act Apalled
Circa Survive
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk, Pop Punk
Equal Vision Records
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The Difference Between Medic...
Circa Survive
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk, Pop Punk
Equal Vision
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Letters from the Sky
Civil Twilight
Alt/Punk
Wind-Up
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In My Place (Live at Glaston...
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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