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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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Talk
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Violet Hill
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Talk (Live from Austin City ...
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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In My Place
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Yellow
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Fix You
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Trouble
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Moses
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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The Scientist
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Clocks
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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God Put A Smile On Your Face
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Speed of Sound
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
EMI UK
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In My Place
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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The Scientist
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Clocks
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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The Scientist (Live At Glast...
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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In My Place (Live- 2003)
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Moses
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Yellow (Live at Glastonbury)
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Alt/Punk
Capitol
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Pin Your Wings
Copeland
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk
Militia Group
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