|
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.
|
|
| |
|
|
Street Child
Elan (2)
Alt/Punk
Abbywho Records
|
|
| |
|
|
Be Free (Widescreen)
Elan (2)
Alt/Punk
Abbywho Records
|
|
| |
|
|
Be Free
Elan (2)
Alt/Punk
Abbywho Records
|
|
| |
|
|
Hideaway
Elan (2)
Alt/Punk
Abbywho Records
|
|
| |
|
|
Midnight
Elan (2)
Alt/Punk
Abbywho Records
|
|
| |
|
|
Time
Elan (2)
Alt/Punk
Abbywho Records
|
|
| |
|
|
Gay Bar
Electric Six
Dance Rock, Garage Rock Revival, Indie/Alternative
XL Recordings
|
|
| |
|
|
Dance Commander
Electric Six
Dance Rock, Garage Rock Revival, Indie/Alternative
XL Recordings
|
|
| |
|
|
Dance Commander
Electric Six
Dance Rock, Garage Rock Revival, Indie/Alternative
XL Recordings
|
|
| |
|
|
Misfit
Elefant
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
Kemado Records
|
|
| |
|
|
Misfit
Elefant
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
Hollywood
|
|
| |
|
|
My World - From Resident Evi...
Emigrate
Alt/Punk
Pilgrm Motor
|
|
| |
|
|
Solvency
Endless Hallway
Alt/Punk, Post-Hardcore
Smokin' Mule Entertainment
|
|
| |
|
|
Solvency
Endless Hallway
Alt/Punk, Post-Hardcore
Smokin' Mule Entertainment
|
|
|
|
|
® © 1948-2004, Muze Inc.
