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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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First One On The Blog
Farewell
Alt/Punk
Epitaph
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Fear Before Doesn't Listen
Fear Before
Metalcore, Alt/Punk, Emo/Hardcore
Equal Vision
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Taking Cassandra to the End ...
Fear Before The March Of Flames
Metalcore, Emo/Hardcore, Alt Metal
Equal Vision Records
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Should Have Stayed In The Sh...
Fear Before The March Of Flames
Metalcore, Emo/Hardcore, Alt Metal
Equal Vision Records
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Paint Your Target
Fightstar
Alt/Punk
Trustkill
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Psychic Wall
The Flaming Lips
Noise Pop, Experimental Pop, Neo Psychedelic
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Eighteen
!Forward Russia!
Post-Punk, Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
Mute Corporation US
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Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Post-Punk, Alt/Punk, '00s Post-Punk
Epic
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Liars, Inc.
Freakhouse
Alt/Punk
Reality Entertainment
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I Wanna Be A Sheep (Live)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
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Big Deal (Live)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
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Kirsten Dunst (Live)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
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Don't Turn Your Back on Love...
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
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Happy New Year (Live)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
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The Worm in the Apple (Live)
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
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