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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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When Cold Air Goes To Sleep
Radar Bros.
Alternative/Punk
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Go to Sleep
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
EMI UK
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Everything In It's Right Pla...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Parlophone
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There There
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
EMI UK
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I Might Be Wrong (Sophie Mue...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Capitol
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Bodysnatchers
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
EMI (America)
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Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Pt. 1...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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Jigsaw Falling Into Place - ...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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Faust Arp - Pt. 4 from Scotc...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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Reckoner - Pt. 7 from Scotch...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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Go To Sleep
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
EMI UK
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Nude - Pt. 10 from Scotch Mi...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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All I Need - Pt. 9 from Scot...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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House Of Cards - Pt. 8 from ...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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Videotape - Pt. 6 from Scotc...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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15 Step - Pt. 5 from Scotch ...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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Bodysnatchers - Pt. 2 from S...
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
Warner/Chappell Music
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Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Radiohead
Brit Rock, Alternative/Punk, Rock/Pop
EMI (America)
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John Norris Interviews R.E.M...
R.E.M.
Jangle Pop, Alternative/Punk, Adult Alternative
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John Norris Interviews R.E.M...
R.E.M.
Jangle Pop, Alternative/Punk, Adult Alternative
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