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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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Hands on Deck
Waking Ashland
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk
Tooth & Nail Records
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I Am For You
Waking Ashland
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk
Tooth & Nail Records
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Skyway Avenue
We The Kings
Power Pop, Pop Punk, Alt/Punk
S CURVE
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Fell In Love With A Girl
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
V2 Records
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Jolene (Live)
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
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Blue Orchid
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
V2 Records
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The Denial Twist
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
V2 Records
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The Hardest Button To Button
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
Warner Bros.
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Jolene (Live)
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
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Hotel Yorba (Live)
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
V2 Records
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Hotel Yorba (Live)
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
V2 Records
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Seven Nation Army
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
Warner Bros.
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My Doorbell
White Stripes
Garage Rock Revival, Alt/Punk
V2 Records
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