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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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Lived In Bars
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Dream Pop, Alt/Punk
Matador
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Crying, Waiting, Hoping (Liv...
Cat Power
Indie/Alternative, Dream Pop, Alt/Punk
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Trust
Catalepsy
Alt/Punk
Stillborn Records
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Keep Forgetting
The Cinematics
Alt/Punk
TVT Records
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In Fear and Faith
Circa Survive
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk, Pop Punk
Equal Vision Records
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Act Apalled
Circa Survive
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk, Pop Punk
Equal Vision Records
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The Difference Between Medic...
Circa Survive
Emo/Hardcore, Alt/Punk, Pop Punk
Equal Vision
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Letters from the Sky
Civil Twilight
Alt/Punk
Wind-Up
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Moses
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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In My Place
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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Talk (Live from Austin City ...
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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Yellow
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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Fix You
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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Trouble
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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Moses
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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The Scientist
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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Clocks
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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God Put A Smile On Your Face
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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Speed of Sound
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
EMI UK
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In My Place
Coldplay
Brit Rock, Brit Pop/Brit Rock, Adult Alternative
Capitol
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