Alternative rock | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:02:13 1 Origin of term
00:08:24 2 Characteristics
00:09:58 3 History
00:10:06 3.1 Precursors (1960s and 1970s)
00:10:52 3.2 1980s
00:13:31 3.2.1 American underground in the 1980s
00:17:37 3.2.2 British subgenres and trends of the 1980s
00:21:10 3.3 Popularization in the 1990s
00:24:16 3.3.1 Grunge
00:26:26 3.3.2 Britpop
00:27:51 3.3.3 Indie rock
00:29:28 3.3.4 Post-grunge
00:30:59 3.3.5 Post-rock
00:32:27 3.3.6 Other trends
00:33:28 3.3.7 Change in sound
00:36:07 3.4 21st century
00:39:46 4 See also



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Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1980s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, DIY ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. At times, "alternative" has been used as a catch-all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition, or for any music, whether rock or not, that is seen to be descended from punk rock (including some examples of punk itself, as well as new wave, and post-punk). Although the genre evolved in the late 1970s and 1980s, music anticipating the sound of the genre can be found as early as the 1960s, with bands such as The Velvet Underground and artists such as Syd Barrett.
Alternative rock broadly consists of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, social context and regional roots. By the end of the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock, helping to define a number of distinct styles (and music scenes) such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü and R.E.M., had even signed to major labels. But most alternative bands' commercial success was limited in comparison to other genres of rock and pop music at the time, and most acts remained signed to independent labels and received relatively little attention from mainstream radio, television, or newspapers. With the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became successful.