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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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This Is The Worst Day Of My ...
The Actual
Alt/Punk
RED
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The Days Of the Phoenix
AFI
Pop Punk, Hardcore, Skate Punk
Nitro
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Sometime Around Midnight
The Airborne Toxic Event
Indie Pop, Alt/Punk, Jangle Pop
Shout! Factory
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Sometime Around Midnight (Ex...
The Airborne Toxic Event
Indie Pop, Alt/Punk, Jangle Pop
Shout! Factory
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Moth in a Cloud of Smoke
All Smiles
Alt/Punk
Dangerbird Records
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Kill To Know
Amy Miles
Alt/Punk
Pcoop
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The Crowned
APSE
Alt/Punk
Acuarela
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Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
Merge Records
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Rebellion-Lies
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
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Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
Merge Records
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Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Arcade Fire
Baroque Pop, Indie/Alternative, Alt/Punk
Merge Records
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Pretty In Pink
Ariel Aparicio
Alt/Punk
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Life and Times
Ariel Aparicio
Alt/Punk
Bully Records
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Hozanna
Astrid Williamson
Alt/Punk
One Little Indian
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I Am The Boy For You
Astrid Williamson
Alt/Punk
One Little Indian
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John Norris Interviews Bradf...
Atlas Sound
Experimental, Alt/Punk, Ambient
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John Norris Interviews Bradf...
Atlas Sound
Experimental, Alt/Punk, Ambient
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You've Made Us Conscious
The Audition
Alt/Punk
Victory Records
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Give Thanks and Praise / Jah...
Bad Brains
Hardcore, Old School Punk, Alt/Punk
Megaforce
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Pilgriming Vine
Basia Bulat
Indie Pop, Alt/Punk
Rough Trade
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