| LC control no. | gf2014026632 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Alternative rock music |
| Variant(s) | Alt rock music Alternative music Alternative pop rock music Indie music Pop music, Alternative |
| See also | Rock music |
| Found in | Work cat.: 96019373: Blashill, P. Noise from the underground : a secret history of alternative rock, 1996 (alternative; alternative music) Rolling stone, 1995: no. 709 (alternative rock) NY Times, Jan. 10, 1994: p. C18 (alternative rock) 00300326: Strong, M.C. The great alternative & indie discography, 1999 (originally intended to cover punk and new wave; also covers grunge) Shuker, R. Key concepts in popular music, 1998 (alternative rock/alternative music: broad label and loose genre/style, used since late 1960s for popular music seen as less commercial and mainstream, and more authentic and "uncompromising"; closely associated with independent record labels, and accordingly sometimes referred to as indie music; term "alternative" originally used in late 1960s to refer to UK and US underground or counter culture performers; punk in late 1970s was clearly alternative, and present scene builds on remains of punk; alternative label has subsequently been applied to the grunge bands of the late 1980s and 1990s and remnants of the underground/counter culture) AMG All Music Guide WWW home page, Feb. 26, 2003: Alternative Pop/Rock (catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s; variety of musical styles within alternative rock, all tied together since they existed outside of the mainstream; lost some of its quirkier tendencies in the '90s, most experimental bands relegated to indie rock) Grove music online, viewed March 13, 2014 (Alternative rock; label was applied to rock artists who met one or more of the following criteria: they recorded and performed on independent ("indie") networks of record companies and venues; they subverted rock and pop conventions musically in some way; or their stylistic pedigree could be traced back to punk; since the mid-1990s, alternative rock has been synonymous with modern and mainstream rock) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed March 13, 2014 (Alternative rock; also called alternative music, alt rock or simply alternative); genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s; a broad umbrella term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, its social context, and its regional roots) |
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