Audioslave
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The Cure
New Order
The Jesus and Mary Chain
New Order
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Mr. Bungle
Pearl Jam
Incubus
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Willie Nelson
Pearl Jam
Is this rhetorical question?
Not the best, or technically alternative, but Blink 182 defined my high school years
The Replacements
The Clash (arguably Punk)
Joy Division / New Order
The Clash (arguably Punk)
Joy Division / New Order
"But it is easier to purchase products that denote superiority than to be actually superior in economic achievement." - Thomas J. Stanley
Three Doors Down
My faves across all subgenres are:
REM
Pearl Jam
Audioslave
STP
Really when I think of Alternative I think of the originals.... the punk/folk inspired REM, 10000 Maniacs, Violent Femmes underground (college) radio of the early 80s. They were heavily influenced by Velvet Underground and punk or post punk bands (Dead Kennedys, Clash, etc.)
Everything else is really more rock and groups like Sonic Youth, Ministry, NIN and Jane's Addiction then led to the next wave that included Grunge, Indie Rock, Post Grunge and Alternative Metal, etc.
Jane's Addiction.
Splender
Third Eye Blind
Stroke 9
Third Eye Blind
Stroke 9
The Smashing Pumpkins
Radiohead
Radiohead
mrmill3218 said:
Splender
Third Eye Blind
Stroke 9
Whoa, Stroke 9, forgot about them. How many people wanna kick some a**
Depeche Mode
Talking Heads
The Cure
Talking Heads
The Cure
Spacehog
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr.
Fuel
Bush
Bush
AIC
At The Skylines
How big is this "alternative" tent? Is Nirvana allowed in? If so, they're #1.
Close #2 is Alice in Chains
Somewhere way down the list is Eddie Vedder, whining about how Pearl Jam could never be what Nirvana was.
for Tanya
Close #2 is Alice in Chains
Somewhere way down the list is Eddie Vedder, whining about how Pearl Jam could never be what Nirvana was.
for Tanya
superunknown said:
Three Doors Down
User name doesn't check out.
I was going to go with Soundgarden.
The question itself is difficult. You should probably define "Alternative". In my mind, "Alternative" music is different from "Alternative" Rock.
Is Alt Rock just a new type of rock that displaces the current mainstream for something different? Nirvana was "Alternative" to what was commercial, at the time. However, would you say any grunge band is Alt Rock?
Is Punk Alt Rock? From there, how far along would you go and still call it "Alt Rock"? The late 70's Punk? The underground punk of the 80's? The pop-punk of the early to mid 90's? I would say the true reign of "pop-punk" would be in the early 2000's. So was it "Alt Rock in the 70's, 80's, and 90's, but mainstream in the early 2000s?
Again, I am no way a purist on any of this. I just think it's an interesting conversation. My formative years were the late 90's and early 2000's, so I love that music. Even the stuff on the radio I didn't much care for is far superior to what passes for "Alt Rock" today.
That is Wikipedia. I don't know how we went from something like this to calling Three Doors Down "Alternative Rock". That was commercial rock of the early 2000's. Not hating on them at all, just making an observation.Quote:
Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock, or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial rock or pop 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.
Is Alt Rock just a new type of rock that displaces the current mainstream for something different? Nirvana was "Alternative" to what was commercial, at the time. However, would you say any grunge band is Alt Rock?
Is Punk Alt Rock? From there, how far along would you go and still call it "Alt Rock"? The late 70's Punk? The underground punk of the 80's? The pop-punk of the early to mid 90's? I would say the true reign of "pop-punk" would be in the early 2000's. So was it "Alt Rock in the 70's, 80's, and 90's, but mainstream in the early 2000s?
Again, I am no way a purist on any of this. I just think it's an interesting conversation. My formative years were the late 90's and early 2000's, so I love that music. Even the stuff on the radio I didn't much care for is far superior to what passes for "Alt Rock" today.
FAT SEXY said:
I know this is subjective and all... IMO, it's far and away Three Doors Down.
What say you, TexAgs.
Silence, music's original alternative
Goodnight Irene said:FAT SEXY said:
I know this is subjective and all... IMO, it's far and away Three Doors Down.
What say you, TexAgs.
Silence, music's original alternative
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superunknown said:
Three Doors Down
when i think of three doors down i immediately think of kryptonite.
ruddyduck said:superunknown said:
Three Doors Down
when i think of three doors down i immediately think of kryptonite.
this thread is incredible.
Frok said:mrmill3218 said:
Splender
Third Eye Blind
Stroke 9
Whoa, Stroke 9, forgot about them. How many people wanna kick some a**
I do! I do!
Stroke 9's Nasty Little Thoughts is absolutely brilliant from top to bottom.
You people are silly. The Pixies. EOT.
Three doors down is terrible, they are only alternative in the sense that they are a less sonically appealing option for people with functional ears.
Bands that are awesome that I'd also consider alternative music would be:
Radiohead
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Bands that are awesome that I'd also consider alternative music would be:
Radiohead
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Blink 182
Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Pop Poppins
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