Alternative rock
Alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie), the genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s

attribute, music genre, genre, musical concept, broadcast genre, radio show format

Origin of
Grunge music, shoegazing, Indie pop, post-rock, Britpop,  …
Origin
rock music, hard rock, Post-punk
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock
Class
music genre, genre, musical concept, radio show format, broadcast genre,  …
Examples
Ronnie Vannucci Jr., Mark Stoermer, The Killers, Flyleaf, Bernie Allen,  …
Implies
hard rock, Post-punk, Richard Watters
Related Websites
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:4464
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000132e5e"
Implied By
Geek rock, Indie rock, Grunge music, New Prog, shoegazing,  …
Uncommon Terms
"list of alternative rock genres"
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alternative_rock
Rare Terms
"the alternative", "the alternate music", "alternate music", "the alternative pop/rock", "alternative pop/rock",  …
Freebase Primary MID
"/m/016clz"
Aliases
"alternative rock music", "alternative rock"

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