Back روك بديل Arabic روك بديل ARZ Rock alternativu AST Alternativ rok Azerbaijani Альтэрнатыўны рок Byelorussian Альтэрнатыўны рок BE-X-OLD Алтернативен рок Bulgarian অল্টারনেটিভ রক Bengali/Bangla Alternativni rok BS Rock alternatiu Catalan
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| Cultural origins | Late 1970s to early 1980s, United Kingdom and United States |
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Alternative rock is a type of rock music that started between 1979-1981 and popular by the early 1990s rock is made up of various subgenres that have come out of the indie music scene since the 1980s, such as grunge, indie rock, Britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop.
These genres are sorted by their collective types of punk, which laid the groundwork for alternative music in the 1970s.[1]
Examples of alternative rock bands include R.E.M., Nirvana, Radiohead, Oasis, Coldplay, and Imagine Dragons.
- ↑ di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise--The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". Guitar World. December 1995.