Alternative music embodies a different musical approach and a "anything other than" philosophy to the status quo in the rock and roll. This movement in music have existed in other forms over the years. Punk, was for example arguably a precursor of what later developed as alternative music. The basic idea of Punk Rock was to be antiestablishment. Punk deliberately produced a different sound than Rock at the time, using different chords, more distortion, more feedback and a real irreverent in your face approach at once prevailed in rock and roll, but has long since disappeared Rock became mainstream. When jordfald in mainstream and complacency begins, a movement inevitably occurs that says "I am tired of this ... we need something new, anything other than what we have now". And just as the new music begins.
Yes, the term "Alternative Music" pretty much what it sounds like: a different sound to it, you hear in mainstream rock and roll. Now try to define mainstream rock and roll a bit like trying to lick the bottom inside of a beer bottle. Just think of the music you hear on your local classic rock type radio station, and it is basically mainstream rock and roll music.Bands such as REM probably came on the music scene as an alternative, as their sound and attitude was a break from the classic rock "behemoths" of bands such as Boston, Kansas and other bands in this epoch, which is not named after cities or States. the early 90 's saw also a plethora of alternative bands such as Seattle biggies Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains.
College radio has proved to be a breeding ground for discovering new music.Professional music radio stations are saddled with the burden of playback of popular music to remain popular with listeners and advertisers so that they can continue making bazillions of dollars in advertising revenues. College radio does not have this burden, so music selections can come from a more liberal selection, and not just the most recent Maroon 5 hit. Bands such as REM have expressed their appreciation of College radio, as it gave them and alternative music, a considerable boost.
The idea of alternative music is music and bands, not there in the mainstream. Wellllll what happens when a band is becoming so popular that it is MAINSTREAM? Ahh, the classic dilemma.The debates rage on among the fan boys everywhere: "I liked X band when before they were popular," and so on. REM that great and original as they are, were gradually a mainstream band from their very life.This is not to say each band that become mainstream suffer a decline.I just like to point out that alternative music in its essence is different than music, which is widely accepted, aka POP.
The genre of alternative music is currently difficult to define. the wave that began in the early 1990s has placed and has left behind a mass of carbon copies in its aftermath. the only thing to do now is to wait for the next big wave in music to come and give us once again what can only be described as "Alternative Music".
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