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   Why did alternative rock become so popular?

   • Alternative rockers had intended to make music for themselves; in the end, the movement created the sound of a resentful and distressed generation. Alternative rock, pop music style, built on distorted guitars and rooted in generational discontent, that dominated and changed rock between 1991 and 1996.

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   When did alternative rock start?

   • alternative rock, pop music style, built on distorted guitars and rooted in generational discontent, that dominated and changed rock between 1991 and 1996. It burst into the mainstream when “ Smells Like Teen Spirit ”—the first major-label single from Nirvana, a trio based in Seattle, Washington, U.S.—became a national hit.

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   What kind of music did alternative rockers like?

   • Whether the richly accessible melodies of the Beatles or the free jams of Led Zeppelin, all music seemed conventional to alternative rockers. They yearned for something different, something apart from what was too accurately called, by the mid-1980s, classic rock.

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   When were alternative rockers born?

   • Ironically, most alternative rockers were born between the late 1950s and late ’60s and grew up during the ’70s amid the head-spinning studio refinement and growing social acceptance of the earliest rock music.

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   Did alternative rockers really look for inspiration?

   • On the face of it, their deduction seemed reasonable. Alternative rockers, after all, looked for inspiration to an earlier generation of cranky stylists in the United States and Britain.

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   Are alternative rock bands based on Led Zeppelin?

   • No matter how loudly some alternative rockers professed to despise the classic rock that preceded them, bands such as Soundgarden and Screaming Trees did in fact echo their childhood memories of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.

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   Jun 16, 2024 · At 36 minutes long and made up of 11 songs, the album is an accessible collection of indie/pop/rock hybrids, drawing on 1990s alternative and 2010s indie pop rock, clearly blending the era they grew up in with the musically illustrious decade that came before them.

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   Jun 18, 2024 · alternative rock, pop music style, built on distorted guitars and rooted in generational discontent, that dominated and changed rock between 1991 and 1996. It burst into the mainstream when “ Smells Like Teen Spirit ”—the first major-label single from Nirvana, a trio based in Seattle, Washington, U.S.—became a national hit.

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    5 days ago · Chart of the most popular and best selling new alternative rock songs on the iTunes alternative chart. For a song to be listed below it must have a release date no older than two weeks from the current date and it must rank among the top 200 best selling alternative songs.