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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.
How is alternative rock different?
Though it is a sub genre, the two musical forms have several differences. Rock can be called as a classical form of music and Alternative is only a variation of this classical form. ... Alternative music was influenced by the Rock music itself and its other genres like Hardcore punk, Punk Rock, New Wave and Post Punk.
Is punk rock and alternative rock the same thing?
Alternative rock earned its name because in the past it didn't fit in any genre, if you know the history of punk rock you know that it all started with 'garage bands', keeping that in mind, you can say that alternative rock is a descendant of punk rock because of the audiences back then who were mostly college students ...
