Alternative Rock

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A flurry of British bands wish to do what?

'to get rid of grunge" and "declare war on America", taking the public and native music press by storm

What increased the diversity and prominence of alternative rock? What were some distinct styles?

1980s - magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth ----- noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze

When did the genre become popular enough to make a tour?

1989

What are other names for Alternative Rock?

Alternative Music, Alt-rock, or Alternative

The American alternative scene was dominated by what styles and when?

Alternative pop, noise rock, and industrial rock in the late 1980s

The New York Times declared what in 1993?

Alternative rock is not so alternative anymore. Every major label has a handful of guitar-driven bands in shapeless shirts and threadbare jeans

Who wrote "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and when?

Bauhaus in 1979

Who created the first Alternative songs chart and when?

Billboard on September 10, 1988

What helped Alternative Rock enter the musical mainstream?

Breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements

Who were some post-grunge bands?

Foo Fighters, Creed, and Nickelback

What was ska punk made of?

Mixture of earlier British ska and punk acts

What grunge bands found critical acclaim in the U.S. and U.K.?

Soundgarden and Mudhoney

What was post-rock established by?

Talk Talk's "Laughing Stock" and Slint's "Spiderland" albums both released in 1991

Neil Strauss was of what thing?

The New York Times

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, what alternative rock bands emerged?

The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, The Rapture

Who experienced a notable rise in popularity during the latter half of the 2000s?

Thirty Seconds to Mars

Who were American indie record labels?

Twin/Tone Records, Touch and Go Records, and Dischord Records

Throughout the 1980s, alternative rock remained mainly a what?

Underground phenomenon

Indie Rock became what?

a distinct form following the popular breakthrough of Nirvana

What did Gothic Rock utilize?

a synthesizer-and-guitar based sound drawn from post-punk to construct "foreboding, sorrowful, often epic soundscapes"

What influenced the decline of Alternative Rock at the end of the decade?

death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in 1994 and Pearl Jam's lawsuit against concert venue promoter "Ticketmaster"

In 1979, what did Terry Tolkin used the term Alternative Music for?

describe the groups he was writing about

What was grunge music?

featured a sludgy, murky, guitar sound that synthesized heavy metal and punk rock

What was Indie Rock?

formulated as a rejection of both alternative rock's absorption into the mainstream by artists who could not or refused to cross over, and a wariness of its "macho" aesthetic

The new emo had what?

much more mainstream sound than in the 1990s and a far greater appeal amongst adolescents than its earlier incarnations

What were the common music industry terms for cutting edge music called?

new music / postmodern

Usage of the term "Alternative", broadened to include what?

new wave, pop, punk rock, post-punk, and college/indie rock (all found on the American "commercial alternative" radio stations)

What did Nirvana's "Nevermind" Album do?

not only popularized grunge but also established "the cultural and commercial availability of alternative rock in general

During late 1990's, what was grunge replaced by?

post-grunge

According to Jim Gerr, Alternative encompassed what variants?

rap, trash, metal, and industrial

Alternative has been largely defined by its what?

rejection of the commercialism of mainstream culture

Pearl Jam did what?

releases its debut album "Ten", a month before "Nevermind" in 1991 but album sales didn't pick up until a year later.

What is math rock?

similar to post-rock but was more "rockist" amd relies on complex time signatures and intertwining phrases

What is Alternative Rock?

style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s

Dischord Records became the center for what?

the city's emo scene

Alternative can describe music that challenges what?

the status quo and that is "fiercely iconoclastic, anti commercial, and anti mainstream"

Alternative rock lyrics tend to address topics of what?

topics of social concern, such as drug use, depression suicide, and environmentalism

What was the term college rock used for?

used in the US to describe music during the 1980s due to its link to the college radio

What single is considered to be the proper start of Gothic Rock genre

"Bela Lugosi's Dead"

Gothic Rock had a reputation of what?

"darkest and gloomiest form of underground rock"

In 1997, Neil Strauss defined alternative music as what?

"hard edged rock distinguished by brittle, 70s inspired guitar riffing and singers agonizing over their problems until they take on epic proportions"

Who was included on the tour when the genre became popular enough?

New Order, Public Image Limited, and the Sugarcubes toured the US arena circuit

The breakthrough success of what band led to the widespread popularization of alternative rock in the 1990s?

Nirvana

Who wrote "Smells Like Teen Spirit"and when? What other importance was it?

Nirvana, 1991, and it marked the instigation of the grunge music phenomenon

What groups dominated the American indie scene for most of the 1990s?

Pavement, Superchunk, Fugazi, and Sleater-Kinney

What was the first number one song?

Peek-a-boo by Siouxsie and the Banshees

When did Alternative Music enter the musical mainstream?

1990s

What laid the groundwork for alternative music?

DIY ethos of punk rock - - late 1970s

Who founded Dischord Records?

Former Minor "Threat" singer, Ian Mackaye

In the Wake of Nevermind, alternative rock what?

Found itself dragged-kicking and screaming into the mainstream and record companies

Who played a huge role in convincing the underground that melody and punk rock weren't antithetical

Husker Du

Alternative rock is a wide term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of what?

Its sound, social context, and regional roots

Who were major labels actively courted bands?

Jane's Addiction, Red Hot, Chili Peppers, Dinosaur Jr, Firehose, and Nirvana

Who wrote that "Alternative" encompassed varians such as rap, trash, metal, and industrial?

Journalist Jim Gerr

In 1979, what radio station had a late night new wave show entitled "Rock and Roll Alternative"?

KZEW

What genres does post-rock get its influence from?

Krautrock, progressive rock, and jazz

What was a signifier of Alternative Rock's decline?

Lollapalooza festival failed attempt to find a headliner act in 1998

What was the key British alternative rock band to emerge during the 1980s?

Manchester's The Smiths

What record labels dominated the American indie scene for most of the 1990s?

Matador Records, Merge Records, and Dischord

What band was the most immediately successful and what was their debut album?

R.E.M. with "Murmur" in 1983

What American rock band entered a new-found popularity in 1999?

Red Hot Chili Peppers

What band was described as the first "emo" band?

Rites of Spring

Where did the Grunge genre emerge?

Seattle Washington

Who singled out The Smiths and their contemporaries R.E.M. as "the two most important alternative rock bands of the day"?

Simon Reynolds

Who wrote Siamese Dream and when?

Smashing Pumpkins and 1993

Who was the first person to use the term Alternative Music?

Terry Tolkin

What early american alternative bands combined punk influences with folk music and mainstream music influences

The Dream Syndicate, R.E.M, The Feelies, and Violent Femmes

What did Twin/Tone Records, Touch and Go Records, and Dischord Records preside over?

The shift from the hardcore punk that then dominated the American underground scene to the more diverse styles of alternative rock that were emerging

Alternative rock during the 1980s was mostly featured on what?

independent record radios, fanzines, and college radio stations

What did the use of the term "emo" expand to?

it became associated with fashion, a hairstyle and any music that expressed emotion

Out of Washington D.C.'s hardcore scene which was called emocore or emo emerged and was noted for what?

its lyrics which delved into the emotional very personal subject matter(vocalists sometimes cried) and added free association poetry

When did Alternative Rock become widely popular?

late 1990's

Where did Gothic Rock develop from?

late-1970s British post-punk

What did Gothic Rock's Lyrics address?

literacy romanticism, morbidity, religious symbolism, and supernatural mysticism

What was one of the main indie rock movements of the 1990s?

lo-fi

When did the term "alternative" describing rock music originate?

mid-1980s


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