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1 day ago · IV. The Legacy of 1990s Alternative Rock. The 1990s alternative rock boom had a lasting impact on the music industry, influencing countless bands and shaping the sound of rock music for years to come. The success of alternative rock bands during this decade demonstrated that there was a substantial audience for music that diverged from ...
3 days ago · : 357–58 By January 1988, Document had become the group's first album to sell a million copies.: 157 In light of the band's breakthrough, the December 1987 cover of Rolling Stone declared R.E.M. "America's Best Rock & Roll Band".: 163 1988–1997: International breakout and alternative rock stardom
2 days ago · Rock. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3] It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from ...
3 days ago · Over the same quarter-century, academic writing on rock became a growing field. 52 Popular music studies developed from the sociology merged with early pop (challenging rock) criticism of Simon Frith and the legacy of Birmingham Centre cultural studies, including minstrelsy rethinker Eric Lott, rock postmodernist Lawrence Grossberg, mod subculturalist Dick Hebdige, black diaspora theorist Paul Gilroy, pop modernist Iain Chambers, girls subculturalist Angela McRobbie, clubculturalist Sarah ...
4 days ago · This is a list of alternative rock artists. Bands are listed alphabetically by the first letter in their name (not including "The"), and individuals are listed by the first name. Bands are listed alphabetically by the first letter in their name (not including "The"), and individuals are listed by the first name.
4 days ago · Lollapalooza, annual Chicago rock festival that features dozens of hip-hop, techno, and alternative rock performers over a four-day period. Lollapalooza was begun in 1991 by Jane’s Addiction leader Perry Farrell as a multicity venue for his band’s farewell tour. Farrell claimed that he chose the festival’s name—an archaic word meaning ...
5 days ago · Jagger told a newspaper back in 1962 that they didn’t want to be known as “a rock’n’roll outfit,” but by the time they played their celebrated Hyde Park gig in 1969, they were being ...
