"Alternative" is a nothing term for music, right?

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Board 8 » "Alternative" is a nothing term for music, right?
AdmittedFelon
04/16/2021
10:01 PM
#1
As in, you don't know what to expect the music to sound like. I know it encompasses popularity/origin. But it tells you nothing about what the sound is like, right?
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LeonhartFour
04/16/2021
10:02 PM
#2
It's something different.
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Solioxrz362
04/16/2021
10:37 PM
#3
Alternative rock can sound like a lot of different things, so I think you've got it right.
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CasanovaZelos
04/16/2021
10:47 PM
#4
Yeah, it's an umbrella term that has kinda just evolved to encompass modern rock that does not fit neatly into other categories.
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Xeybozn
04/16/2021
10:57 PM
#5
I'm not a music guy at all, but isn't almost all rock these days "alternative" in the sense that it's not really mainstream? Rock just isn't the dominant genre that needs that distinction anymore.
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ChainLTTP
04/16/2021
10:58 PM
#6
Yeah the common definition of alternative is basically any non-metal rock-based music from after the grunge era. It's a really awful term.
foolm0r0n
04/16/2021
11:04 PM
#7
Alt is anything that doesn't yet have a name. When it gets a name it stops being alt and something new becomes alt
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pjbasis
04/16/2021
11:14 PM
#8
It's music that's alternative of what you really wanna listen to.
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