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alt-rock

/ 蓴藧濒迟 /

noun

  1. a genre of rock music regarded by its practitioners and fans as being outside the mainstream
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of alt-rock1

C20: from alt ( ernative ) + rock
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Rzeznik: It wound up working in our favor, but we didn鈥檛 fit into the grunge thing, we didn鈥檛 fit into the alt-rock thing, we didn鈥檛 fit into mainstream music.

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When Weezer was announced last weekend as a surprise addition to this year鈥檚 Coachella lineup, few likely predicted that the veteran alt-rock band鈥檚 set would be among the festival鈥檚 most closely watched.

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She married Scott Shriner in 2005, two years before he joined Weezer, the US band known for skewed alt-rock anthems such as Buddy Holly and Hash Pipe.

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Jimmy Eat World has consistently put out impeccable power pop for 30-plus years, with 鈥淐larity鈥 and 鈥淏leed American鈥 among the best alt-rock records released in that time frame.

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Yet that self-titled LP went on to become a quintuple-platinum smash, spawning late-鈥90s alt-rock radio staples like 鈥淲hat I Got,鈥 鈥淪anteria鈥 and 鈥淲rong Way.鈥

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