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Alternative in terms of music is defined as any type of music altering from the mainstream music, however there is a distinguishable style of music generally called Alternative rock (also alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the United Kingdom as indie). It is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. The term “alternative” was coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that did not fit into the mainstream genres of the time. As a musical genre, alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as grunge, britpop, gothic rock, and indie pop. These genres are unified by their collective debt to the style and/or ethos of punk, which laid the groundwork for alternative music in the 1970s.

Though the genre is considered to be rock, some of its subgenres are influenced by folk music, reggae, electronic music and jazz among other genres. At times alternative rock has been used as a catch-all phrase for rock music from underground artists in the 1980s, all music descended from punk rock (including punk itself, new wave, and post-punk), and, ironically, for rock music in general in the 1990s and 2000s.

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July 2008
Tomorrow (Friday 25 July 2008)
Dave Matthews Band Ingrid Michaelson	Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis, United States	13 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Saturday 26 July 2008
Dave Matthews Band Ingrid Michaelson	Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis, United States	8 people attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Tuesday 29 July 2008
Foo Fighters Supergrass	Izod Center East Rutherford, New York, United States	33 people attending 4 shouts
Dave Matthews Band Ingrid Michaelson	Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus, United States	6 people attending 1 shout Buy Tickets
Wednesday 30 July 2008
Dave Matthews Band Ingrid Michaelson	Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, Cleveland, United States	12 people attending 2 shouts Buy Tickets
August 2008
Friday 1 August 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 at Grant Park Radiohead, Bloc Party, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West, Iron & Wine, Cat Power, Gnarls Barkley	Grant Park Chicago, United States	1,661 people attending 7,386 shouts Buy Tickets

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Amour_Noir wrote:
10 hours ago

ass

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VGoRiLLaZ wrote:
yesterday morning

Red Hot Chili Peppers are alternative?! Yeah, right >_>

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brits_hu wrote:
yesterday evening

everything is alternative today.

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Igor_Andric wrote:
yesterday evening

That's the fuckin truth, like Coldplay, RHCP... Think last Coldplay's album is more commercial than any before

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Vojtare wrote:
Tuesday evening

It's a bit ironic though, that half of the top artists from alternative can be also found in mainstream :>]

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xlephierprime wrote:
Tuesday morning

ok this is just fucking stupid. a shoutbox for tags? that's odd, but ok. a description for tags? that's a bit pointless, but if you insist. but! try editing the description. there's a shoutbox for the description. that is where i draw the fucking line! what IS this?! will ANYONE EVER USE THE SHOUTBOX FOR THE WIKI EDITOR FOR A TAG?! (no, they won't.)

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Angelloo wrote:
Tuesday morning

That's the stupidest tag I've ever seen.If You dunno how to tag something,tag it 'alternative' or 'emo'.

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xiempiethps wrote:
Monday evening

eey finally a shoutbox for tags :D

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Faithless_Heart wrote:
Monday evening

shit :DD 80s hair metal rulzzz

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CherFanGay wrote:
Monday morning

suck :D

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0k0k0k0 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

ew

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handmeups wrote:
Saturday morning

Coldplay

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skinnydrifter wrote:
Friday afternoon

lol

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deauthorized wrote:
22 days ago

fuck.

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