Alternative

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). Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Something Corporate

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Nov 24 Tuesday 24 November 2009
Saving Abel Red, Pop Evil, Teddy Porter	Ram's Head Baltimore MD, United States 39.284008 -76.604276	Add shout
Cancelled The Cranberries	The Fillmore Detroit Detroit, United States 42.337495 -83.052347	3 people attended 2 shouts
Pixies Jay Reatard	Hammerstein Ballroom New York NY, United States 40.752477 -73.994094	55 people attended 10 shouts
Class of 2009 Tour at Rams Head on Stage Saving Abel, Red, Pop Evil, Taddy Porter	Rams Head on Stage Annapolis, Maryland, United States 38.978337 -76.494595	Add shout
Boys Like Girls at Nokia Theatre, Times Square Boys Like Girls, Cobra Starship, The Maine, A Rocket To The Moon, VersaEmerge	Nokia Theatre,… New York City, New York, United States 40.757708 -73.985838	29 people attended 1 shout
Forever the Sickest Kids The Rocket Summer, Breathe Carolina, My Favorite Highway, Sing It Loud, Artist Vs. Poet	New Daisy Theatre Memphis, TN, Memphis, United States 35.139391 -90.050181	14 people attended 3 shouts

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GaBriieLa15 wrote:
Sunday evening

P.A.R.A.M.O.R.E

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yelyahwilliams wrote:
Sunday evening

P.A.R.A.M.O.R.E

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xSamuelOnlinex wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Greetings! We a rock group from Belarus - "Zdrada". We give to your attention our first demo which can be downloaded on http://letitbit.net/download/5387.a53be11096d237d19a178dd64/Zdrada___2_demo.rar.html In advance thanks for listening)

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alviladog wrote:
Wednesday morning

Jonzo67 wrote: I don't understand people's problem. Alternative = alternative to what is big in the mainstream. Bands like Muse and Radiohead are popular and have to comepte with all the mainstream pop/r&b in the charts - a.k.a. they are giving listeners of mainstream music an alternative to listen to. Innit. In case you haven't noticed, Radiohead is the biggest mainstream there is!

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noah_cj wrote:
12 days ago

Emergency Blanket, que buena banda....!!!

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HASYMO_T_U_01 wrote:
12 days ago

Drip-Dry Eyes has released a new song. I feel fresh. Please come listen to pop music electronic sound pleasant! http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1004332291

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KharBevNor wrote:
12 days ago

Band photo: Bloodhound Gang. Says it all, really.

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Bora-02 wrote:
13 days ago

what happens when alternative IS the mainstream [2]

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Red_Ryan wrote:
15 days ago

I agree wholeheartedly, both alternative and indie should cease to exsist!

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maquinadehuesos wrote:
15 days ago

Fake genre ... like indie

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jsnruf wrote:
15 days ago

Fake genre.

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AmenRock wrote:
17 days ago

IEverybody hurts.

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8bits_bmx wrote:
18 days ago

ХУИТА

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Jonzo67 wrote:
20 days ago

I don't understand people's problem. Alternative = alternative to what is big in the mainstream. Bands like Muse and Radiohead are popular and have to comepte with all the mainstream pop/r&b in the charts - a.k.a. they are giving listeners of mainstream music an alternative to listen to. Innit.

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tigerlil1 wrote:
21 days ago

Check out Grammy nominated Angela McCluskey’s BRILLIANT new album, You Could Start A Fight In An Empty House releasing Nov 23rd! 2009 and will be available on itunes and Amazon. One of the best female artists in the world! http://www.myspace.com/angelamccluskeymusic http://www.facebook.com/pages/Angela-McCluskey-music/10952918958

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Plummad wrote:
22 days ago

I guess the reason Placebo called themselve Alternative was because there lyrics and style were different to the rap-metal style that came about that they hated. But I agree; This genre is stupid and has always been stupid; even from the start with the so called "alternative clubs". Things called alternative are always better described as something else. It's just really elitist and/or pretentious to call a band alternative. [2]

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loccer wrote:
22 days ago

This genre is stupid and has always been stupid; even from the start with the so called "alternative clubs". Things called alternative are always better described as something else. It's just really elitist and/or pretentious to call a band alternative.

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PrettyInPunk123 wrote:
23 days ago

Coldplay and Tori Amos in 'alternative'. Music is dead. [3]

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ShitTits404 wrote:
last month

what happens when alternative IS the mainstream

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Wuarscht wrote:
last month

Alternativ isn't alternative anymore... How the hell Linkin Park is tagged as so and Muse or Placebo or Radiohead oO

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