Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alt-rock) is a genre of rock music that refers specifically to the punk/new wave-rooted style that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the early-mid 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. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Matchbox Twenty

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Today
MUTEMATH's Odd Soul Tour
MUTEMATH, Canon Blue
In the Venue
Salt Lake City UT, United States
40.764577 -111.907799

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The Swellers
You Me At Six, We Are The Ocean, Twin Atlantic
Troubadour
West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, United States
34.08151 -118.389272

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The Lemonheads The Spanish Moon
Baton Rouge LA, United States
30.437087 -91.185745

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The REDvolution Tour
Red, Thousand Foot Krutch, Manafest, Nine Lashes, Kiros
9:30 Club
Washington DC, United States
38.918039 -77.023632

3 going

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Andy Grammer
Ryan Star
Soul Kitchen
Mobile, AL., United States
30.691102 -88.043407
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Zappa Plays Zappa
Zappa Plays Zappa
The Rio Theatre
Santa Cruz, CA, San Jose CA, United States
36.979937 -122.010328

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