Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre. Defining acts include Shakira, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Queen and John Lennon, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Alternative rock grew out of Pop, Rock, garage punk, Midwest emo and garage psych. It sits close to popcorn, British rhythm and blues, folk rock, hard rock and experimental rock, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into jangle pop, Britpop, Indie rock, Emo and emo pop, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 67 connections around Alternative rock. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Alternative rock came from and where it led.
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Alternative rock connections
Alternative rock grew out of Pop, Rock, garage punk and Midwest emo, shares an orbit with popcorn, British rhythm and blues, folk rock and hard rock, went on to shape jangle pop, Britpop, Indie rock and Emo. 67 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
What influenced Alternative rock
Sounds and acts that shaped Alternative rock.
Genres similar to Alternative rock
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Alternative rock.
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- British rhythm and bluesgenre
- folk rockgenre
- hard rockgenre
- experimental rockgenre
- pop-punkgenre
- bubblegum musicgenre
- piano rockgenre
- dancehall popgenre
- country rockgenre
- ethnic popgenre
- Shibuya-keigenre
- smooth reggaegenre
- rap rockgenre
- tango rockgenre
- rock and rollgenre
- blues rockgenre
- progggenre
- worldbeatgenre
- pop rapgenre
- pop urbainegenre
- blue-eyed soulgenre
- kayōkyokugenre
- quiet stormgenre
- ambient popgenre
- electronic popgenre
- gritpopgenre
- experimental popgenre
- pop soulgenre
- flamenco popgenre
- electronic rockgenre
- Latin rockgenre
- Contemporary R&Bgenre
- Psychedelic rockgenre
- Progressive rockgenre
- Latin popgenre
- Dance-popgenre
- Country popgenre
- Garage rockgenre
- Rapgenre
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