Alternative music

[deezy weezy]

the term "alternative" is thrown around all over the place when it comes to describing music
and i can see why cuz it is such a broad term...
so tell me...does "alternative" have a definitive sound?
or is it just a term for bands that don't fit under anything else?

[x togepi x]

alternative is merely a term used by the record companies to make certain corporate bands seem somehow different than other corporate bands.

it kind of had meaning in the 80s and early 90s, but not really.

[rosieh93]

yea i dont really know
thanks for asking this.. but not many people seem to be interested in explain it.. ill hav to sit and wait :(

[SickOfStars]

the term originated when Chris Farley's girdle snapped during the filming of "Tommy Boy." Ever since, "Alternative" has been used to describe bands that were inspired by that very moment (televised numerous times in a documentary about the film.) Since its creation, people have tried to claim that the term implies that the artists under that category serve as a sort of "alternative" to corporate pop music.
While it's easy to see why that mistake is made (they are the same word after all), anyone trying to make that claim is inevitably wrong, and should look up their film/music history.

NOTE: The term is now considered taboo due to Mr. Farley's tragic death a few years ago. If anyone uses the word "alternative," it is almost always considered to be in bad taste.

[Scott Pippen]

the term "alternative" is thrown around all over the place when it comes to describing music
and i can see why cuz it is such a broad term...
so tell me...does "alternative" have a definitive sound?
or is it just a term for bands that don't fit under anything else?

yeah man like, i dunno how people are calling everything 'alt rock' when so much of it is obviously like post-chair or like, post-nails. everyone besides godsmack these days is totally bogus. no one's keeping it real in alt rock anymore. everyone's like so fake. one time i saw sevendust before they got signed and everything. so good. so fucking good....

[MIKEY_HORROR]

yeah man like, i dunno how people are calling everything 'alt rock' when so much of it is obviously like post-chair or like, post-nails. everyone besides godsmack these days is totally bogus. no one's keeping it real in alt rock anymore. everyone's like so fake. one time i saw sevendust before they got signed and everything. so good. so fucking good....

haha... HEY! no sevendust jokes...i used to love them!!

Bitch was a killer song

[AEast317]

i consider bands like godsmack to be alternative.

[Scott Pippen]

haha... HEY! no sevendust jokes...i used to love them!!

Bitch was a killer song

dude this one time i saw sevendust with stabbing westward in phoenix...such a good show. so fucking good.

[MIKEY_HORROR]

dude this one time i saw sevendust with stabbing westward in phoenix...such a good show. so fucking good.


haha..thats better..weather your joking or not...

and i saw them once with Il Nino~ ... which was also a good show..

although i havent listened to them in like 4-5 years..and forgot about them until you posted that

[x togepi x]

yeah man like, i dunno how people are calling everything 'alt rock' when so much of it is obviously like post-chair or like, post-nails. everyone besides godsmack these days is totally bogus. no one's keeping it real in alt rock anymore. everyone's like so fake. one time i saw sevendust before they got signed and everything. so good. so fucking good....

people that talk like this have no idea how genres work.

[Scott Pippen]

people that talk like this have no idea how genres work.

:cat:

[The Revisionist]

As worthless of a genre name as the e-word.

[Wobbie]

the term originated when Chris Farley's girdle snapped during the filming of "Tommy Boy." Ever since, "Alternative" has been used to describe bands that were inspired by that very moment (televised numerous times in a documentary about the film.) Since its creation, people have tried to claim that the term implies that the artists under that category serve as a sort of "alternative" to corporate pop music.
While it's easy to see why that mistake is made (they are the same word after all), anyone trying to make that claim is inevitably wrong, and should look up their film/music history.

NOTE: The term is now considered taboo due to Mr. Farley's tragic death a few years ago. If anyone uses the word "alternative," it is almost always considered to be in bad taste.

Hahaha. I love you, man :-D

[GoLdEn StArR]

i heard that the term 'indie' means 'underground', and the term 'alternative' simply means 'mainstream'.

makes sense to me.

[Wobbie]

i heard that the term 'indie' means 'underground', and the term 'alternative' simply means 'mainstream'.
makes sense to me.

How does that make any sense whatsoever?

Indie means Independant. Alternative means different than the norm.

And stop posting in red. It's annoying.

[Brokenhill]

I always related alternative to maintream...lol

Alternative is very broad, it seems almost any *rock* band can be labeled alternative.

[xJangsterrx]

Wikipedia it (alternative) if you really want to know what the "true" meaning is.

I agree w/A Fatal Goodbye though, i've always thought of alternative & mainstream as the same because now a days, just about every "rock" band is put into the alternative genre

[Brokenhill]

Whoa I was totally expecting an opposing response to my input.

[Brokenhill]

I disagreed.




somewhat predictably.


To what?

[Mickiis12]

the term originated when Chris Farley's girdle snapped during the filming of "Tommy Boy." Ever since, "Alternative" has been used to describe bands that were inspired by that very moment (televised numerous times in a documentary about the film.) Since its creation, people have tried to claim that the term implies that the artists under that category serve as a sort of "alternative" to corporate pop music.
While it's easy to see why that mistake is made (they are the same word after all), anyone trying to make that claim is inevitably wrong, and should look up their film/music history.

NOTE: The term is now considered taboo due to Mr. Farley's tragic death a few years ago. If anyone uses the word "alternative," it is almost always considered to be in bad taste.


You always have an answer, for like everything

[Andrew_Murphy]

Genre's in general just suck today, look at myspace and you will know what I mean. A genre for each and every specific sound and half the bands don't even apply to the true meaning of the genre. I just wish that one day we can drop all these "-core"s and "-o"s and just get back to the basics.

[CrazyRockGirl]

Alternative bands of the 90's and today-Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World

[SickOfStars]

You always have an answer, for like everything

too bad it's almost always tongue-in-cheek