Alternative music

Originally, the term alternative music was used to differentiate bands outside the mainstream, but it became a category of music all its own during the 1990s. It can also refer the music of indie rock bands. Alternative emphasizes lyrics and guitar, both acoustic and electric.

Some artists:

• The Ataris
• Barenaked Ladies
• Beck
• Blessed Union of Souls
• Counting Crows
• Green Day
• Hootie and the Blowfish
• Jane's Addiction
• Lit
• Long Beach Dub Allstars
• Matchbox Twenty[?]
• Dave Matthews
• Edwin McCain
• Shawn Mullins
• Nada Surf
• Nerf Herder
• New Found Glory
• The Offspring
• Protein
• Sheryl Crow
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• Sublime
• Sugar Ray
• Talking Heads
• 311
• Ween
• Weezer

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