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Alternative Rock genre — history, bands and artists
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Alternative Rock concerts in Spain
Upcoming Alternative Rock concerts: one card per artist, the rest of their dates on the artist page
Geography of Alternative Rock
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Alternative Rock
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1997OK ComputerRadiohead
2007In RainbowsRadiohead
2005Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m NotArctic Monkeys
1999CalifornicationRed Hot Chili Peppers
1999Hooray for BoobiesBloodhound Gang
2002By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
New in Alternative Rock
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026trentemøllerTrentemøller
2026I Built This Prison MyselfChastity
2026It was only a dreamAmira Elfeky
2026Contingency ProtocolTechnetium
Alternative Rock by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Alternative Rock by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Alternative Rock
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
3 Doors Down
4 Non Blondes- Alanis Morissette
- Alice in Chains
Arctic Monkeys- Avril Lavigne
- Beck
Blur- Coldplay
Counting Crows
Crowded House
Faith No More
Fall Out Boy- Florence + the Machine
Foo Fighters
Garbage- George Ezra
- Goo Goo Dolls
Gorillaz- Hozier
- Imagine Dragons
Keane
Kings of Leon- Lana Del Rey
Live
Midnight Oil- Muse
- NEFFEX
New Order
Nickelback- Nirvana
Oasis- Pearl Jam
Placebo
Queens of the Stone Age
R.E.M.- Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Robbie Williams
Shinedown- Snow Patrol
Soda Stereo
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Soundgarden
Stone Temple Pilots
Texas
The Cardigans
The Cranberries
The Cure
The Kid LAROI- The Killers
- The Script
- The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
The Strokes
The Verve
Train- twenty one pilots
U2- Weezer
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Alternative Rock is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Alternative Rock originated
Parent genre
Alternative Rock is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Alternative Rock