Rock branch
Alternative rock
Rock › Alternative rock
- Emerged
- 1985
- Origin
- USA / United Kingdom
- Subgenres
- 11
An umbrella for everything that grew outside commercial radio and then conquered it. Defined originally by the college-radio network, not by any one sound.
- Heaviness
- 4
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 8
Key acts
- R.E.M.
- Pixies
- Nirvana
- Radiohead