Description of Alt/Punk
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Alt/Punk Key Artists
Canadian indie rock
up-and-comers who
combine horn and string
orchestrations with a
shouting choir of post-pu...
Not just one of the first
Hardcore bands ever, the
Bad Brains remain one of
the few all-black Punk
bands ever. Bad Brains sta...
Beck's post modern take on
beats, folk music and funk
has earned him both critical
and commercial success.
Beck's grandfather was a...
Cat Power is really Chan
Marshall, a troubled
troubadour with one of the
most cathartic voices ever
to grace Indie Rock. In Ch...
This British quartet's casual
dream pop melodies and
poetic lyrics have brought it
international stardom. The
band formed in 1997 at th...
With loops, jangly guitars,
and the occasional Farfisa,
DCFC craft a melodic
backdrop for Benjamin
Gibbard's cozy vocals. De...
Depeche Mode's romantic,
gloomy, synthetic pop has
made them one of the first
New Wave acts to find
arena-sized success. Tho...
The members of Fall Out
Boy started out in hardcore
punk bands before making
the move to something more
melodic. The band is nam...
Feist (not to be confused
with Faust) once played in a
punk band named Placebo
(not to be confused with
the British Placebo). She...
Foo Fighters members have
also played in the Germs,
Sunny Day Real Estate and
(of course) Nirvana. Foo
Fighters were named afte...
This Scottish quartet update
the early '80s post-punk
template with an air of
camp, polish and sleaze.
The original Franz Ferdina...
Champions of East Bay
pop-punk, Green Day's
mid-90s success helped
bring Punk briefly to the
forefront of the music ind...
New York's Interpol draw
heavily from the Gothic and
Post-Punk movements of the
early 1980s. Interpol's
atmospheric and moody s...
Trent Reznor brought
industrial-meets-metal
musical mayhem to the
mainstream in 1989 with the
album "Pretty Hate Machin...
In case you missed it,
Nirvana changed the entire
musical landscape in the
early '90s with their no-frills
Grunge. Childhood friend...
You know the story by
now: Mancunian brothers
start a band, set out to
become the biggest band in
Britain. And it works. For...
Polly Jean Harvey
continues to influence
musicians and serve as a
feminist role model with her
eerie blues aggression. PJ...
This next generation
punk-pop band teeters
between futuristic and
nostalgia with the use of
drum machines and accor...
R.E.M.'s jangling guitars,
mysterious-but-melodic
vocals and DIY touring
method pretty much
defined 1980s indie rock....
Radiohead are one of the
most revered bands of the
1990s and beyond. Quite a
change from their initial
one-hit wonder tag. Radio...
Alongside fellow L.A. band
Jane's Addiction, the Chili
Peppers proved influential
among modern rock and
metal groups. Original me...
Born out of the New York
no wave scene in 1981,
Sonic Youth grew into one
of the most successful art
rock bands in the world....
From angry three-chord
anthems to more thoughtful
riddim explorations, they
earned the title, "The Only
Band That Matters." Singer...
The Cure have been playing
mope rock for depressed
teens since 1976. Think of it
in terms of units of black
eyeliner sold. Originally c...
The Flaming Lips play
nasal-inflected indie rock
touched with psychedelia
and consistently
experimental sonic textur...
The Killers are a Las
Vegas-bred group whose
epic neo-post-punk rock is
marked by elements of style
and paranoia. The group...
Also known as Iggy and the
Stooges, this was the
greatest rock band ever
produced by the United
States. The Stooges forme...
Detroit duo whose love of
punk, blues, and piano-led
cabaret have made them
critical favorites. In 2000,
the White Stripes release...
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