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Title: What is alternative music


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What is alternative music?
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REVIEW
  • UNIT 1 BACKGROUND AND ORIGINS
  • UNIT 2 JAZZ, TPA, HILLBILLY, RACE
  • UNIT 3 ROCK N ROLL
  • UNIT 4 FRAGMENTATION

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LATE 20TH CENTURY
  • INSIDER
  • ADULT CONTEMPORARY
  • DISCO
  • SOFT ROCK
  • POP
  • NASHVILLE/BAKERS-FIELD
  • OUTSIDER
  • PUNK
  • NEW WAVE
  • GRUNGE
  • ALTERNATIVE
  • PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY (AUSTIN)

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  • Alternative music is a reaction against the
    mainstreaming of rock, embracing the roots of
    rock as rebellion
  • Every successful revolution ends in the
    institutionalization of what was revolutionary

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FOUR ALTERNATIVES
  • Grunge - evolution of punk/heavy metal
  • DK - reaction against commercialism
  • Feminism - reaction against misogyny of
    mainstream
  • World - embracement of non-western cultures

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Nirvana
  • Smells Like Teen Spirit
  • Pop song modeled on the Pixies
  • Grunge

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Women in Alternative Music
  • Lauryn Hill
  • k.d. lang
  • Ani DiFranco

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World Music
  • Nusrat Fatah Ali Kahn
  • Ali Farka Toure
  • Rye Cooder
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