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Alternative Rock

Alternative rock is everything that grew up outside the mainstream and then took it over: college radio, grunge, post-punk and every loud, odd band in between. Dig through Alternative Rock at Apocalypse Vinyl on vinyl, CD and cassette, from the 80s underground to this year's records.

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About Alternative Rock

Alternative rock started as a catch-all for bands working outside the major-label mainstream in the 1980s: R.E.M., the Cure, the Smiths and Morrissey, Pixies and the college-radio scene. In the early 1990s Nirvana and the Seattle bands blew it wide open, and alternative became the mainstream for a decade, through the Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Bush and many more.

It is a big tent by design: post-punk, new wave, grunge, shoegaze, nu metal and today's genre-blurring artists like Cigarettes After Sex, Mac DeMarco and Malcolm Todd all sit under it.

Collecting Alternative Rock

Many 90s alternative albums were released when CDs dominated, so their original vinyl pressings were small and are now pricey; most have since been reissued, often for anniversaries with bonus tracks. Contemporary alternative artists release heavily on vinyl with multiple color variants and store exclusives.

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