Alternative rock emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. It differed from mainstream rock in style, with different guitar sounds, lyrics, and vocal delivery. Bands like R.E.M. helped popularize the genre in the 1980s. Grunge music, led by bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, further boosted alternative rock's popularity in the early 1990s despite rejecting commercialism. In the late 1990s and 2000s, bands like The Strokes and Franz Ferdinand drew from post-punk and new wave, influencing a new wave of alternative rock bands and finding commercial success that continued into the 2000s with groups like Muse, Foo Fighters

1. History of alternative
rock

2. Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged
from the independent music underground of the 1980s
and became widely popular by the 1990s. The
'alternative' definition refers to the genre's distinction
from mainstream rock music and how they simply had
a different style of music that wasn’t common at this
time. They varied from having different guitar sounds
and lyrics while the vocalist would sing in a different
way. At times, "alternative" has been used as a word
that refers music from underground rock artists that
receives mainstream recognition. It is seen to have
descended from originally being punk rock which was
popular around the 1990s where the music was made
with the same intentions of punk rock but ended up
having a different sound entirely.
Where did Alternative rock
originate

3. In the 1980's REM was making their start in alternative
rock music. Their commercial success started at about
the time that alternative started to really become
popular in the 1990's. The popularity of alternative rock
music came about after the grunge period. Grunge was
a type of alternative rock music that didn't conform
commercialism. This was ironic since it was this type of
music that helped to create the commercial success for
alternative rock music. Bands such as Pearl Jam,
Nirvana, Sound garden, and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
It can now be seen with modern artists such as The
kooks, the arctic monkeys, the all American rejects and
the killers etc. This genre is now becoming more well
know but instead as indie rock.
Development of Alt rock

4. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, several alternative
rock bands emerged, including The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand,
Interpol, The Rapture and Arctic Monkeys which are now very
popular today and play a major part in the music industry by
holding many top songs in the charts. These artists drew
primary inspiration from post-punk and new wave which
eventually lead to the come back or post-punk music. Which
can now be seen in bands such as The Strokes and The White
Stripes. Which caused many new alternative bands to
emerge such as Modest Mouse, The Killers, and Yeah Yeah
Yeahs, New artists that have now found commercial success
in the early and mid 2000s are artists such as U2, Muse, Foo
Fighters and Coldplay. As you can see Alt rock has had a
major affect on many new artist in the modern day. This
caused a new popularity of Alt rock to emerge which meant
that new artists could be found.
How has Alt rock changed music
today?