I mean it makes sense to have a name for it since there is a line of influences for it starting with The Fugs, Captain Beefheart, VU, The Stooges, art rock, krautrock, punk, etc. Those might have a certain amount of influence in mainstream rock but alt rock is defined by them.
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Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien
There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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