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Originally Posted by ProggyMan
And phsychedelia, and pop...Alt Rock nevver struck as a truly viable genre. And it's obviously not pure rock. Funk-Rock is their actual genre.
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Alt Rock didn't? ROCK didn't. "Rock" as a general term has absolutely no distinguishing stylistic criteria. "Rock" doesn't tell you what instruments will be used, what vocal style, what time signature/beat, or anything else. Terms like Rock, Punk, Hip-Hop and Country have a lot more to do with cultural associations than firm stylistic grounds. You can say that the Chilis are not a prototypical rock band. But by association and cultural standing, they most definitely qualify as "rock".