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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
The first bands to earn the nomenclature "alternative" bands were American, not British, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Sonic Youth, REM, Fugazi (not to mention king of all cosmos Nirvana) were all American acts centric to the beginnings of "alternative" music.
I absolutely hate the term, though.
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You misunderstand my meaning. Yes, the term is American in origin. What I meant is that I resent how it was later hijacked by the media in the light of post-grunge.
I think it's a perfectly good term to use in reference to underground/independent rock music - the meaning would in that case be accurate - "alternative" to the manufactured, mass-produced popular stuff in the mainstream.