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TockTockTock · 11-21-2011, 05:37 PM

Well, when alternative rock arose in the 1980s, it was (originally) an alternative to all the synth-poppy/new wave music that was being released at the time. So, therefore, it's name made sense (at that point).

Also, I've always pondered about the idea that The Velvet Underground creating alternative rock in the 60s (twenty years before it technically came about). What do you guys think of this theory?

Freebase Dali · 11-21-2011, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

Well, when alternative rock arose in the 1980s, it was (originally) an alternative to all the synth-poppy/new wave music that was being released at the time. So, therefore, it's name made sense (at that point).

Also, I've always pondered about the idea that The Velvet Underground creating alternative rock in the 60s (twenty years before it technically came about). What do you guys think of this theory?

I'm not too knowledgeable about Alternative or its roots. I always sorta related it to Grunge, and most of the bands that came out in the mainstream during the '90s, as that's around the time I really had more radio influence, having lived in a pretty restrictively religious family.

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TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Well, when alternative rock arose in the 1980s, it was (originally) an alternative to all the synth-poppy/new wave music that was being released at the time. So, therefore, it's name made sense (at that point). Also, I've always pondered about the idea that The Velvet Underground creating alternative rock in the 60s (twenty years before it technically came about). What do you guys think of this theory?