What is alternative music

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What is alternative music?
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REVIEW

• UNIT 1 BACKGROUND AND ORIGINS
• UNIT 2 JAZZ, TPA, HILLBILLY, RACE
• UNIT 3 ROCK N ROLL
• UNIT 4 FRAGMENTATION

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LATE 20TH CENTURY

• INSIDER
• ADULT CONTEMPORARY
• DISCO
• SOFT ROCK
• POP
• NASHVILLE/BAKERS-FIELD

• OUTSIDER
• PUNK
• NEW WAVE
• GRUNGE
• ALTERNATIVE
• PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY (AUSTIN)

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• Alternative music is a reaction against the
  mainstreaming of rock, embracing the roots of
  rock as rebellion
• Every successful revolution ends in the
  institutionalization of what was revolutionary

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FOUR ALTERNATIVES

• Grunge - evolution of punk/heavy metal
• DK - reaction against commercialism
• Feminism - reaction against misogyny of
  mainstream
• World - embracement of non-western cultures

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Nirvana

• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Pop song modeled on the Pixies
• Grunge

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Women in Alternative Music

• Lauryn Hill
• k.d. lang
• Ani DiFranco

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World Music

• Nusrat Fatah Ali Kahn
• Ali Farka Toure
• Rye Cooder