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Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community
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Alternative Nation : The Fediverse's largest alternative and indie music community! All things alternative music, from 80s college rock to today's indie and all the amazing alternative music in between. Welcome home, music nerds!
Some of y'all may remember MTV's Alternative Nation or 120 Minutes, awesome programs & incredible ways to discover #music back in the 80s & 90s...
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Definitely aging myself.
I don't even recall the genre alternative being used at the time. This I consider closest to what became considered alternative from my pre-teen years.
Depeche Mode - People are People
for me, it was called “college rock” first before “modern rock” and “alternative” came into play.
I remember people using new wave mostly when referring to the bands of the time that didn't fit into the standard genres. But, I was a kid and growing up way out in the middle of nowhere. Which means there was a lot I simply didn't know at the time. Now I am older, grayer, and still don't know much of anything.
Ah yes! “New Wave”! Good stuff. Mainstream definitely pulled from it after a few minor hits. It’s definitely a grey definition, you can almost feel it when it’s not built for the Top 40, eh? It’s like porn, “I don’t know how to define it but I know it when I see it” lol