(08-24-2013 10:01 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I'm not even 100% sure of what alternative music is.

And the bands nominated in this thread aren't much help in figuring that out.

(08-24-2013 10:03 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(08-24-2013 10:01 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I'm not even 100% sure of what alternative music is.

And the bands nominated in this thread aren't much help in figuring that out.

I've listened to a good number of them before, but none of them have much in common except they were all played by my annoying ass shipmates.

(08-24-2013 10:01 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I'm not even 100% sure of what alternative music is.

WPDOG evidently is the expert this. I seems to be music that those with a good ear and are frustrated musicians like. My opinion is irrelevant on this.

No one has listed REM?

Considered by most to be the original alternative band.

Rise Against.
Billy Talent.

All-time:
-The Cult
-The Smiths
-Offspring
-Violent Femmes
-The Clash
-The Cure
-Depeche Mode
-The Police
-REM

More current bands:
-Muse
-Silversun Pickups
-Blur
-Weezer
-Radiohead