alt-rock

See also: alt rock

English

Alternative forms

• alt rock

Etymology

alt- +‎ rock

Noun

alt-rock (uncountable)

1. (music) Clipping of alternative rock.
   • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     Launching a startup in 2016 is akin to assembling an alt-rock band in 1996 or protesting the Vietnam War in 1971—an act of youthful rebellion gone conformist.

Derived terms

• alt-rocker