alternative rock

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

alternative rock (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of rock music, normally published on independent labels, comprising many subgenres, most distinguished by the prevalence of thick and distorted guitar music.

HypernymsEdit

• rock

TranslationsEdit

genre of rock music

• Georgian: ალტერნატიული როკი (alṭernaṭiuli roḳi)
• Hungarian: alternatív rock
• Kazakh: баламалы рок (balamalı rok)

• Portuguese: rock alternativo m
• Russian: альтернати́вный рок m (alʹternatívnyj rok)

ReferencesEdit

• alternative rock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further readingEdit

2012. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8. "Alternative Rock". Theodore Cateforis.