How to Use alternative rock in a Sentence

alternative rock

noun
Definition of alternative rocknext
  • Record stores categorized the band as alternative rock or jazz.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The Man closed out the show with an energetic alternative rock performance.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE.com, 19 June 2018
  • And there's the independent and alternative rock tradition in the area, Dessner said.
    — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The 12 drummers represented multiple genres of rock and roll in metal, hard rock, alternative rock, classic rock and grunge.
    — David Dorsey, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The band, which debuted in 1994, were pioneers in the genre of nu metal, combining elements of alternative rock and hip hop.
    — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 May 2018
  • Green Day and Weezer both rose to fame in the mid-’90s when alternative rock took over the airwaves.
    — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2019
  • This song is in the punk rock, pop-punk and alternative rock genres.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • This song is in the pop punk, emo and alternative rock genres.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Machine Gun Kelly won alternative rock artist of the year for the first time.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2022
  • That makes this a huge event for anyone who felt at all connected to the alternative rock scene of the '90s.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2023
  • That film sparked a fire with the youth of that day, a youth who grew up on hard, alternative rock, punk and metal, that binged on MTV and zines.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The alternative rock girlies are about to have a night to remember.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But wait, isn’t Eilish the biggest name in the alternative rock space these days?
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The album has five tracks of feel-good alternative rock.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2020
  • This is listed as an alternative rock, soft rock and pop rock song on Wikipedia.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • This was the era after the initial wave of punk rock but before the explosion of what came to be called alternative rock in the 1990s.
    — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The top two albums on this list are both masterpieces that changed the face of alternative rock.
    — cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
  • This song is in the grunge, alternative rock, hard rock and country rock genres.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • This is listed as a synth-rock/blues-rock/alternative rock song on Wikipedia.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • In 2011, Rutherford co-founded the alternative rock band The Neighbourhood and serves as the lead singer.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • But he's done it on the pitch with a soccer ball, not shredding a guitar for an alternative rock band.
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The booking agent came off even harsher about the state of alternative rock in a 1996 Rolling Stone interview.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
  • To top it all off, Texas-native Anderson is a country singer, and Thomas comes from the world of alternative rock.
    — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 28 June 2019
  • This song is in the indie rock, disco-rock, alternative rock and neo-psychedelia genres.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • This is listed as an alternative rock song on Wikipedia.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • The performance will forever be etched in the minds of Nineties alternative rock fans.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Few ‘90s alternative rock bands enjoyed the continuity of creative flow in the ‘00s like The Muffs.
    — Ron Hart, SPIN, 17 June 2022
  • Its sound and industry awareness helped shape alternative rock for the next two decades.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Young’s one of the towering figures in the genres of indie and alternative rock.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
  • But this was a good decade past the alternative rock revolution, and it was canceled due to anemic ticket sales.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024

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