Nirvana became international stars with 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.

Top ten alternative rock songs from the 1990s, including songs by Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Cranberries, Sublime, ...

The best alternative rock albums of all time include classics like Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Doolittle, and ...

Innovative rock music from the 1960s that informed alternative rock, including songs from The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and more.

Discover how Fishbone and Afropunk challenged musical stereotypes and celebrated Black identity through rock.

In alternative rock, there are bands that play heavy sounds but cannot be contained within simple loud rock.The grittiness of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Cage the Elephant’s “Metaverse” hits No. 1 on the Alternative ...

Alternative rock was more or less established in the 1980s, but the groundwork was laid long before that. Rockers had long been going against the grain, turning their backs on what their peers were ...

Who doesn’t love a little bit of alternative rock with their heavy metal? There are some seriously great alternative metal efforts out there, but the following five records really pulled the two ...

In the late 90s, alternative rock continued to stray away from grunge that dominated the first half of the decade. By 1997, post-grunge took over in grunge’s place. Alternative rock bands sought to ...

Alternative rock emerged in the late 1980s as a response to the commercialization of rock music, with bands seeking to create a sound that was both distinct and reflective of the cultural and societal ...