ALTERNATIVES
HOW TO SUCCEED


ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

Alternative Rock

Underground Movement

In the early 1980’s, the musical offering from alternative bands such as R.E.M incorporated elements from the punk era with a flavour of folk music and intermingled with mainstream influences. This musical diversity was exemplified by the early 80’s LA movement Paisley Underground, whose bands evoked a 1960’s revival by incorporating a blend of the psychedelic, with folk rock akin to the Byrds, the west coast sound of the Beach Boys, as well as punk and underground influences from such as the Velvet Underground.

By this time, indie-styled record labels were eager to exploit the developing shift from punk rock, which was at the core of the underground scene at that time, to that of alternative rock which was now incorporating a broader blend of musical styles. As this shift developed momentum, a growing number of bands, which original started out with an emphasis on punk rock, steadily diversified, musically, to accommodate this new development.

Bands such as R.E.M set the tone for alternative rock throughout much of the 80’s. By the end of that decade, a number of alternative bands were being signed up by the major record labels at the expense of the independents. In fact, as the movement was slowly shifting away from its more extreme musical roots, the scene was being set for alternatives’ commercial potential to be fully exploited in the early 1990’s, with bands such as Nirvana in the forefront.


______________________________________________________

Peter Radford writes Articles with Websites on a range of subjects, under the heading: Subject - How To Succeed. Alternative articles cover ……....Rock, Heavy Metal, Hip Hop, Country. Website has many more.
View his Website at: alternatives-how-to-succeed.com

______________________________________________________