modern rock
Post-grunge radio format
Modern rock is a radio format and genre label for alternative rock music that emerged in the 1980s and dominated through the 1990s.
The term distinguished newer guitar-driven rock from classic rock stations playing older material.
The modern rock charts tracked bands like R.E.M. and Nirvana.
The category has grown increasingly vague as the music it originally described ages.
- nu metalAggressive rock-rap crossover genre
- shoegazeDistortion-heavy ethereal rock
- post-punkExperimental rock after '77
- grungeAccumulated dirt or filth
- mosh pitAggressive dancing crowd area
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Enduring guitar-driven music
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