alt-rocker noun

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Duster, In Dreams In Dreams, the fifth full-length from San Jose slowcore luminaries Duster, drifts somewhere between the ominous crunch of ‘90s alt-rock and the somnambulant midwest indie rock that sprung up in conversation with it later in the decade. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024 Theory of a Deadman College Street Music Hall, 238 College St., New Haven The Canadian alt-rock act Theory of a Deadman is on an unplugged acoustic-style tour with Cory Marks and Escape the Fate. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2024 According to the band, a few artists inspired the dreamy alt-rock project. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024 Carey’s version of Chick’s (her alt-rock alias) 1995 album Someone’s Ugly Daughter, exists, and the singer now possesses it. Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for alt-rock 

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alt-rock was in 1982

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“Alt-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alt-rock. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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