alternatif rock

Alternatif Rock'in Zaman Çizgisi

1976
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, U2, XTC
Olaylar:
•Los Angeles’in modern rock istasyonlarindan KROQ’da geceyarisi sovu “Rodney on the ROQ”ya basladi..

1977
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
The Feelies, X.

1978
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
Bauhaus, Echo and the Bunnymen, Public Image Ltd., Pulp.
Olaylar:
•Manchester’li gazeteci ve gece klübü menajeri Tony Wilson Factory Records’u kurdu.
•Rough Trade plak sirketi kuruldu.

1979
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
Cocteau Twins, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Social Distortion.
Olaylar:
•Bauhaus ilk gotik rock sarkisi olarak kabul edilen "Bela Lugosi's Dead" 45’ligini piyasaya sürdü.
•Touch and Go plak sirketi kuruldu.

1980
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
Depeche Mode, Minutemen, Mission of Burma, Meat Puppets, New Order, R.E.M., The Sisters of Mercy.
Yeni Yayinlanan Albümler:
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field, The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms.
Olaylar:
•KROQ’nun ilk geri sayim listesi yayinlandi.
•Sub Pop, Subterranean Pop adiyla yayinlanan bir fanzin olarak kuruldu.
•Joy Division solisti Ian Curtis kendini asti. Grubun diger elemanlari müzik hayatlarina New Order olarak devam etme karari aldi.

1981
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
10,000 Maniacs, Dream Syndicate, Ministry, Sonic Youth, Violent Femmes.
Yeni Yayinlanan Albümler:
Bauhaus - Mask, The Cure - Faith, New Order -Movement, Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju.

1982
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
Beat Happening, Big Black, Butthole Surfers, Faith No More, Guadalcanal Diary, The Pogues, The Smiths, Spacemen 3.
Yeni Yayinlanan Albümler:
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out, The Cure - Pornography, Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses, Mission of Burma - Vs., R.E.M. - Chronic Town EP, Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth, Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes.
Olaylar:
•Gece klübü The Hacienda; Manchester, Ingiltere’de açildi.

1983
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
American Music Club, Camper Van Beethoven, Dinosaur Jr, The Flaming Lips, Green River (ilk grunge grubu olarak Kabul edilir, The Housemartins, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, They Might Be Giants, Throwing Muses.
Dagilan Gruplar:
Bauhaus, Mission of Burma
Yeni Yayinlanan Albümler:
Bauhaus - Burning from the Inside, Big Black - Bulldozer EP, Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels, Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again, New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies, R.E.M. - Murmur, Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex.
Olaylar:
•Alternatif rock çalan ilk ticari radyo kanallarindan WFNX yayin hayatina basladi.
•R.E.M.’in Murmur albümü Rolling Stone'a göre 1983 yilinin en iyisi seçildi.

1984
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
Jane's Addiction, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Lemonheads, The Melvins, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, Soundgarden, The Wedding Present, Ween, Yo La Tengo.
Yeni Yayinlanan Albümler:
Cocteau Twins - Treasure, Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward, Guadalcanal Diary - Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man, Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade, Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II, Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime, R.E.M. - Reckoning, The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Replacements - Let It Be, The Smiths - The Smiths, Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground.
Olaylar:
•Alan McGee, Creation Plak Sirketi’ni kurdu.
•Sonic Youth vocalist ve gitaristi Thurston Moore grup arkadasi vocalist ve bas gitarist Kim Gordon’la evlendi.

1985
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
Guided by Voices, Happy Mondays, Love and Rockets, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Pussy Galore, Screaming Trees, The Stone Roses.
Dagilan Gruplar:
Minutemen
Yeni Yayinlanan Albümler:
Big Black - Atomizer, Kate Bush - Hounds of Love, Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac, Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory, The Cure - The Head on the Door, Dinosaur Jr. - Dinosaur, Faith No More - We Care a Lot, Green River - Come on Down, Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig, Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising, The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy, Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun, New Order - Low-Life, R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction, The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley, The Replacements - Tim, The Sisters of Mercy -First and Last and Always, The Smiths - Meat Is Murder, Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising.
Olaylar:
•The Minutemen elemanlarindan D. Boon geçirdigi trafik kazasi sonucu öldü.
•The Feelies tekrar bir araya geldi.

1986
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
The Afghan Whigs, Galaxie 500, Goo Goo Dolls, The La's, Manic Street Preachers (Betty Blue olarak), No Doubt, Pixies, Primus, The Sugarcubes.
Yeni Yayinlanan Albümler:
Butthole Surfers - Rembrandt Pussyhorse, Depeche Mode - Black Celebration, The Feelies - The Good Earths, Guadalcanal Diary - Jamboree, Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey, Love and Rockets - Express, New Order - Brotherhood, R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant, The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead, Sonic Youth - EVOL, They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes - The Blind Leading the Naked, XTC - Skylarking.
Olaylar:
•MTV; alternative gruplarin videolarinin yayinlandigi “120 Minutes” programini yayinlamaya basladi.
•Ingiliz müzik dergisi NME C86 kaset toplamasini yayinladi.

1987
Yeni Kurulan Gruplar:
Alice in Chains, Fugazi, The Jesus Lizard, Local H, Nirvana, Porcupine Tree, Slint
Uncle Tupelo.
Dagilan Gruplar:
Hüsker Dü, The Smiths.
Yayinlanan Albümler:
10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe, Big Black - Songs About f**king, Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician, The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses, Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me, Faith No More - Introduce Yourself, Guadalcanal Diary - 2X4, Guided By Voices - Devil Between My Toes, Guided By Voices - Sandbox, Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories, The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands, Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon, Pixies - Come on Pilgrim, Primal Scream - Sonic Flower Groove, R.E.M. - Document, The Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me, The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland, The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come, Sonic Youth - Sister, U2 - The Joshua Tree.
Olaylar:
•R.E.M.'in "The One I Love" sarkisi hiç beklenmedik bir sekilde Amerika pop listelerine girdi. Alternatif gruplar üzerine dinleyicinin dikkatini çekti.