Going alternative

I wanted to talk about alternative rock today. When you think about alternative rock and you're a gen y baby you think about groups like Nirvana. Nirvana was a alternative rock band in the 90s mostlty known for their song "Sounds like teenspirit". I think wanna Nirvana did to rock was that they brought a different sense of style to it that was not seen before,  they felt to fit the expectations of the Sub Pop grunge sound to build a fanbase, and hence suppressed his arty and pop songwriting traits while crafting the record in favor of a more rocking sound. I think Nirvana was one of those bands where you would think what would happen if they were still together ? As the reasons for the bands break up was an unfortunate death of the lead singer Curt Cubain. The legacy that Nirvana created by which , Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that prior to Nirvana, "alternative music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores, and major labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off". Following the release of Nevermind, "nothing was ever quite the same, for better and for worse"

I think bands like Nirvana should be appreciated because me being an old school hip hop fan myself and i know other hip hop fans like me that would say that Nirvana had a this sense that makes you feel as Everett True said in 1989, "Nirvana songs treat the banal and pedestrian with a unique slant." 

Looking at todays alternative rock I listen to to bands like The Fray. I would say that i like the messages they spread. In songs such as "How to Save a life" The song came from the an actual experience one of the band members went through. The message was clear to me that its about suicide and depression and the prevension. I appreciate that the message they trying to give us is important in todays society as many troubled minds today deal with that. 

I think that everyone should give alternative rock a chance believe it's worth it, just listen to one song and you  can't stop listening. Other bands i recommend to you is The Flaming Lips, Florence and the Machine ,Liars,Folk Implosion, scratch acid and Foo Fighters 

by Tamana xx