Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of alternative rock artists" in English language version.
Alt-rock upstart Avril Lavigne came crashing into the charts in 2002 with a sound that stuck up a black nail-varnished middle finger at the hyper-polished world of classmates Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.
Fugazi's mixture of punk guitars and funky rhythms made it one of the most influential bands in alternative rock.
NOAH is an Indonesian Alternative-Rock band from Bandung, West Java.
...the already-elastic boundaries [of "The New Wave of Post-Hardcore"] stretched to include classicist alt rock acts like Balance and Composure...
Garbage reigned in the late-period glory days of alternative-rock radio, probably because their sound was a hectic amalgamation of almost everything that mingled on the format's airwaves: electronica, punk, industrial rock, grunge, and the occasional trip-hop
