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alternative rock

subgenre of rock music
Intangible music_genre Q11366
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Summary

alternative rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,421 views/month, #7 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: radio format[3]
  • Subclass of: rock music[4], alternative music[5]
  • Commons category: Alternative rock[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7], United Kingdom[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1978[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Alternative rock[10]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Alternative rock[11]
  • Has characteristic: rock genre[12]
  • Different from: alternative music[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

alternative rock has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → alternative-rock-music
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: alternative-rock-music, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289913091|alternative rock music (#289913091)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  2. 24w ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre, radio format
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  3. 24w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main wikimedia portal → Portal:Alternative rock
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → music genre, radio format
    Country of origin → United States, United Kingdom
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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