alternative rock

subgenre of rock music
Intangible music_genre Q11366
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alternative rock

Summary

alternative rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,689 views/month, #7 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • alternative rock's image is recorded as Sonic Youth live 20050707.jpg[3].
  • alternative rock's image is recorded as Padova REM concert July 22 2003 blue.jpg[4].
  • alternative rock's instance of is recorded as music genre[5].
  • alternative rock's instance of is recorded as radio format[6].
  • alternative rock's audio is recorded as Portrayal - 01 - Lost Souls.ogg[7].
  • alternative rock's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96004375[8].
  • alternative rock's subclass of is recorded as rock music[9].
  • alternative rock's subclass of is recorded as alternative music[10].
  • alternative rock's Commons category is recorded as Alternative rock[11].
  • alternative rock's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • alternative rock's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • +1978-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of alternative rock[14].
  • alternative rock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016clz[15].
  • alternative rock's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as fd993426[16].
  • alternative rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alternative rock[17].
  • alternative rock's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Alternative rock[18].
  • alternative rock's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/alternative-rock[19].
  • alternative rock's has characteristic is recorded as rock genre[20].
  • alternative rock's GTAA ID is recorded as 262902[21].
  • alternative rock's different from is recorded as alternative music[22].
  • alternative rock's Quora topic ID is recorded as Alternative-Rock-1[23].
  • alternative rock's Quora topic ID is recorded as Alternative-Rock-Music[24].
  • alternative rock's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19793472[25].
  • alternative rock's subreddit is recorded as alternativerock[26].
  • alternative rock's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2014026632[27].

Why It Matters

alternative rock ranks in the top 0.36% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,689 views/month, #7 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . old.reddit.com. Retrieved . old.reddit.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d 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"
  2. 16d 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 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q107975727]]"
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