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This project describes itself as for those interested in "alternative rock and indie rock, as well as other forms of alternative music." The article alternative rock starts "Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative)". Thus the article describes alt rock as equal to alternative music whereas the project describes alt-rock as a subset of alternative music. How did this discrepancy arise and how is it to be resolved? Munci (talk) 15:49, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

I kinda brought this up once before. I'd say, for accuracy purposes, we should rename this to WikiProject Alternative rock, but since this has been historically named otherwise, we could just stick with that. Remember this is just a Wikiproject name, and not that important.—indopug (talk) 15:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

A simple alternative, I would have thought, would be reword the lede of this project to say "alternative rock, also known as alternative music, as well as indie rock." Munci (talk) 17:33, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

The reason it's called "WikiProject Alternative music" was to create consistency with the other music projects. It's definitely more intuitive for people when the word "music" is in the title. WesleyDodds (talk) 18:49, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

In that case, a)see above for possible lede change or b) call it "alternative rock music". Munci (talk) 21:00, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

As Indopug explained, it's not that big a deal. The project name makes it easy to understand what we're about, while the project description gives more detailed specifics. The lead isn't describing alt-rock as a subset of alternative music; it's simply avoid being overly redundant by using a synonym in the same sentence. WesleyDodds (talk) 01:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

It is treating alt-rock as a subset of alternative music. Just reading "alternative rock and indie rock, as well as other forms of alternative music." gives the impression that alternative rock, indie rock and more forms of music besides are subsets of alternative music. It's not avoiding being redundant at all; if it would be doing that it would only mention one of the synonyms thus "alternative rock and indie rock". Munci (talk) 11:56, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

The original idea behind the sentence was that alternative and indie rock are the broadest forms of alt-rock, and "other forms of alternative music" refers to more specific subgenres (ie. Britpop, shoegaze, goth, post-rock, etc.). The redundancy I wanted to avoid was writing ""alternative rock and indie rock, as well as other forms of alternative rock". WesleyDodds (talk) 13:29, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

In that case, how about "alternative rock, including all its subgenres e.g. indie rock"? Munci (talk) 19:30, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I rephrased the sentence a few hours ago. WesleyDodds (talk) 02:21, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Cool thanks. :) Munci (talk) 11:15, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Can I get a couple more editors to watchlist Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik? They are featured articles and I'm afraid the quality is degrading since NSR77 (talk · contribs) is inactive. Among the issues is "Genre-adding guy" coming around a few times a week (you all are quite familiar with genre-adding guy, I'm sure).

Yeah WesleyDodds and I cleaned up a few RHCP featured articles a few days back. If IPs are causing problems, why not protect the articles?—indopug (talk) 15:52, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

I mainly keep an eye on John Frusciante, Under the Bridge, and Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song). I check in on Blood Sugar Sex Magik every once in a while. In regards to the other RHCP pages NSR77 used to keep an eye on, I'd say probably the biggest priority is Flea (musician). I haven't looked at it in a while, and it may necessitate some reverting to my last version. WesleyDodds (talk) 18:52, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Hoo boy, I think Flea is in bad shape. There have been months of people wandering by and adding unsourced stuff. Well thanks for the help guys. Indopug, protection policy doesn't really support random IP annoyances—it would have to be pretty heavy vandalism. --Andy Walsh (talk) 20:07, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Well I give up on the genres. Multiple times a day some IP adds or removes genres from the pages. They have now started adding allmusic.com and discogs as sources for the genres, which I personally don't consider reliable but there doesn't seem to be consensus on the matter anywhere I look. I guess the genres are just doomed to be this way. I don't know how you guys handle dealing with these people on a daily basis. --Andy Walsh (talk) 20:57, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Might page protection be an option? WesleyDodds (talk) 11:59, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Maybe. I wouldn't protect it myself because I've been involved. If you guys think there is consensus for semi-protection for a while, feel free. On a side note, I'm thinking about putting some work into Candlebox. It's in pretty bad shape for a band that was so popular. --Andy Walsh (talk) 13:13, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm sure you've seen them, succession boxes placed on song and album articles for those that reached number one on music charts. An RFC is taking place at WT:CHARTS#Request for comment: Use of succession boxes to discuss the merits and to come up with some kind of policy regarding their use. Interested parties are encouraged to participate. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 10:15, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

The article Luv Your Life has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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I have noticed that many alternative bands are not under this WikiProject. Good examples are: Joy Division (I know that technically they were a pre-alternative Post-punk band, but Post-punk has been retroactively labeled as alternative [and I've heard them on an alternative radio station] and their influence on alternative bands is enormous), Nickelback (yes, I hate them to), All-American Rejects, etc. I propose that they be placed under our WikiProject. And about the post-punk thing, I propose that all post-punk and new wave articles be placed under this WikiProject since they have both been labeled retroactively "alternative." Thanks. Sbrianhicks (talk) 18:56, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Post-punk and New Wave bands have never been retroactively labelled "alternative" by reliable sources.—indopug (talk) 03:33, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

The American music industry has frequently lumped in all punk-derived music under 'alternative', but secondary sources by and large don't abide by this reductionism (and to emphasize, it's mainly the American record and radio industry that does this). Additionally, "alternative radio stations" don't and never have played exclusively alt-rock, so you can't base arguments upon that. The format started out as "rock of the '80s" before transforming into modern rock, which explains the inclusion of post-punk and New Wave artists. More recently, when alt-rock declined in popularity at the turn of the century, alternative stations began playing a lot of nu metal and Metallica. I even heard Eminem a couple of times on my home town alternative station. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:06, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Actually this isn't strictly true. Two of the most prominent books on Alternative music, Dave Thompson's Alternative Rock and Steve Taylor's The A to X of Alternative Music include Joy Division and lots of other post-punk and new wave bands. Alternative music is not the same as 'alt rock', and 'alternative' was used long before the glossy commercial alt rock of the late 80s. That said, a project such as this should avoid the lack of focus that would result from including too much content.--Michig (talk) 10:28, 26 December 2010 (UTC)...and we aleady have specific wikiprojects for punk and new wave. Post-punk is lacking a specific project, but it wouldn't fit well here.--Michig (talk) 10:31, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't realzie that new wave has its own project. However, I stand by what I said about post-punk. Many post-punk bands (The Cure, New Order, U2, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc.) went on to pioneer alternative rock. By the way, Allmusic.com lists Joy Division as an alternative rock band. And I'm pretty sure that nu metal is alternative. Sbrianhicks (talk) 23:10, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Allmusic has only added the alternative rock tag to the Joy Division entry on the site in the last year or so, even though the bio for the band their and their genre entries establish they aren't an alt-rock band. I actually contacted them about that, but they never replied regarding the issue. Nu metal isn't alternative rock; it's a modern update to metal. Additionally, any post-punk/New Wave band that went on to make alternative rock records have most likely already been tagged by the project (the ones you listed above already are). WesleyDodds (talk) 02:36, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Both those books aren't the best sources for classifying artists under the genre, since they lump in groups that aren't considered alternative by a majority of sources. For example, the Thompson book includes entries on Culture Club, the Clash, Dead or Alive, Duran Duran, Ultravox, and (of all things) Bananarama. WesleyDodds (talk) 02:31, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

So even when I present you with a reliable source, you still say it isn't reliable. Wikipedia even considers post-punk revival as alternative, but not post-punk. I really don't see what it would hurt adding Joy Division. Their influence on alternative music as a whole is massive. By the way, I think that Allmusic lists nu metal as a form of alternative metal. And what about bands like Nickelback, All-American Rejects, and especially Linkin Park etc.? Also, what about many indie band articles that aren't under the project? Can I simply add the tag to them since indie music is under our project? Thanks. Sbrianhicks (talk) 04:28, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Consensus of sources doesn't categorize Joy Division as alt-rock; even Allmusic described it as a forerunner of the genre (per my explanation above) so Allmusic adding a genre tag to the side of the band's page recently doesn't mean much (particularly given Allmusic will add incorrect tags on occasion; more than once I've seen bands labeled "grunge" and "post-grunge", which given the nature of the genres isn't applicable). Furthermore, we don't include influences under the project scope, for the simple reason that that's out of the project parameters. Post-punk revival is an alt-rock genre specifically because it's alt-rock bands recontexualizing the post-punk sound in the alternative/indie rock vein. Allmusic lists alt-metal as a metal/hard rock genre, last I checked. Yes, tag any band that would be classified as indie rock with the project banner. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:21, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Where is Allmusic's page on nu metal? I can't find it. The only place I see it mentioned is where it is under alternative metal. If no one answers me about bands like All-American rejects, Nickelback, Linkin Park etc., then I will take it upon myself to tag them under this project. By the way, it may seem from my tone that I'm being an ass, but I'm not; just trying to help the wiki's articles. Thanks. Sbrianhicks (talk) 00:03, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

That's alright. Just bear in mind that while Allmusic is a great resource, it's not the end-all be-all, and it can make mistakes, like any other reliable source. You always have to keep all other reliable sources in mind, and always value the biographies and genre page prose over the tags, which on occasion are added indiscriminately. Allmusic doesn't have a page for nu metal since it considers nu metal a type of alternative metal (bear in mind that the Allmusic genre page on alternative metal hasn't been updated since around 2000); other sources like Ian Christe's heavy metal history Sound of the Beast describe it as a descendant of alternative metal. I believe All-American Rejects is already tagged under the project, and Nickelback should be (being one of the key post-grunge bands of the 2000s), but Linkin Park is merely a nu metal band, and there's been past discussion about the fact that editors on Linkin Park articles haven't made convincing arguments based on sources for them being alt-rock. WesleyDodds (talk) 07:45, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

When they first started, they were nu metal. Their new sound has been compared to Radiohead and Pink Floyd by some critics. If you'd like, you could listen to newer songs like The Catalyst, Shadow of the Day, Leave Out All the Rest, etc. on Youtube and you'll see that its standard alt-rock.Sbrianhicks (talk) 19:08, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

An IP, 189.69.90.78 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), went on a rampage today changing tens or hundreds of instances of the band name "Red Hot Chili Peppers" to "The Red Hot Chili Peppers". He also changed genres from "alternative" to "funk" in many places despite consensus that reliable sources and discussion are needed for such changes. I blocked him for disruption and reverted many of his changes, but there are many left and I'm out of time. If anyone can look at his contribs that haven't been reverted and revert as necessary, I'd appreciate it. --Andy Walsh (talk) 20:36, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Also operating under 189.110.75.68 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Whoever this is has been plaguing the project for a while. --Andy Walsh (talk) 20:45, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

This may be the wrong place to ask this and if so, I apologize. I'm relatively new to Wikipedia editing and I've been able to figure out pretty much everything else on my own but am having trouble with this issue. Any schooling is appreciated... thanks! Pottsduck —Preceding undated comment added 00:11, 11 January 2011 (UTC).

Apart from good articles and featured articles, there is no nomination required; you can go ahead and change quality class yourself. Just curious, what is the article in question?—indopug (talk) 03:43, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Mates of State Pottsduck —Preceding undated comment added 23:14, 13 January 2011 (UTC).

There is an RfC at Talk:Weezer in order to reach consensus regarding whether the Weezer album Death to False Metal is considered a studio album, if anyone would like to contribute. Angryapathy (talk) 14:51, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

I have nominated the Lightening Bolt discography for deletion as I think it doesn't meet current standards of a Featured List, articles are typically reviewed for 2 weeks. Afro (Talk) 16:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

I have nominated Bloc Party discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:44, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Look at that, less than an hour later, and everything's fixed. That was productive.  狐 FOX  16:35, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I have nominated Wilco discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Afro (Talk) 05:47, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

The following seminal (and not so seminal) alternative rock albums turn 20 this year. If we can collaborate to bring them upto featured status, we could pitch for a spot on the Main Page on the date of the 20th anniversary of their release:

• Out of Time by R.E.M. – 8 March
• Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins – 28 May
• Leisure by Blur – 26 August
• Screamadelica by Primal Scream – 23 September
• Trompe Le Monde by Pixies - 23 September
• Nevermind by Nirvana – 24 September [I'd say this has to be our top priority]
• Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden – 8 October
• Loveless by My Bloody Valentine – 4 November
• Achtung Baby by U2 - 19 November [but are U2 alternative rock?]

There's also Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but that's already been on the Main Page. Comments? Additions to the list? Gameplan?—indopug (talk) 11:36, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I would be interested in helping out with Gish if anyone is interested. It would bring some recognition to a sometimes overlooked album. I saw Smashing Pumpkins a few weeks ago and someone sitting next to me was telling his wife that Siamese Dream was their first album... --Andy Walsh (talk) 15:54, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

And you told him good? :)  狐 FOX  16:35, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

I did. :) Pulled a large pile of sources last night for Gish, also. Looks like a good opportunity to expand, since the existing article is not very extensive. For those of you who might avoid working with me because you think I act like a dick at FAC, I'm not really that bad of a guy. --Andy Walsh (talk) 15:15, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

God, Smashing Pumpkins are probably my favorite band, but Billy Corgan tries his very best to kill my interest in whatever he is doing these days.

I'm trying to remember how much info is available on Gish. That 2001 Guitar World covers it a bit, but I'm not sure what else there is, source-wise. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Whenever I need a chuckle I listen to Teargarden songs on YouTube.—indopug (talk) 17:49, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Slow going on the sources so far. Found a few things in Rolling Stone and Guitar player. --Andy Walsh (talk) 00:01, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

I assume "not-so-seminal" covers Leisure (What's the legendary '90s British alt-rock band with a worse debut album, Blur or Radiohead? U-DECIDE!). Also, there's Bandwagonesque, which I know has its fans. And of course, the ur-text for Creed.WesleyDodds (talk) 10:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

20th anniversary of Achtung Baby means that it's also the 20th anniversary of Negativland's U2 (EP). Looks like there's more about the EP & the aftermath of its release in the band's article than in the EP's article. I might have to take a look to see if I can find some sources. My other major musical recollection from 1991 would be Julian Cope's Peggy Suicide (4 March), but it is probably too obscure these days for front page coverage -- Foetusized (talk) 13:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

There are also albums from 1981 (Juju) and 2001 (Is This It). Not alt-rock, but it is common knowledge that 1971 is the greatest year in music history.—indopug (talk) 17:49, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Also thirty years ago: Radio Free Europe (song). WesleyDodds (talk) 02:43, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

By the way, I've always thought the lead to Nevermind should be longer, so if anyone wants to take a stab at it . . . WesleyDodds (talk) 10:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

New Radiohead album just announced and coming out on Saturday means A LOT of edits in the next few days. Keep an eye out for this one. WesleyDodds (talk) 23:39, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Already there's an argument brewing over there...  狐 FOX  00:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

See Table showing productivity/size of the 48 music projects for information about this project and other music groups. --Kleinzach 07:54, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Heads up: Radiohead will be the Main Page Featured Article soon. I unfortunately will be too busy that day to help maintain the article during the inevitable edit storm, so here's letting everyone else know to keep an eye on the page. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:37, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I was wondering if anybody could direct me towards some online archives or databases for searching music related magazines. I'm a college student so if its university related I can probably get access. I'm primarily looking for British music magazines at the moment like NME, Melody Maker, Wire, etc. But American magazines would be nice too like Alternative Press, Rolling Stone, etc. Thanks. -- Noj r (talk) 19:22, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Check out the website Rocks Back Pages. Most of the stuff is pay to access, but they always have a selection of free articles. Google Books offers back issues of Spin. WesleyDodds (talk)

Thanks for replying. I also found this blog where someone scans select articles from back issues of NME and Melody Maker. Its been very helpful so far. Maybe other editors will find it useful as well. -- Noj r (talk) 17:12, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Remember that you can only link to official reproductions of old articles. If an article is reproduced on a fansite, don't link to it in the article. WesleyDodds (talk) 01:37, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

What blog is this?—indopug (talk) 01:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I reference the articles sans the blog. Indopug, I'm sorry I forgot to include a link. Here it is: Archived Music Press I plan on rewriting some shoegaze articles so this blog was pretty helpful in collecting sources. -- Noj r (talk) 17:59, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Nirvana bootleg recordings is an article started in 2008 by a briefly active new user who primarily edited this page, and it's sources exclusively using fansites. Should it even exist? WesleyDodds (talk) 06:33, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

No. Do you want to try a PROD first, or directly AfD it?—indopug (talk) 08:30, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

IPs edit the page on occasion, so AFD might be the best course. WesleyDodds (talk) 08:55, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

I just nominated Zoo TV Tour for Featured Article status. If you could review the article and visit the nomination page to provide your feedback, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 16:07, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

The nomination has been open for a few weeks now, but has only gotten minimal attention. If someone from this project is capable of reviewing the article and providing their feedback, I'd greatly appreciate it - I'd hate for the nomination to be closed due to lack of comments. Thanks. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 17:46, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Shall I tag Midnight Oil as Mid or High Importance? I'm leaning towards High since they very well are the most prominent/important Aussie alt-rock band. WesleyDodds (talk) 09:08, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Per the recent Mfd on Wikipedia:WikiProject Nine Inch Nails perhaps this can now be made into a taskforce of this project? Thanks. --Kleinzach 08:01, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

What's the easiest way to go about doing so? I once before turned a defunct WikiProject into a taskforce of this one (the Smashing Pumpkins project) and it was a very tedious process. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:20, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi, does anyone own a copy of the Ok Computer book in the 33 1/3 series? A few of us are working on OK Computer to bring it to FAC soon, but that is the one major source we are currently missing. WesleyDodds (talk) 00:15, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey, just wondering why alternative metal bands like Marilyn Manson, Evanescence, Linkin Park, etc. aren't covered under our project. Alternative metal is obviously a subgenre of alternative rock, so we should be covering it. Sbrianhicks (talk) 16:52, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually after reading sources over the years, alternative metal doesn't seem to be widely accepted as an alt-rock subgenre, but rather a metal one. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:40, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

So then why is it called "alternative" metal? Do you have any sources to back this up? Sbrianhicks (talk) 17:26, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Genre names don't work like scientific nomenclature, so having "Alternative" in the title isn't terribly important (see also: no direct relation between New Wave and New Wave of British Heavy Metal. As for your second question, the primary sources are Allmusic and Ian Christe's metal history Sound of the Beast. As those sources establish, there are alt-metal bands that do cross over into the alt-rock category and some that don't, but they are all essentially metal bands. WesleyDodds (talk) 06:43, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

I understand what you mean, but much of alternative metal (though not all of course) seems to be based in alternative rock. Much of the bands label themselves as alternative and many are influenced primary by alternative rock (especially grunge) bands. For instance Three Days Grace self-identify as an alternaitve rock band and, as they cleary state, they were influeced primarily by Seattle alt rock bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Sunny Day Real Estate, etc. They just happen to be influenced by Black Sabbath, thus they get labled as "metal." I know that self identification does not usually matter, but in this case it is not just one band that is self-identifying as such. There are many, many others. I feel hopeless debating with someone who has been listening to alt rock since before I was born, but I am giving it a shot anyway.  :) Sbrianhicks (talk) 16:51, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

The article about band Spacemen 3 exists in Alternative music wikiproject.

I am posting here to advise that I have recently started to do a large overhaul, rewrite and expansion of thsi article.

I am currently part way through this process. I have add the 'undergoing major reconstruction' tag within the article.

I have opened up a debate section on the article's talk page.

I keen to locate sources for citations. I am currently using the following sources: Erik Morse's book; amg website; and music press articles, interviews and reviews. If anyone has any other source suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.

Also, if someone could have a quick look at the article's structure/headings and section ordering, AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, and give me some feedback, that would be very helpful, as I have not worked on a band biography article before on wiki. thanks.

Roland Sparkes (talk) 17:42, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I've FINISHED re-doing the Wikipedia article on Spacemen 3. I should be very grateful, please, if someone from this project group could give it a look over, and provide feeback on how it may needs to be changed or could be improved. Also, can it's rating be re-assessed now? Many thanks.Roland Sparkes (talk) 12:33, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Courtney Love has been going through a lengthy Good Article review, and is now close to being listed. There now needs to be a bit of tidying up done - trimming some excessive detail, and a bit of copy-editing, as well as building up the lead a bit more. This is one of the top viewed articles on Wikipedia and is on an important yet complex subject. Any assistance, even if only to proof read one of the sections, would be much appreciated. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 17:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Should this article be deleted? - RoyBoy 04:37, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Playing around, I notice this project doesn't recognize List-class articles, even though it does recognize FL articles. Is that a mistake? – Muboshgu (talk) 15:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

We don't use list class, for it's more helpful for us to gauge the quality of each list, just as the Discographies WikiProject does (which is sensible, given most of our lists are discographies). WesleyDodds (talk) 08:44, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Hey it's been a while since we've had big drives here, but feel free to mention any alt-rock articles you're doing heavy work on here, so we can pool efforts and experience together. WesleyDodds (talk) 13:16, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

A notice on WikiProject Nine Inch Nails explains that that project has been merged with this one, but the actual merger, which should have resulted in a page called Wikipedia:WikiProject Alternative music/Nine Inch Nails, was never done. What do members here want to do Nine Inch Nails? Do you want it merged? Thanks. --Kleinzach 14:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

These are currently merged when they refer to different eras, different sounds. I don't know enough to write them but I do know the current situation is awful. Thinking of taking down references to nu-folk in articles so people don't get confused. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.174.168.6 (talk) 23:16, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Alt music will have interest in putting on events related to women's roles in alternative music; as performers, promoters, producers, label owners, etc. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Doing some work on the above-mentioned article; would appreciate some help. What a pro (talk) is on fire. 10:21, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

I've been considering the above article, about a Bauhaus single that was only released as a free addition to early copies of the Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape LP. It has several issues, including:

• The article suffered a drive-by renaming in 2009, changing the name from "Satori in Paris (single)" to "Satori in Paris (song)", in spite of the fact that there is no song on the single named "Satori in Paris". The single (both sides of which were recorded live in Paris) seems to have been named for the Jack Kerouac novella Satori in Paris, which is why that simpler article name is not available.
• The article is tagged as unreferenced. I've got some good books on Bauhaus that I could use to add references, but I have not yet done so, because....
• The article is also tagged as probably not meeting Wikipedia:Notability (music) and I have come to agree with that assessment.

After some thought over the past few days, my new idea is to merge "Satori in Paris (song)" into Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape, creating a new section for the single. Any disagreement or counter-proposals? -- Foetusized (talk) 14:24, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

• Endorse this sensible proposal. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 02:10, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
• That sounds sensible. WesleyDodds (talk) 11:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I have nominated Load Records discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 21:03, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi, everyone! I have created this template for all of the Pitchfork's number-one albums of the year. Did you liked? Thanks for the attention! --MatheusLPereira (talk) 01:49, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Hey everyone, I notice that the number of project GAs has exploded in the last two years or so, but the number of FAs is pretty much the same. Anyone currently working on articles they hope to get to Featured status? I would be down to help, and I can think of a few other editors who might pitch in. WesleyDodds (talk) 14:46, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Hoping to get Pretty on the Inside to meet the FAC, if you're interested in helping out! Idiotchalk _(t@lk) 21:08, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Cool, I'll give it a look soon. WesleyDodds (talk) 23:32, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Also, is anyone interested in helping me go and review the state of our current Featured Articles? Users have come and gone, and even the ones who have stayed might balk at some of the citing faux pas they've made years ago, so a couple of these pages could use some heavy improvement. I've already done a substantial amount of cleanup on a few neglected FAs in the past week. WesleyDodds (talk) 03:28, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

One of our most important articles, the page on Radiohead's landmark 1997 album OK Computer, is now a Featured Article Candidate. Drop by the FAC page to lend your two cents or more. WesleyDodds (talk) 22:35, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

For those interested, there's a discussion over at Talk:Alice in Chains#Proposal for the addition of 'heavy metal' in the lead with 'rock' kept intact, where a suggestion has been made to put "sludge metal" in the infobox. Tarc (talk) 15:11, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I came here requesting an answer to a question that has evolved from this discussion at Alice in Chains. Since Tarc posted, we have suggested an alternate solution for the lead, but we are stuck on the issue of genres. I too invite anyone interested to come read what we have said so far and add insight / opinions. I had thought of asking other editors who watch AiC associated articles (songs, albums, members) on those article talk pages to come add to our discussion, but there is no way I want to be seen as canvassing :(( My question is: is there any MOS directive for articles of musicians, songs, albums that limits the number of genres that can go in an infobox? I mention Melvins because they have nine and we are comparing AiC article to Melvins because of the lead. I searched Wikipedia high and low two nights ago and came up with nothing. Since AiC is a featured article, we are attempting to be very careful to reach consensus prior to amending the article. An answer to the question of genre limits in infoboxes would be helpful. Thanks muchly Fylbecatulous talk 00:42, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

I have a draft of a "guide to genres" guideline I was working on for music pages in my userspace years ago that I never finished. My rule of thumb was four genres in a band infobox, max. WesleyDodds (talk) 08:50, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for this (I mostly guard the gates against surreptitious addition of genres) and as well, thank you for adding quite a wise comment to our discussion on Alice in Chains. All the best Fylbecatulous talk 14:38, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

While it doesn't discuss genre count, Template:Infobox_musical_artist#genre does say "Aim for generality (e.g. Hip hop rather than East Coast hip hop)." My feeling is that an article like Melvins would be better served with Heavy metal replacing the multiple subgenres of metal included in the infobox list. -- Foetusized (talk) 10:54, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Aha, thanks. I had a feeling I'd read something to the effect of "try to be general" somewhere along the lien, but cpould not at all remember where. Tarc (talk) 12:43, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I have that template on my watchlist, actually and did read that. ツ Your parsing that guideline (and the one by WesleyDodds of herding genres down to four) into a practical utilization is helpful. But going to articles such as Melvins and instituting that would cause havoc. Editors have such allergic reactions to the issue of genres. (I've had a few cases of hives my own self). This is why it would be nice to have a Wikipedia style directive to stand on for precedent. Thanks again. Fylbecatulous talk 14:54, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

If we go by WesleyDodds's soi-disant Rule of thumb of his unfinished draft of guide to genres then it's wise to keep just heavy metal, blues rock & punk rock in the genre section of AiC infobox in the way Jerry Cantrell, the founder of the band himself described the band's sound.Because he never wanted to associate with alternative & grunge e.g. when a Guitar World interviewer described the band as alternative rock's classic band, Cantrell satirically replied classic rock's alternative band. Bloomgloom talk 16:03, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I would like to transport this discussion back to our AiC talk page, because it will alter how we proceed and I don't want to have us deciding in two places. I don't know the protocol; do we link this up? (confused) Fylbecatulous talk 21:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind...(oh well, whatever). Things seem to have gone downhill back at Alice in Chains and I'm afraid the article is now in danger of becoming unstable. For the sake of preventing further provocation, further discussion at this time probably is not indicated. Thanks everyone. Fylbecatulous talk 22:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Who calls AIC blues rock . . . ? WesleyDodds (talk) 11:52, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

A band isn't the final word on its genre. Otherwise, Motorhead couldn't be called metal, The Cure couldn't be called goth, and no one except for Mudhoney could be called grunge. WesleyDodds (talk) 11:55, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Jerry Cantrell himself stated the presence of Blues in AiC's music.And man I know, that a band isn't the final word on it's genre since there are millions & millions of media worldwide.But, at least the words of a major band member deserves a certain amount of priority since he's making the music. Bloomgloom talk 14:37, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

No, it doesn't. As described above, it's common for artists to reject genre categorizations they don't like. Anyway, what Cantrell actually says is "We're a lot of different things... I don't quite know what the mixture is, but there's definitely metal, blues, rock and roll, maybe a touch of punk." He's saying there's an element of blues in his band's music, not "We're a blues-rock band". Those are two very different statements. WesleyDodds (talk) 23:23, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Was the Olympics coverage in August really enough to make Beady Eye the project's most-visited page that month? Compare its traffic to the Blur page, for instance. Funny thing is, it didn't pick up very many edits during that time. WesleyDodds (talk) 06:16, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Heads up: the Official Charts Company has revealed which singles have sold over one million copies in the United Kingdom, along with sales figures. Though I see only four songs by artists that fall under this project (Oasis, New Order, Kings of Leon, and Gotye), it should be a useful reference nonetheless. WesleyDodds (talk) 04:48, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

For those of you who like working on discography pages, please take note that Foo Fighters discography has been nominated for removal as a Featured List. You can view the nomination here, and help bring the list back to FL standard if you can. WesleyDodds (talk) 12:28, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I've been doing some work on The Godfathers and creating articles for their albums. I think that they would fit as a part of this project. However, I'm unsure of the procedure for adding the template to articles, or articles to projects. I want to get consensus/permission before adding anything. Thanks. Natt the Hatt (talk) 22:56, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Pretty much just go ahead and do it. If you are uncertain about importance level or class assessment, leave those fields blank and someone will eventually fill them out. WesleyDodds (talk) 02:34, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I appreciate your speedy reply. Natt the Hatt (talk) 03:37, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

• Hi. Someone please re-evaluate the Curve page; it' no longer at Start level since I improved it a lot. Deepblue1 (talk) 23:49, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

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Hi. I have started a discussion at Category talk:Albums produced by Steve Albini to change the category name to "Albums produced or engineered by Steve Albini". If anyone has opinions on the matter, please take a look. Thanks. Moisejp (talk) 21:33, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

There is a discussion occuring here, regarding which music articles should be deemed vital to the Wikipedia project. Your input would be appreciated. GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:57, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

If you do then can you tell me what the credits and personnel are for "Stop Crying Your Heart Out", "Thank You for the Good Times" and "Shout It Out Loud" in the booklet please? Either on "Stop Crying Your Heart Out's talk page or on my user talk please, it would be very appreciated.  — AARON • ^TALK 19:47, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

The Bloc Party Featured Topic is currently at FTRC. The review can be found here. GamerPro64 15:51, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

List of grunge supergroups was an article that was boldly converted into a redirect to Grunge (an article within the scope of this project) in October 2012, the redirect have now been nominated at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2013 April 18#List of grunge supergroups. Your comments in the discussion would be most welcome. Thryduulf (talk) 13:04, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Please see the AfD. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 06:50, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion regarding the use of timelines in articles about musical groups going at Talk:The Smashing Pumpkins#Timeline. Weigh in your thoughts, if you care. — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:43, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

There is edit warring and genre conversation going on at Garbage (album) talk page. Any further input would be greatly appreciated. Andrzejbanas (talk) 00:49, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Interested editors may wish to join this AfD related to an unreleased Flaming Lips album. –Chase (talk / contribs) 17:16, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Hi, first of, The Narrative article was included in the WikiProject Alternative music in its very beginning, so I think I don't need to request it here again. I've been working on improvements for the article such as newspapers featured posts, magazines, campaigns, albuns and singles from its creation to today. As I said, the template was added when the article was created, and after this improvements, the quality scale of it wasn't reassessed. I search for a specific topic for it, but I don't find out, so I request here to discuss a new quality scale for the article. Its now rated as Start-Class, and I think it deserves to be at least a C-Class quality scale. I don't know if this is the right topic to request this, but, if someone knows one please let me know. Thanks -- Murilo Grillo (talk) 16:19, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

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I have nominated Ghosts I–IV for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. LADY LOTUS • TALK 11:40, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Hi all, there is a discussion at Talk:Björk about which genres, and how many genres, should be used to describe the artist in the article's infobox. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:32, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

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There is an ongoing discussion on infobox genres. Please feel free to join. Myxomatosis57 (talk) 21:41, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

User Bryce Carmony seems hell bent on changing "are" to "is" and "were" to "was" in band articles, despite the band names in question being collective nouns and dispite protests from other Wikipedians. There's an ongoing discussion about this that I would urge users to chime in on, here -- User_talk:Bryce_Carmony#Disruptive_editing_over_.22are.22_and_.22is.22. --Kohoutek1138 (talk) 00:38, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Not at all hellbent. there is an established convention of BrE to treat bands as collective nouns always. so every band I see that is or was I change to are and were if they are a Brittish band or otherwise would be written about in BrE but when it comes to AmE we don't have that standard (if you look the majority of band articles are the singular over the plural) which is conducive with WP:Titles. To clarify Kohou's simplification. Bryce Carmony (talk) 01:29, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Related ANI discussion here. JohnInDC (talk) 01:54, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

There are succession boxes for numerous (all?) Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative 30 number-one singles at the bottom of their respective articles. For instance Song 2 and The End Is the Beginning Is the End. I'm not sure this is really warranted given there are tons of applicable charts, awards, certifications, etc, out there, for which we aren't using succession boxes. Any objections to removing them? — MusikAnimal ^talk 00:22, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Proposal to rename, where appropriate, national music charts articles to territory and format rather than official name, so Swedish music charts rather than Sverigetopplistan, etc. Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Record Charts#National Albums/Music Charts. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 10:40, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

I wanted everyone here to know about the current discussion happening at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musicians#Create Member Section/Timeline Standards that may put an end to all of the edit warring and inconsistency surround band member timelines. — DLManiac (talk) 06:50, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

I have started a discussion regarding how Wikipedia should define singles. Please go here to discuss.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 19:00, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello all, I have been working on the Courtney Love article over a number of years now, and it is currently a Featured Article nominee. I wanted to post here to see if any editors would potentially be interested in doing a review. So far, there are 2/2 reviews supporting it for FA, but I wanted to reach out to some other related WikiProjects to see if anyone would be interested or willing to participate in the review process. Given as divisive of a figure she is, it's been a bit difficult getting interest from editors, in spite of how high-traffic of an article it is. Thank you! Drown Soda (talk) 20:02, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

I've proposed adding a members timeline to the page for The Wonder Stuff. There don't seem to be many regular editors over there, so I'd appreciate it if anyone from the wider project could sanity-check it. I've put the proposed timeline on Talk:The Wonder Stuff.

In general I think membership timelines are useful for bands which have had a reasonable amount of membership change - I don't know if there's any policy on this? TSP (talk) 13:48, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Is info relevant although it is prior to the subject? I added info on Dallon Weekes stating why and when the he was recruited into the band, Panic! at the Disco. [1] Although referenced by in-line citations, a user is reverting the edits due to the info being prior to the subject's recruitment, to which he says is irrelevant to the subject due to the info being prior to is association with the group. Although it is prior to the subject's recruitment, it gives valid, referenced info of the reasons the subject was recruited. Nowhere is info prior to a subject's history with a group forbidden in an article page, especially when it is relevant to the topic.

Please comment on the current RfC here. Thank you. Sekyaw (talk) 22:09, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

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The split proposal will affect the status of Pearl Jam discography as Featured List. I invite you to comment. --George Ho (talk) 01:15, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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Hello all, I've worked quite extensively on the Courtney Love article, and have nominated it for FA status several times but have failed to garner enough supporters to further it beyond the nomination process. I believe the article absolutely fulfills the criteria, and I have gotten supports for promotion each time, just not enough. If anyone would mind looking it over and leaving comments/supporting if you feel so, I'd be very grateful. There does not seem to be many people willing to do reviews of it during the nomination process—I know she is a divisive figure—but I'm hoping I can gather some support to get an FA promotion. Thank you! --Drown Soda (talk) 05:32, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Content (Joywave album) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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An editor is looking for some expert comment here. Can anyone here comment at Talk:Post-punk revival#Conflation. AIRcorn (talk) 01:26, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello, the stub status of the "Flying Lesbians" Lemma could now be removed. Best, julius f2 Julius f2 (talk) 09:54, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

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I recently revived WikiProject Linkin Park (which I think has been inactive or semi-active). The project's scope includes LP as well as band members' side projects (Fort Minor, Dead by Sunrise, Mall), which I think is rather narrow to stand alone as a WikiProject. Should it be merged in as a subproject or task force? (I already edited the WikiProject Alternative music front page to indicate that LP is a subproject, but if you want to revert that, feel free to do so.) Qzekrom (talk) 03:15, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

I apologize if the members of this WikiProject were already alerted somehow, but if not, I have proposed the creation of WikiProject/They Might Be Giants ~Yogibeera (talk) 13:06, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

@Yogibeera: Like I said on the proposal page, I think it would be better as a task force of Alt music (for example, see the Twenty One Pilots proposal below). Qzekrom (talk) 03:17, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Hey. I'm thinking of setting a task force to improve Twenty One Pilots related articles. I currently have the support of EthanRossie2000, I'm still seeing if there are any other willing participants. If anyone is interested, please let me know here. See you. MikeOwen ^discuss 17:43, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Good idea! Qzekrom (talk) 02:16, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

@MikeOwen and EthanRossie2000: I'm down if you are! Qzekrom (talk) 02:01, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

@Qzekrom: That's really great! You can find it here, it's just in my userspace though, but I'll probably move it to the mainspace soon. MikeOwen ^discuss 07:56, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

@MikeOwen: Sign me up! — Sasuke Sarutobi (push to talk) 14:19, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

@Sasuke Sarutobi: Great! Just put your name here, but since it's getting quite a few members, I might move it to the mainspace soon (but not now, as I'm a bit busy). MikeOwen ^discuss 21:15, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

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Please see this discussion. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:26, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

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my comment when I added the bit about alt pop here...

"if you google alt-pop online it still takes you to the indie pop page, but indie fans have deleted all mention of alt-pop as it includes lots of acts that have more in common with teen pop - therefore the information (last updated by Aoksjd on the 24 May 2021)‎ all the indie fans didn't want has been has been moved here".

User:Aoksjd brought it back to the Indie pop page on that date but it was deleted because it contained some orginal research. however something needs to be said about alt-pop somewhere on here because someone else might do the following:

1) Have a look at the Official Charts website

2) look at the latest news at https://www.officialcharts.com/news/latest-news/ because I like to keep up with what's going on in the charts (as there's more to music than just 80s acts at https://www.classicpopmag.com or old rockers at https://www.uncut.co.uk

3) decide to have a look at the 29 June 2021 One To Watch feature(https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/one-to-watch-beren-olivia-is-an-alt-pop-superstar-in-the-making__33478/2) which is entitled "Beren Olivia is an alt-pop superstar in the making" with the sub-heading "Fans of Tate McRae and Halsey will love this songwriter on the precipice of stardom".

4) think what is this alt-pop thing that all these websites are going on about

5) think oh yes I'll google it

6) and do you know what happens when you google alt-pop, alt pop or alternative pop? yes that's right the indie pop page at wiki comes highlighted at the top (please see notes below)

7) Think oh yes Wikipedia! The largest and most-read reference work in history, one which is consistently one of the 15 most popular websites as ranked by Alexa.

8) Going to wiki to find the information required and reading the indie pop page

9) realising the information is not there so Wikipedia must be a bit shit and useless and totally overrated...i.e. its not as good as all the reference books you used to get in Waterstones, The County Book Store, Dillions, The Works or Fopp....(mostly books by Colin Larkin published by Guinness or Virgin Books)

10) looking at the Talk:Indie pop page and noticing that a discussion about alt-pop has taken place, but it looks like the indie fans were not happy with all the pop acts appearing. same with alt-pop in regards to Alternative rock, as there is no mention of pop stars like Billie Eilish, Halsey and Tate McRae over there even though this is where searches are taking people.

11) look at the Revision history for Alternative rock: and indie pop, and find something (by User:Aoksjd) that refers to alt-pop

12) As the indie fans are not happy and seeing as all these alt-pop girls seem to be teen pop stars (as in pop stars in the chart who are teenagers/young woman not pop music aimed at teenyboppers, as that kind of traditional teen music is probably more a gay pop/queer pop thing now or stuff like Westlife that you get for your mum at Christmas) cut and paste the info from indie pop revision history and stick it under the teen pop section where it might be extended on, added to and more appreciated by pop fans.

13) add Halsey

examples of alt-pop stars...

A) Billie Eilish born 18 December 2001 (therefore aged 19 years) with 1 UK Number 1s / 7 UK Top 10s / 11 UK Top 40s / 15 UK Top 75s^[1] (on wiki they get around the alt pop thing by listing her as a singer/songwriter but songs like "Everything I Wanted" (stylized in all lowercase) is listed as alternative pop, which redirects to Indie pop)

B) Halsey born 29 September 1994 (now aged 26, but had her first USA chart entry as a teenager) with 2 UK Number 1s / 3 UK Top 10s / 11 UK Top 40s / 13 UK Top 75s and listed under a few genres on wiki including alternative pop which redirects to Alternative rock in this case

C) Tate McRae, born July 1, 2003 (age 17) with 1 UK Top 10s / 1 UK Top 40s / 2 UK Top 75s^[2] and listed under the alt-pop genre on wiki^[3][4][5] which redirects to which redirects to Alternative rock in this case

all with a top ten hit - therefore must be popular with record buyers who have heard the record on the radio, saw the track on TV or people online streaming the song. However, none of them appear in the articles about Teen pop, Indie pop, Alternative rock or Lo-fi music (bedroom pop)..which is strange in the case of Billie Eilish (isn't she one of the breakout stars of the last few years?)^[6][7][8] and Halsey...shouldn't they be mentioned somewhere in one or more of these articles?

If alt-pop is not going to get an article of its own it has to be put somewhere, as so many sites are using it, even though its quite a new term (it seems it was added to the indie pop page on 10 October 2020‎ by ABigBeast05‎) its even got an entry at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alternative%20pop

"alternative pop (noun)

Definition of alternative pop

pop music that has broad appeal but that is produced by performers who are outside the musical mainstream and that is typically regarded as more original, eclectic, or musically or intellectually challenging than most pop music

— called also alt-pop

Examples of alternative pop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The British alternative pop-rock outfit has now earned 16.1 billion streams. — Hugh Mcintyre, Forbes, 27 May 2021

The alternative pop icon confirmed the news with a tweet. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2020

now if you look at the 'Is Merriam-Webster a credible source?' question you get:

"Merriam-Webster is a wonderful and reliable source for information. The Spelling Bee Hive -- a section about the National Spelling Bee -- the age-appropriate games, the vocabulary quizzes, and the Word of the Day will be of particular interest to kids" from commonsense media ^[9]

now Wikipedia:Dictionaries as sources states that 'Dictionaries that are secondary for Wikipedia but primary among linguists' but if every other website is using the term and if the dictionary has picked up on its popularity, it must be a trend?

please read the following discussion from the Alternative rock talk page...

"Does Alternative pop warrant it’s own page? It is obviously not a direct synonym with alternative rock. Dekai Averett (talk) 08:42, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Dekai -

I suppose it could, looking at it as a subset, so to speak, of the Alt scene, but Alt-Pop was a logical path for the music to follow so I don't consider "Alt-Pop" to be a separate genre of the entire alternative music scene. There were SO MANY subsets of the entire scene that, if one were to "tease" them all apart into their separate contributions well, you'd go nuts trying to separate all of it!

I WAS in the middle of re-writing portions of the "Alternative Rock" Wiki page because it gives the reader the impression that Alt-ROCK came first when it was quite the opposite. Electronic/synthesizer-heavy bands were the first bands with "The Velvet Underground" considered by many to have been the first Alternative band. However, two bands, "Neu!" (ca.1975)(ca.1970) and "CAN" were among the first to begin experimenting with heavy synthesizer use, repetitive drums, and two "CAN" tracks in particular, Vitamin C [2] and "Mother Sky" [3]" are obviously very important links in the history of alternative music that would soon follow in the 1980s. Here's a tune by "Neu!" - [4].

Prior to "CAN" & "Neu!" was "The Velvet Underground", a band, of sorts (more of an experimental music effort) formed in 1967 by Lou Reed (who went on to be one of the greatest alternative music artists), John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. The Underground sprang from the famous,, "bohemian"/ avant-garde art-house of Andy Warhol, and he briefly managed the band. The band saw little commercial success at the time but now The Underground is considered to be one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music. And THAT sentence sums up my point perfectly - the roots of alternative music run DEEP and we had multiple terms for the musical genera. Alternative, Punk, New Wave, underground, experimental (Depeche Mode's early albums contain loads of experimental material). We were raving, most likely, before you were even born and Extacy was a LEGAL drug, for a time. We dressed to thrill, kill, and looked beautiful every time we went clubbing. When rap became increasingly popular, I kNEW that it was over and was so saddened to see it all end because we had the BESt times, the best clubs, drugs, clothes, and FUN!

We'd have MUCH less violence in the world today if this generation of Millenials would just go out clubbing and stop being so damn serious.

Oh, I was in my early 20's back then; now I'm 57 and STILL listening to albums from the '80s!

and now from the indie pop page...

Why are "alternative pop" and "alt pop" redirects to this page. Whenever I see either term (and as I've exemplified in pages for albums like Spiders and The Beta Band), it is used to describe a very different style(s) of music than indie pop. - TangoTizerWolfstone (talk) 01:30, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

"Alternative pop" is a term that has no currency. The only source I've ever found that attempts to define it is AllMusic, which calls it "essentially a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s." The closest thing to that is indie pop. Other people might think of "alt-pop" as a synonym for art pop, experimental pop, avant-pop, progressive pop, and so on.--Ilovetopaint (talk) 04:37, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

For what it's worth, here are a couple of other appearances of these terms: Merriam-Webster.com has an entry for "alternative pop," defining it as "pop music that has broad appeal but that is produced by performers who are outside the musical mainstream and that is typically regarded as more original, eclectic, or musically or intellectually challenging than most pop music...called also alt-pop." Last.fm has a category for "alternative pop" whose "top artists" include Björk, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Garbage, and the Cardigans. I suppose those two conceptions are compatible with each other; and if the "indie" in "indie-pop" is to be taken at all literally, I guess a major-label artist who made non-mainstream pop might be "alternative" but not "indie" (as with "alternative rock" vs. "indie rock"?). Jcejhay (talk) 18:30, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

I've since changed my opinion and think that Alternative pop should remain a redirect to Alternative rock. Ilovetopaint (talk) 08:39, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

The term 'Alt pop' is being used quite a lot on blogs/websites these days...sometimes with 'Alt Pop' being interchangeable with 'Bedroom pop' (though the latter just redirects to Lo-Fi Music at the moment)...it really needs its own article as Alt pop is moving in a direction that has nowt to do with indiepop (less indie more 'Alternative Teen pop', especially with a lot of people using indie as shorthand for 'with guitars'). Until then I have added the following...

"Where once the term 'Alt pop' was interchangeable with that of 'Indiepop' (with 'Alternative' being the preferred American term for non-mainstream acts, and 'Indie' being favoured more in the United Kingdom), in the 21st Century the the term started to be used less in conjunction with twee, jangly guitar acts who would be found in the indie charts and more with pop artists like Tate McRae^[10][11] and Billie Eilish^[12][13]. These 21st Century pop stars would be seen as more eclectic and more original^[14] than the usual chart pop stars (with the definition of chart pop in this instance being the 'more cheesy^[15][16]' or 'purer^[17]' form of pop music usually targeted at teenagers), having more in common with Art pop and Lo-fi music^[18] than Stock Aitken Waterman^[19][20]". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.172.230 (talk) 13:28, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

P.S. even though I am in an area dealing with Alternative music and have referred to 'Cheesy pop', I am not using Cheesy pop as a snide negative. I actually like a lot of S/A/W's tunes and watched them on Sky Arts the other day.

These are interesting insights. I'm sure I'm not the first to feel that it's hard to know what to do about these terminology/subgenre issues, when there's so much overlap and ambiguity, and meanings can arise and shift so quickly, and there are so very many artists out there (and yet there's not always necessarily a consensus as to what subgenre best describes even one particular artist). It almost seems like the whole topic should be relegated to disambiguation pages! You know, like "'Alternative pop' or 'alt pop' can mean this or this or this or this or sometimes this, and that's all we're going to say." (:v> Jcejhay (talk) 14:24, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

I think the problem arose from differences between language terminology UK and US. In Britain we have generally put the emphasis on the 'Indie' part, so that 'Indie' is the genre (now regardless of being independently distributed or not) with the sub-genres being Indie Rock, Indie Pop (typeset a lot of the time as indiepop probably because if the word pop is too 'visible' or given 'equal status' it might be seen as 'chart pop' and therefore inferior) and Indie Dance (usually from that time in the 1990s when indie bands went dance after the Second Summer of Love). In American terms it looks like the emphasis is being put on the second word, so that Alternative Rock, Alternative Pop and Alternative Dance are sub-genres of Rock, Pop and Dance, with each featuring artists operating outside the mainstream (or at least deemed less 'MOR'/'chart friendly'/'Radio 2' etc)...with Alternative Dance being used for all those dance music acts like The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers acceptable for a play down at '50p a pint night' (i.e indie/student nights in various University towns back in the day). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.172.230 (talk) 12:07, 19 November 2020 (UTC) "

"Where once the term 'Alt"alt pop'" was interchangeable with that of 'Indiepop'"indie pop" (with 'Alternative'"alternative" being the preferred American term for non-mainstream acts, and 'Indie'"indie" being favoured more in the United Kingdom), in the 21st Century the term started to be used less in conjunction with twee, jangly guitar acts who would be found in the indie charts and more with pop artists like Tate McRae^[21][22] and Billie Eilish.^[23][24] These 21st Century pop stars would be seen as more eclectic and more original^[25] than the usual chart pop stars (with the definition of chart pop in this instance being the 'more cheesy^[26][27]' or 'purer' form of pop music usually targeted at teenagers), having more in common with Art pop and Lo-fi music^[28] than Stock Aitken Waterman.^[29][30]"

so is alt-pop actually alternative, is it indie pop/Art pop etc or is it just chart pop/teen pop?

Notes:

1) even though indie pop on Wikipedia (i.e. Indie pop a Musical genre: Indie pop is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and subsequently generated a thriving fanzine, label, and club and gig circuit) come up highlighted on three searches, two have the top like to a spotify playlist with girl in red (Indie pop/lo-fi/bedroom pop/indie rock/dream pop/alternative on wiki with alt-pop referred to at https://hitsdailydouble.com/the_bside&id=325984&title=girl-in-red-(AWAL), https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/girl-in-red-bedroom-pops-bonafide-breakout-artist-is-back/ and https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9560223/girl-in-red-debut-album-interview/) and Chloe Moriondo (Indie pop/indie rock/kbedroom pop on wiki, alt pop at the NME see https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/chloe-moriondo-pop-punk-hero-interview-2914816 or https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/chloe-moriondo-blood-bunny-review-radar-2934902)

2) however by putting alternative pop into google as well as the indie pop section at wiki, you get the definition from Allmusic: "Alternative Pop/Rock is essentially a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s. Though there is a variety of musical styles within Alternative Rock, they are all tied together since they existed outside of the mainstream" with the questions

2.1) What makes a song Alternative Pop?

"Alternative music (or alternative rock) distinguished itself from pop by having distorted melodies, lyrical content that was more edgy or subversive, and generally appealed to a smaller audience of people who thought of themselves as outcasts".^[31]

2.2) Is alternative pop a thing?

"Alternative pop is aimed towards alternative music listeners who want a different kind of sound than the mainstream".^[32]

2.3)Is Billie Eilish pop or alternative?

Billie Eilish is an indie pop phenomenal singer. She has Tourettes Syndrome yet she manages to write and perform her music. She is very original and even tape records sounds to use on her recordings.^[33]

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