what are some types within this category?
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who is the woman on the surfer rosa album cover UNANSWERABLE when was this album released? March 1988 by whom? By the American alternative rock band Pixies what are some of the songs found on this album? "Cactus", "Gigantic", "Where Is My Mind?" did the last song have any impact on culture? Yes, on Tuesday, April 13, 2004, NASA used "Where Is My Mind?" to wake up the team working on the Mars rover, "Spirit", in honor of its software transplant. where did the rock genre mentioned previously get its name from? In the past, popular music tastes were dictated by music executives within large entertainment corporations. Record companies signed contracts with those entertainers who were thought to become the most popular, and therefore who could generate the most sales.
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Alternative rock [SEP] Introduction
Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock, or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, DIY ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. In September 1988, "Billboard" introduced "alternative" into their charting system to reflect the rise of the format across radio stations in the United States by stations like KROQ-FM in Los Angeles and WDRE-FM in New York, which were playing music from more underground, independent, and non-commercial rock artists.