"alternative rock" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995 June 3, David Sprague, “Buffalo Tom Reaches Crossroads: EastWest Trio At Make-Or-Break Point”, in Billboard, volume 107, number 22, page 9",
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        "A genre of rock music that is normally published on independent labels, comprising of many different subgenres, mostly distinguished by the prevalence of thick and distorted guitar music."
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          "rock music",
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          "independent",
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          "guitar",
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        "(music) A genre of rock music that is normally published on independent labels, comprising of many different subgenres, mostly distinguished by the prevalence of thick and distorted guitar music."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alternarock"
        }
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "word": "alternativa rokmuziko"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rock alternatif"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "alṭernaṭiuli roḳi",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "word": "ალტერნატიული როკი"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "word": "alternatív rock"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "balamaly rok",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "word": "баламалы рок"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eolteoneotibeu rok",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "word": "얼터너티브 록"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rock alternativo"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "alʹternatívnyj rok",
          "sense": "genre of rock music",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "альтернати́вный рок"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "alternative rock"
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        "(music) A genre of rock music that is normally published on independent labels, comprising of many different subgenres, mostly distinguished by the prevalence of thick and distorted guitar music."
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "word": "alternativa rokmuziko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock alternatif"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "alṭernaṭiuli roḳi",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "word": "ალტერნატიული როკი"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "word": "alternatív rock"
    },
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      "roman": "balamaly rok",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "word": "баламалы рок"
    },
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eolteoneotibeu rok",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "word": "얼터너티브 록"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rock alternativo"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alʹternatívnyj rok",
      "sense": "genre of rock music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "альтернати́вный рок"
    }
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  "word": "alternative rock"
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