Recent content by karmacoma

There's a lot that AI is good for but the idea that an AI model created a piece of creative work immediately makes me disinterested in the work. Even if in the future AI can start putting out creatively good work (now it's just stuff that sounds like other stuff, generic) I would feel the same...

Obviously, Alternative has been mainstream since the 90s (but really, if we count bands like Depeche Mode and The Cure, since the 80s), but I think Alternative describes a sound rather than one's relationship to the mainstream. It's really just music that shares some bloodline with Punk/Post-Punk.

"Wonderwall". Just kidding. I would say "Dear Prudence" or "And Your Bird Can Sing."

Depends on what you mean by "Indie." As many point our here, it is short for "Independent" so it could fit any artist not signed to a major label. But there is also "Indie-Rock", which describes the music style more than it describes the artist's current label status. It was born out of...

I've heard the claim that Grunge killed Glam Metal/Hair Metal, but I don't think it's entirely accurate. Perhaps Grunge was more the final nail in the coffin rather than the bullet. Glam Metal/Hair Metal was already dying out a bit before Grunge went mainstream. Even Guns N'Roses were more...

It was a mix of things. Alice In Chains had a large gap between 1992's "Dirt" and 1995's self-titled album, and then they didn't release another album until the 2000s. Soundgarden broke up in 1997, but "Down on the Upside" was already less grungy than their previous albums. Pearl Jam was...