Catherine Wheel - Ferment and Chrome
The English band Catherine Wheel's 1992 debut album Ferment and the 1993 follow up album Chrome associated the group with the shoegaze music scene. As the band progressed over the years after their de...
30 Marras 202524min
Björk - The Sugarcubes Years
The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic alternative band that formed in 1986, and by the time the band ended in 1992 they had become Iceland's biggest music group. During this short career, The Sugarcubes we...
23 Marras 202528min
Cabaret Voltaire - The Original Sound of Sheffield
The story of Cabaret Voltaire began when they formed in Sheffield, England in 1973 by Chris Watson, Richard H Kirk, and Stephen Mallinder. The band would go on to one of the most innovative, influenti...
16 Marras 202539min
Primal Scream - The Loaded Screamadelica
Screamadelica, the 1991 third studio album from Primal Scream, was a defining album as it successfully fused indie rock with electronic, techno, and house dance music. The album was instrumental in br...
9 Marras 202526min
Origins of Alternative Music: The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground formed in New York City in 1964 and has been considered by many as one of the most influential American rock bands. The band's music contained experimentation with instrumentati...
2 Marras 202531min
45 Grave - Halloween from the Grave
When 45 Grave formed in Los Angeles in 1979, their music would combine punk rock with a dark and horror themed aesthetic becoming one of the first American gothic rock bands as they helped create the ...
26 Loka 202525min
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi and a Dark Field
When Bauhaus created the song “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” and released it as their debut single in early 1979, they did not realize the impact the song and the band's aesthetic would have on culture and musi...
19 Loka 202525min
Chrome - Sonics of Another World
Chrome was one of the more unusual alternative bands that arrived on the 70's San Francisco music scene. Chrome’s music would often take on sci-fi themes while employing tape loops, distortion and ove...
12 Loka 202530min
