History Main / AlternativeDance

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It's a very eclectic genre, since AlternativeRock and ElectronicMusic are quite varied in and of themselves, but there are certain common threads: a greater emphasis on songwriting than in typical dance music (if such a thing can be said to exist); generally conventional (verse/chorus) song structures; lyrics that reflect the influence of AlternativeRock and are thus likely to be darker and/or more complx than those of found in DancePop; and often (though not always) some combination of Rock instruments (huitar, bass, drums) and electronic music.

The genre first came into existence in the [[TheEighties 80s]] in the aftermath of the mainstream success of NewWaveMusic and SynthPop. Arguably the first bands to play this style of music were NewOrder (who [[TropeMaker virtually invented it]] on singles like "Temptation" and, most famously, "Blue Monday"), [[DepecheMode Depeche Mode]] (starting around 82/83- earlier work is straight SynthPop or [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]), Yazoo and Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. These bands all combined electronic music with PostPunk rock music and had somewhat more thoughtful lyrics than was typical of the SynthPop of the day. The latter three bands came from a SynthPop background, whereas NewOrder were rooted in the PostPunk of their former incarnation as JoyDivision. These two genres were the largest influence on AlternativeDance, at least early on. Also, these bands were all British, as were most of the prominent bands in the early history of the genre.

The genre continues to go strong, with many IndieRock bands (i.e. LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, M.I.A.) playing it. Many of the recent Dance Punk/[[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] revival bands can be considered to belong to this genre as well.

* The Rapture (also [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)

* Metric (combined with [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)
* Electric Six (combined with GarageRock and [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)

* Friends (also [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)

* GoldFields (also [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)

* Helalyn Flowers (combined with IndustrialMetal and NewWave revival)

** {{New Order}} (TropeMaker)
*** Electronic
*** Revenge
*** The Other Two
** [[DepecheMode Depeche Mode]] (also SynthPop)
** Yazoo (also SynthPop)
*** Alison Moyet
*** Erasure
** Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark (also SynthPop and NewWaveMusic)
** SoftCell (also SynthPop)
*** Marc Almond
** A Certain Ratio (also PostPunk)
** Alphaville (also SynthPop and NewWaveMusic)
** Bronski Beat (also SynthPop and NewWaveMusic)
** Annie Lennox
** PetShopBoys
** Big Audio Dynamite (formed from the ashes of TheClash, incidentally)
** Shriekback (also PostPunk)
** Clan Of Xymox (also GothRock and DarkWave)
** Sister Machine Gun (also {{Industrial}})
** Renegade Soundwave (also {{Industrial}})
** Delerium (FrontLineAssembly side project- also DreamPop)
** TheStoneRoses
** Music/HappyMondays
** Inspiral Carpets
** The Charlatans UK (also {{Britpop}}, arguably)
** The Shamen
** Saint Etienne
** The Beloved
** Republica
** {{U2}} (on Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop, mostly, but occasionally since then)
** Everything But the Girl
** Music/PrimalScream (from ''Screamadelica'' onwards, with the exception of ''Give Out But Don't Give Up'' and ''Riot City Blues'')
** Music/PopWillEatItself
** Music/{{Pulp}} (also BritPop and {{New Wave| Music}})
** Music/{{Blur}} (their first album is a fusion of AlternativeDance and {{Shoegazing}}, before they jumped on the {{Britpop}} bandwagon)
** Pizzicato Five
** Cibo Matto
** Cornershop
** Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
** EMF
** {{Curve}} (the danciest of the {{Shoegazing}} bands)
** {{Garbage}}
** Music/{{Beck}} (also... well, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a lot of things]], really.)
** TheProdigy (also BigBeat)
** Music/TheChemicalBrothers (also BigBeat)
** TheCrystalMethod (also BigBeat)
** Propellerheads (also BigBeat)
** {{Portishead}} (also TripHop)
** {{MassiveAttack}} (also TripHop)
** Tricky (also TripHop)
** {{Bjork}}
** Dubtribe
** Alpha
** GusGus
** The Knife
** Simian Mobile Disco
** Chicks on Speed
** {{Jamiroquai}} (also Acid Jazz, {{Funk}}, {{FunkRock}} and {{Disco}})
** Brand New Heavies (also Acid Jazz and AlternativeHipHop)
** Stereo MC's (also Acid Jazz and AlternativeHipHop)
** Music/{{Air}}
** Phoenix
** Sian Evans
** ScissorSisters
** !!!
** The Rapture (also [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)
** Kasabian
** LCD Soundsystem
** Fischerspooner (also SynthPop)
** Freezepop (also SynthPop)
** Ladytron (also SynthPop and DreamPop)
** Hellogoodbye
** Bag Raiders
** Balkan Beat Box
** Boys Noize
** Breakbot (also Disco)
** Casiokids
** Delphic
** DZ Deathrays (combined with NoiseRock, oddly enough)
** Free Blood
** Fujiya & Miyagi
** Holy Ghost!
** Metric (combined with [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)
** Electric Six (combined with GarageRock and [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)
** Music/{{MIA}}
** Midnight Resistance(also DarkWave and Futurepop)
** Rye Rye (combined with AlternativeHipHop)
** Sally Shapiro (also ItaloDisco and DreamPop)
** Santigold
** Hot Chip
** The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
** Music/TheCruxshadows (also DarkWave)
** The Juan MacLean
** Friends (als [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)
** How To Destroy Angels ([[NineInchNails Trent Reznor's]] side project, also {{Industrial}} and Ambient)
** GoldFields (also [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] Revival)
** Lights (perhaps as close to pure Pop as the genre gets)
** Apoptygma Berzerk's [[NewSoundAlbum later albums]] (formerly EBM/Futurepop)
** Shiny Toy Guns
** Helalyn Flowers (combined with IndustrialMetal and NewWave revival)
** Music/{{AWOLNATION}}

** Helalyn Flowers (combined with IndustrialMetal and NewWave revival)

** Sally Shapiro

** Music/{{Pulp}} (also BritPop)

** Apoptygma Berzerk's [[NewSoundAlbum later albums]] (formerly EBM/Futurepop)

** Apoptygma Berzerk's [[NewSoundAlbum later albums]].

** Lights (perhaps as close to pure Pop as the genre gets)

** ChemicalBrothers (also BigBeat)

** TheCruxshadows (also DarkWave)

** Air

** {{M.I.A.}}

** Tom Tom Club (also NewWaveMusic)
** Tears for Fears

** Happy Mondays

** The Charlatans UK (also Britpop, arguably)

** Primal Scream (from Screamadelica onwards, with the exception of Give Up But Don't Give In)
** Pop Will Eat Itself
** Pulp (also BritPop)

** {{Beck}} (also... well, [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a lot of things]], really.)
** The Prodigy (also BigBeat)
** Chemical Brothers (also BigBeat)
** The Crystal Method (also BigBeat)
** Propellorheads (also BigBeat)

** M.I.A.

** Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark (also SynthPop and [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]])

** Tom Tom Club (also [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]])

** Alphaville (also SynthPop and [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]])
** Bronski Beat (also SynthPop and [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]])

** Friends (als NewWave Revival)

** GoldFields (also [[NewWaveMusic NewWave]] Revival)

The genre first came into existence in the [[TheEighties 80s]] in the aftermath of the mainstream success of NewWave and SynthPop. Arguably the first bands to play this style of music were NewOrder (who [[TropeMaker virtually invented it]] on singles like "Temptation" and, most famously, "Blue Monday"), [[DepecheMode Depeche Mode]] (starting around 82/83- earlier work is straight SynthPop or [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]), Yazoo and Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. These bands all combined electronic music with PostPunk rock music and had somewhat more thoughtful lyrics than was typical of the SynthPop of the day. The latter three bands came from a SynthPop background, whereas NewOrder were rooted in the PostPunk of their former incarnation as JoyDivision. These two genres were the largest influence on AlternativeDance, at least early on. Also, these bands were all British, as were most of the prominent bands in the early history of the genre.

** How To Destroy Angels ({{NineInchNails Trent Reznor's}} side project, also {{Industrial}} and Ambient)
** GoldFields (also NewWave Revival)

** Big Audio Dynamite

** Delerium ({{FrontLineAssembly}} side project- also DreamPop)

The genre first came into existence in the [[TheEighties 80s]] in the aftermath of the mainstream success of NewWave and SynthPop. Arguably the first bands to play this style of music were NewOrder (who [[TropeMaker virtually invented it]] on singles like "Temptation" and, most famously, "Blue Monday"), [[DepecheMode Depeche Mode]] (starting around 82/83- earlier work is straight SynthPop or NewWave), Yazoo and Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. These bands all combined electronic music with PostPunk rock music and had somewhat more thoughtful lyrics than was typical of the SynthPop of the day. The latter three bands came from a SynthPop background, whereas NewOrder were rooted in the PostPunk of their former incarnation as JoyDivision. These two genres were the largest influence on AlternativeDance, at least early on. Also, these bands were all British, as were most of the prominent bands in the early history of the genre.

The genre continues to go strong, with many IndieRock bands (i.e. LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, M.I.A.) playing it. Many of the recent Dance Punk/{{NewWave}} revival bands can be considered to belong to this genre as well.

** Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark (also SynthPop and NewWave)

** Tom Tom Club (also NewWave)

** Alphaville (also SynthPop and NewWave)
** Bronski Beat (also SynthPop and NewWave)

** Delerium (also DreamPop)

** The Rapture (also NewWave Revival)

** Metric (combined with NewWave Revival)
** Electric Six (combined with GarageRock and NewWave Revival)

** Scissor Sisers

The genre continued into the [[TheNineties 90s]], with new bands (Saint Etienne, Republica, {{Garbage}}, {{Curve}}) forming and many older bands who were established in other genres [[GenreShift moving towards it]] (Primal Scream, Everything But the Girl and, most famously U2, who embraced the genre on their huge hit [[NewSoundAlbum Achtung Baby]]). Also, many of the older bands experienced their biggest hits at the turn of the decade- for example, DepecheMode and NewOrder, who both finally broke the into the American mainstream. The popularity of Grunge generally did little to hurt the genre, and it even provided influence for some (for example, Garbage)- many bands added heavier guitars as a result of Grunge and (to some extent) BritPop.

** Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark (also SynthPop and NewWave)

The genre first came into existence in the [[TheEighties 80s]] in the aftermath of the mainstream success of NewWave and SynthPop. Arguably the first bands to play this style of music were NewOrder (who [[TropeMaker virtually invented it]] on singles like "Temptation" and, most famously, "Blue Monday"), DepecheMode (starting around 82/83- earlier work is straight SynthPop or NewWave), Yazoo and Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. These bands all combined electronic music with PostPunk rock music and had somewhat more thoughtful lyrics than was typical of the SynthPop of the day. The latter three bands came from a SynthPop background, whereas NewOrder were rooted in the PostPunk of their former incarnation as JoyDivision. These two genres were the largest influence on AlternativeDance, at least early on. Also, these bands were all British, as were most of the prominent bands in the early history of the genre.

The genre continues to go strong, with many IndieRock bands (i.e. LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, M.I.A.) playing it. Many of the recent Dance Punk/NewWave revival bands can be considered to belong to this genre as well.

** {{DepecheMode}} (also SynthPop)

** {{Beck}} (also... well, {{NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a lot of things}}, really.)

The genre continued into the [[TheNineties 90s]], with new bands (Saint Etienne, Republica, Garbage, Curve) forming and many older bands who were established in other genres [[GenreShift moving towards it]] (Primal Scream, Everything But the Girl and, most famously U2, who embraced the genre on their huge hit [[NewSoundAlbum Achtung Baby]]). Also, many of the older bands experienced their biggest hits at the turn of the decade- for example, DepecheMode and NewOrder, who both finally broke the into the American mainstream. The popularity of Grunge generally did little to hurt the genre, and it even provided influence for some (for example, Garbage)- many bands added heavier guitars as a result of Grunge and (to some extent) BritPop.

** New Order (TropeMaker)

** DepecheMode (also SynthPop)

** U2 (on Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop, mostly, but occasionally since then)

** Curve (the danciest of the Shoegazing bands)
** Garbage
** Beck (also... well, {{NeoClassicalPunkRockZydeco a lot of things}}, really.)

** Portishead (also TripHop)
** Massive Attack (also TripHop)

** Bjork

** Jamiroquai (also Acid Jazz, {{Funk}}, {{FunkRock}} and {{Disco}})

The genre first came into existence in the [[TheEighties 80s]] in the aftermath of the mainstream success of NewWave and SynthPop. Arguably the first bands to play this style of music were NewOrder (who [[TropeMaker virtually invented it]] on singles like "Temptation" and, most famously, "Blue Monday"), Depeche Mode (starting around 82/83- earlier work is straight SynthPop or NewWave), Yazoo and Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. These bands all combined electronic music with PostPunk rock music and had somewhat more thoughtful lyrics than was typical of the SynthPop of the day. The latter three bands came from a SynthPop background, whereas NewOrder were rooted in the PostPunk of their former incarnation as JoyDivision. These two genres were the largest influence on AlternativeDance, at least early on. Also, these bands were all British, as were most of the prominent bands in the early history of the genre.

** Depeche Mode (also SynthPop)

** Garbage