Ndeapi mazita emabhendi emimhanzi yeAlternative akakurumbira kubva kuma1980 nama1990.
Mabhendi aionekwa semimhanzi yerudzi rwealternative rock muma1980 aiva R.E.M., Depeche Mode, Nirvana, O.M.D., The Smiths, the Psychadelic Furs, the Housemartins, Green Day, the Violent Femmes, the B-52s, the Cure, UB40, uye U2, kungodudza mashoma. Ramba uchiyeuka kuti mamwe emapoka aifungidzirwa seanochinja mumakore e1980 akava makuru mumakore e1990 sezvaakawana mukurumbira (R.E.M., Depeche Mode, Green Day, U2, The Cure). Mapoka enziyo dzerock dzomuma1990 andinoyeuka ndeaya anoti Counting Crows, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Third Eye Blind, the Stone Temple Pilots, Live, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Blues Traveler, the Spin Doctors, uye No Doubt. Mumakore ekuma2000, mapoka emimhanzi yeAlternative rock akanga akakurumbira aiva Maroon 5, Coldplay, Train, the White Stripes, Linkin Park, Gorillaz, Kings of Leon, Weezer, MGMT, Nickelback, Radiohead, Goo Goo Dolls, Blink-182.