Category: Alt Rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt rock or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s.

Eddie And The Hot Rods – The Island Years [6CD Box Set] (2018)

Eddie and the Hot Rods were a pub rock band from Essex founded in 1975. This box set includes almost everything they recorded in the 70’s. This includes their 3 official albums on Island Records adding 25 bonus tracks as well as the very rare Rods album, released as a limited edition (50-100 copies?) at the Marquee Club (Wardour Street) and at the Reading Festival.

Loser (John 5) – Just Like You ( 2006)

Loser got their name from memories of guitarist John 5’s childhood spent in Grosse Point, MI, where, according to him, kids who played rock music were dubbed “losers.” John 5 (born as John Lowery), who had also played for Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and David Lee Roth, started the band when he and producer Bob Marlette saw Joe Grah,