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MOORE: Yeah, in the true sense of theword, because what we're doing is not part of anygenre. Unfortunately, the word "alternative" hastaken on the characteristics of the term "newwave," which was such a blanket term which wasapplied to a wide range of music but which skimmeddown to anyone who wore white shirts and skinnyties. Alternative has become a catch word whichmeans either R.E.M. or the Manchester thing. Whenyou say alternative, it conjures up a relativelyslim categorization. There are so many bands whichare called alternative just because they'realternate to the mainstream, but they are themainstream after a while...

Author: By J. C. Herz, | Title: BOSTON'S MOST ECCENTRIC | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

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