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When the alt-rock revolution began just a few years later, Journey were lumped together with REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Foreigner as fossils from a bygone corporate rock era, and that seemed unlikely to change.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
View this post on Instagram Fellow alt-rock staples The Shins and Silversun Pickups will be Weezer's supporting bands for the tour.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The alt-rock singer-songwriter with bonafide pop-star status originally booked a solo tour extravaganza back in 2020 in support of Petals for Armor, but the pandemic scrapped those plans.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
The vinyl boom started in the late 2000s as a more niche trend among audiofiles and indieheads, with alt-rock figures like Jack White serving as early trailblazers evangelizing the format.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
View this post on Instagram Fellow alt-rock staples The Shins and Silversun Pickups will be Weezer's supporting bands for the tour.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
The alt-rock singer-songwriter with bonafide pop-star status originally booked a solo tour extravaganza back in 2020 in support of Petals for Armor, but the pandemic scrapped those plans.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
The vinyl boom started in the late 2000s as a more niche trend among audiofiles and indieheads, with alt-rock figures like Jack White serving as early trailblazers evangelizing the format.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Alt-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alt-rock. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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