Eli5 why rock n’ roll music in the 90s was called alternative? What was it alternative to? What defined it as a separate genre?

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Eli5 why rock n’ roll music in the 90s was called alternative? What was it alternative to? What defined it as a separate genre?

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It was an alterative to [This](https://youtu.be/fuKDBPw8wQA) …and [This](https://youtu.be/0u8teXR8VE4) …and yes, especially an alternative to [THIS](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ)

Then [This happened](https://youtu.be/PbgKEjNBHqM) on my TV one thanksgiving and my uncle pronounced the band name like the host in the video from then on.