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Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community

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Alternative Nation : The Fediverse's largest alternative and indie music community! All things alternative music, from 80s college rock to today's indie and all the amazing alternative music in between. Welcome home, music nerds!

Some of y'all may remember MTV's Alternative Nation or 120 Minutes, awesome programs & incredible ways to discover #music back in the 80s & 90s...

Welcome, to the Fediverse edition!

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Share youtube, songwhip, spotify, bandcamp links, music memes, album art, articles, whatever! But avoid links to directly download music (don't want to get Lemmy.world in trouble). Songwhip links always appreciated!

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The Golden Rule: Music taste is subjective so don't be a gatekeeping asshole. There's no "bad music", only music you like or don't like.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's hard to overstate how much this track captured the zeitgeist of the moment. This was two years into Thatcher first term in office, when the whole country seemed to be crumbling, and though it was written before the race riots of 1981 it was released at the perfect moment to feel like a reflection of those tensions.

Also noteworthy is that the first B side, "Why?" was written about a racist attack that left the guitarist hospitalised.