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  2. Music history of the United States in the 1980s - Wikipedia

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    By the late 1980s, the American alternative scene was dominated by styles ranging from quirky alternative pop (They Might Be Giants and Camper Van Beethoven), to noise rock (Sonic Youth, Big Black) to industrial rock (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails). These sounds were in turn followed by the advent of Boston's the Pixies and Los Angeles' Jane's ...

  3. 1990s in music - Wikipedia

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    Similarly to the 1980s, rock music was also very popular in the 1990s, yet, unlike the new wave and glam metal-dominated scene of the time, grunge, [1] Britpop, industrial rock, and other alternative rock music emerged and took over as the most popular of the decade, as well as punk rock, ska punk, and nu metal, amongst others, which attained a ...

  4. New sincerity - Wikipedia

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    New sincerity (closely related to and sometimes described as synonymous with post-postmodernism) is a trend in music, aesthetics, literary fiction, film criticism, poetry, literary criticism and philosophy that generally describes creative works that expand upon and break away from concepts of postmodernist irony and cynicism.

  5. List of songs based on literary works - Wikipedia

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    "Exit Music (For a Film)" OK Computer: Radiohead: Romeo & Juliet: William Shakespeare [95] "Fable" Volcano: Gatsbys American Dream: Lord of the Flies: William Golding [96] "Flower of the Mountain" Director's Cut: Kate Bush: Ulysses: James Joyce: The 1989 Kate Bush song The Sensual World was based on the closing paragraphs of Ulysses. However ...

  6. 1990s - Wikipedia

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    The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as "the '90s" or "the Nineties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [1]

  7. 1980s in music - Wikipedia

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    The salsa music had developed in the 1960s and '70s by Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants to the New York City area but did not enter into mainstream popularity in Latin America until the late 1980s. The salsa music became together with cumbia the two most popular dance music but did not penetrate other countries outside the Caribbean as cumbia did.

  8. Category:1980s in American music - Wikipedia

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    1980s; 1990s; 2000s; ... Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. 0–9. 1980 in American music (11 P) 1981 in American music ...

  9. Music visualization - Wikipedia

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    Music visualization or music visualisation, a feature found in electronic music visualizers and media player software, generates animated imagery based on a piece of music. The imagery is usually generated and rendered in real time and in a way synchronized with the music as it is played.