1.   Along with Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam and Ministry, the Red Hot Chili Peppers that helped bring alternative rock into the limelight.

2.   Alongside the fatalistic declarations of rap and the existential angst of alternative rock, the Cranberries are as soothing and restorative as a glass of cool water.

3.   Alternative rock, the category, is entrenched now, as recognizable as the blues, and about equally flexible.

4.   Alternative rock?

5.   Although Liz Phair, the darling of alternative rock, has gained notoriety for writing off-color lyrics, her songs actually offer less titillation than revelation.

6.   An Austin alternative rock band donated a mixing board.

7.   And Spin is highlighting the alternative rock group Rage Against the Machine.

8.   And no matter how rough the going gets, alternative rock blasts on the soundtrack.

9.   And now Bruce Springsteen is becoming a fan of alternative rock and spending time with Soul Asylum.

10.   And the leading alternative rock band is still Radiohead, which has never been accused of playing it safe.