Editing Alternative rock (section)

=== Grunge ===
{{Main|Grunge}}
[[File:Oasis Noel and Liam WF.jpg|alt=Two-thirds body shot of a singer wearing a coat with wide lapels; a guitar player is in the background. Both have short, blond hair.|thumb|[[Liam Gallagher|Liam]] and [[Noel Gallagher]] of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] performing in September 2005]]
[[File:Billy Corgan with The Smashing Pumpkins 2008-02-18.jpg|thumb|[[Billy Corgan]] of [[the Smashing Pumpkins]] performing in February 2008]]
Other grunge bands subsequently replicated Nirvana's success. [[Pearl Jam]] had released its debut album ''[[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'' a month before ''Nevermind'' in 1991, but album sales only picked up a year later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Smackdown: Pearl Jam vs. Nirvana|url=http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/2011/sep/20/smackdown-grunge-turns-20/|publisher=Soundcheck|access-date=June 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223053056/http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/2011/sep/20/smackdown-grunge-turns-20/|archive-date=February 23, 2013}}</ref> By the second half of 1992 ''Ten'' became a breakthrough success, being certified gold and reaching number two on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart.<ref>Pearlman, Nina. "Black Days". ''[[Guitar World]]''. December 2002.</ref> [[Soundgarden]]'s album ''[[Badmotorfinger]]'', [[Alice in Chains]]' ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]'' and [[Stone Temple Pilots]]' ''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]'' along with the ''[[Temple of the Dog (album)|Temple of the Dog]]'' album collaboration featuring members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, were also among the 100 top-selling albums of 1992.{{sfn|Lyons|2004|p=136}} The popular breakthrough of these grunge bands prompted ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' to nickname Seattle "the new [[Liverpool]]".<ref name="success NYT"/> Major record labels signed most of the prominent grunge bands in Seattle, while a second influx of bands moved to the city in hopes of success.{{sfn|Azerrad|2001|pp=452–453}} At the same time, critics asserted that advertising was co-opting elements of grunge and turning it into a fad. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' commented in a 1993 article, "There hasn't been this kind of exploitation of a subculture since the media discovered hippies in the '60s."<ref>{{cite magazine | date=April 2, 1993 | title=Smells Like Big Bucks | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | url=https://ew.com/article/1993/04/02/smells-big-bucks/ | access-date=July 25, 2007 | author=Kobel, Peter | archive-date=October 14, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014023338/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306055,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' compared the "grunging of America" to the mass-marketing of punk rock, [[disco]], and [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] in previous years. As a result of the genre's popularity, a backlash against grunge developed in Seattle.<ref name="success NYT" />

Nirvana's follow-up album ''[[In Utero (album)|In Utero]]'' (1993) was an intentionally abrasive album that Nirvana bassist [[Krist Novoselic]] described as a "wild aggressive sound, a true alternative record."<ref>DeRogatis, Jim. ''Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's''. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. p. 18. {{ISBN|978-0-306-81271-2}}.</ref> Nevertheless, upon its release in September 1993 ''In Utero'' topped the ''Billboard'' charts.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=October 8, 1993 |title=In Numero Uno |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308282,00.html |access-date=September 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004211114/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C308282%2C00.html |archive-date=October 4, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pearl Jam also continued to perform well commercially with its second album, ''[[Vs. (Pearl Jam album)|Vs.]]'' (1993), which topped the ''Billboard'' charts by selling a record 950,378 copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/article/1993/11/19/pearls-jam/ | title=Pearl's Jam | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=November 19, 1993 | access-date=August 29, 2007 | author=Hajari, Nisid | archive-date=October 14, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014195855/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308749,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In 1993, [[the Smashing Pumpkins]] released their major breakthrough album, ''[[Siamese Dream]]''—which debuted at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and sold over 4&nbsp;million copies by 1996, receiving multi-platinum certification by the [[RIAA]]. The strong influence of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and progressive rock on the album helped to legitimize alternative rock to mainstream radio programmers and close the gap between alternative rock and the type of rock played on American 1970s [[Album Oriented Rock]] radio.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/smashing-pumpkins-mn0000036521|title=The Smashing Pumpkins – Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|website=AllMusic|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214123920/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/smashing-pumpkins-mn0000036521|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, the band released their double album, ''[[Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness]]—''which went on to sell 10&nbsp;million copies in the US alone, certifying it as a Diamond record.<ref name=":0" />