Alternative country
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Alternative country is a loosely defined subgenre of country music that includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music, mainstream country rock, and country pop. Most f
Son Volt performing in 2005
Blue Mountain on stage in 2008
Cowpunk
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Cowpunk is a subgenre of country music and punk rock that began in the United Kingdom and Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combines punk rock or new wave with country, folk, a
Alternative country
…Jason and the Scorchers, San Francisco’s American Music Club, and the Minneapolis-based band the Jayhawks, along with the 1980s Southern Californian cowpunk scene with bands such as the Long Ryders and X. However, the "alt country" label did not gain popularity among music journalists until the release of…
Social Distortion performing in Germany, 2005
X in 1980
Nashville Pussy incorporates cowpunk into their sound.
The Vandoliers in 2016