Adam Brody's The O.C. put a spotlight on many pop-alt bands during its run, especially Death Cab For Cutie and a young musical tribe called Rooney.
The Mexican alt-band Café Tacuba took the prize for video of the year for "Eres," and the American light-rockers Maroon 5 won the awards for international rock artist and international new artist.
The Milwaukee alt-band band's "Breaking Up My Bones" is a leading contender for song of the year, and it's getting some serious play on Sirius XM's Alt Nation, climbing weekly on its Alt-18 countdown (it's also on this week's Delve Into Twelve.
Alt metal band Godsmack is set to head out on tour this fall, with a stop Nov. 14 at The Pearl at the Palms with special guests Red Sun Rising.
Edward Deer sang Mélodie Française classics, and alt pop band Lilly Wood And The Prick performed a decent if slightly subdued set.
Rhode Island's Throwing Muses were one of the great US alt-rock bands of the 80s and 90s.
Longevity wasn't chief among the attributes of the alt-rock bands who emerged at the start of the noughties.
Her voice is incredible, all the more so if you've spent the earlier part of the afternoon listening to some pretty wan-sounding alt-rock bands.
Scott Weiland, the dynamic and flamboyant US frontman of alt-rock bands Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, died in his sleep on Thursday night during a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota.
