Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

Hey, it's Alan Cross, and this summer we thought we would do something special with the

ongoing history podcast and give you, our fantastic audience, a bonus episode every Sunday

from now through Labor Day. We're going all the way back

to the spring of 2010 and a 15-part deep dive into the history of Alternative Rock. It's the

history of Alt Rock series. So every Sunday, you'll get a brand new episode of this series

that examines every single facet of Alt Rock from the 1950s right up to, well, pretty much today.

And don't worry, because we'll have a brand-new episode of the ongoing history podcast for you every Wednesday as well.

So you're getting two podcasts every week now through Labor Day.

I hope you enjoy.

And thanks for supporting the ongoing history of new music.

If you were around in the early

1990s, you probably remember it as a time of awesome new music. It seemed that every single day

there was a cool new band, a great new sound, a scene that you didn't know about. Grunge was king

with Nirvana and Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Green Day and offspring had brought

punk rock back. Manchester led into Britpop with Oasis and the Stone Roses and Blur. Nine-inch

nails and ministry, chili peppers, Beastie Boys, Toole, Stone Temple Pots, smashing pumpkins, all

these bands were grabbing everybody's attention. Hair metal was dead. Classic rock over.

Lollapalooza, the coolest event of the year. The alternative nation had triumphed. No more bad,

boring, mainstream pop and rock. Well, hang on.

Rock music has always run in a series of cycles that can be traced back to the 1950s.

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