It follows, then, provided the possibilities have been exhausted, that the only real alternative is the general viewpoint of the `` left '', which has been represented on the Continent by Fritz Buri and, to some extent at least, is found in much that is significant in American and English theology.

" Nevertheless, no alternative to " American " is common.

Edzard Ernst has said that in Austria and Germany complementary and alternative medicine is mainly in the hands of physicians, while some estimates suggest that at least half of American alternative practitioners are physicians.

American philosopher Michael Martin argues that it is not necessarily true that objective moral truths must entail the existence of God, suggesting that there could be alternative explanations: he argues that naturalism may be an acceptable explanation and, even if a supernatural explanation is necessary, it does not have to be God ( polytheism is a viable alternative ).

The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created / paralleled a dedicated market for " independent " or " alternative comics " in the U. S. The first such comics included the anthology series Star Reach, published by comic book writer Mike Friedrich from 1974 to 1979, and Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, which continued sporadic publication into the 21st century and which Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini adapted into a 2003 film.

Also in the 2000s, pop punk outfit Green Day abandoned the pop punk scene and turned to more alternative and progressive rock influences and produced two Grammy-winning concept albums, namely, 2004's American Idiot and 2009's 21st Century Breakdown.

An alternative ranking system often used in the American Mid-West proceeds as B level, A level, AA level, Honor level, and Evans Scholar.

In a recent interview with American Songwriter Chris Hillman explained that, “ The greatest legacy of the Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram is we were the alternative country band.

* Incubus ( band ), an American alternative rock band from California

After the September 11 attacks in 2001, Falwell said on Pat Robertson's The 700 Club, " I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America.

* 30 Seconds to Mars, an American alternative rock band

* Gary Null, American radio host and author on alternative medicine

" As a result of the large-scale activities surrounding the Harmonic Convergence in 1987, the American mass-media further popularised the term as a label for the alternative spiritual subculture, including practices such as meditation, channeling, crystal healing, astral projection, psychic experience, holistic health, simple living, and environmentalism ; or belief in phenomena such as Earth mysteries, ancient astronauts, extraterrestrial life, unidentified flying objects, crop circles, and reincarnation.

As American alternative bands like Sonic Youth, which had grown out of the No Wave scene, and Boston's Pixies started to gain larger audiences, major labels sought to capitalize on the underground market that had been sustained by hardcore punk for years.

The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986.

The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as Pot USA or " PUSA " or The Presidents, are a twice Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band.

In 2005, the American indie / alternative rock band The Bravery released a video for their debut single, " An Honest Mistake ," which features the band performing the song in the middle of a Rube Goldberg machine.

Category: American alternative metal musical groups

They Might Be Giants ( sometimes abbreviated as TMBG ) is an American alternative band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

The US edition, once again by A & E Home Video, includes the first North American release of an alternative edit of " Arrival " ( in high definition ), as well as " The Alternate Version of ' The Chimes of Big Ben '" from the earlier DVD / VHS releases ( in standard definition due to the degraded source material ) and assorted documentaries and behind-the-scenes footage.

Today, it is Tibetan Buddhism and various forms of Hinduism that show the strongest Tantric influence, as well as the international postural yoga movement and most forms of American alternative spirituality grouped under the New Age rubric.

The Replacements were an American punk rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979, and are considered pioneers of alternative rock.

* The Probability Broach ( 1980 ), by L. Neil Smith, presents both utopian and dystopian views of present day North America, through alternative outcomes of the American War for Independence.

and the Mysterians, which was composed primarily of Mexican American musicians, was the first band to be described as punk rock.

In 2010, American Idiot became the first punk rock opera to make it to Broadway where it has garnered two Tony Awards.

Dead Kennedys are an American hardcore punk band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978.

The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s.

They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk rock community, and were one of the first American hardcore bands to make a significant impact in the United Kingdom.

is an American punk rock / new wave band formed in 1972 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio.

Category: American punk rock groups

Independent from the British scene, the late 1970s and early 1980s saw death rock branch off from American punk in California.

Other groups in the British grindcore scene, such as Heresy and Unseen Terror, have emphasized the influence of American hardcore punk, including Septic Death, as well as Swedish D-beat.

In addition, grindcore was one influence on the powerviolence movement within American hardcore punk, and has affected some strains of metalcore.

As the music has developed and spread around the world it has drawn on many different national, regional and local musical cultures giving rise, since its early 20th century American beginnings, to many distinctive styles: New Orleans jazz dating from the early 1910s, big band swing, Kansas City jazz and Gypsy jazz from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s and on down through West Coast jazz, cool jazz, avant-garde jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, Latin jazz in various forms, soul jazz, jazz fusion and jazz rock, smooth jazz, jazz-funk, punk jazz, acid jazz, ethno jazz, jazz rap, cyber jazz, Indo jazz, M-Base, nu jazz, urban jazz and other ways of playing the music.

Jeffry Ross Hyman ( May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001 ), best known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was an American musician, vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones.

Category: American punk rock singers

Category: American punk rock drummers

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in Washington, D. C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983.

Category: American punk rock groups

Category: American hardcore punk groups

* 1980 – Laura Jane Grace ( born Tom Gabel ), American punk rock musician ( Against Me!

* Orange ( band ), an American punk rock band

The classic punk rock look among male American musicians harkens back to the T-shirt, motorcycle jacket, and jeans ensemble favored by American greasers of the 1950s associated with the rockabilly scene and by British rockers of the 1960s.

" Though it had little impact on the American charts, The Who's mod anthem presaged a more cerebral mix of musical ferocity and rebellious posture that characterized much early British punk rock: John Reed describes The Clash's emergence as a " tight ball of energy with both an image and rhetoric reminiscent of a young Pete Townshend — speed obsession, pop-art clothing, art school ambition ".

Hardcore would constitute the American punk rock standard throughout the decade.