Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

Grunge takes after the EARLY alternative from the 80's, as well as the Seattle punk scene. Keep in mind, Sonic Youth is the early alternative form, fuzzy and against the mainstream. Nirvana's Nevermind kind of serves as a bridge between both, so IO guess that's another reason why Nevermind is so good: it has elements of both forms. It did help to ironically popularize the style. But as alternative was pioneering jangle pop (The SMiths, REM), the sound became more distinct.

And now for indie rock. That's an even hardeer cookie to crack. I suppose its stylistic origins are the same as alternative rock. Different sound back then, and that differne tsound as well as a new and more popular sound are both "indie rock."

@Frown, all I can tell you is I'm listening to Transmission by the Tea Party right now and I'm getting the exact same vibes I get from Radiohead, Audioslave, REM, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.