What is the difference between "alternative" and "adult alternative"?

Answer 1

The wiki links at the bottom will give your more information, however, a brief summary in my opinion would be:

"Alternative" music was coined as underground music post punk, that was often played on college radio stations, non-mainstream music.

Today, you can turn on the radio or tv and hear "adult-alternative" and "alternative" and i think in the US, the terms refer to a difference in generations of music listeners.

The adult alternative music appeals to ppl who listened to post-modern 80s 90s music, ie cure, rem, nirvana, sisters of mercy where todays "alternative" would be appealing to a younger listening audience who likes bands like interpol, chemical romance, etc.

the listeners of each genre definately cross over, almost as if the bands classified as "adult-alternative" were musical inspirations or predecessor of bands now classified as "alternative".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_album_alternative

Answer 2

Adult alternative,more explicit lyrics that make sense

Answer 3

Its probably adult alternative is bs that kids sing about so they seperated it.

Answer 4

i assume it to be clean version versus...not so clean