College rock
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College rock was alternative rock music that played on student-run university and college campus radio stations located in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and 1990s. The stations' playlists were often created by students who avoided the mainstream rock played on commercial radio stations.[1][2]
Music genre
| College rock | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1970s; United States, Canada |
| Derivative forms | Indie rock |
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