Table of Contents Acknowledgments On Our Own, Here We Joshua Heter and Richard Greene I. Alternative Aesthetics Retro Rock in the Age of Grunge S. Evan Kreider We Beg and Steal and Borrow Christopher Doll In Praise of Slacker Rock Robert Engelman Harder, Faster, Better Covers Nicolas Ruth II. All Things Gen It's Ironic . Isn't It? Joshua Heter How to Solve for (Generation) Mikhail Valdman Recuperating the Grunge Aesthetic Seth M. Walker Me, Myself, and Mixtapes Leigh Duffy III. Modern (Hard) Rock Limp Bizkit and the Art of Mayhem Andrea Zanin Wrathful Dharma Joseph Lynch Woah, That's Deep! Tool and Pseudophilosophy Nicole Fice and Melanie G. Rosen IV.

Alt Authenticity The Collapse of Alternative Rockism, from Nirvana to Sugar Ray Brian Harding Rejecting the Culture Industry and Shattering the Mask D.L. Southall Know Alternative Tony Chackal V. Matters of Interpretation Is Context Infinite, Like the Longines Symphonette? P.D. Magnus The Beauty of Ambiguity Kyle York and Merily Salura One Oughta Know Bailie Peterson VI. Alternative Rock in Society Pearl Jam v. Ticketmaster and Gen X Disillusionment Joel MacClellan Parental Advisory/Explicit Content Andrea Conque Alienation Alternatives Greg Littmann VII.

The Psychology of Alt Rock Woodstock '99: A Thanatonic Trainwreck Casey Rentmeester The '90s Were a Real Mood Antoinette R. Miller Reluctant Nihilism in '90s Grunge Daniel Tigard and David R. Lawrence Enjoying the Angst and Anger in Alternative Rock Eric D. Wesselmann and Jeffrey H. Kahn VIII. Lessons in Darkness Nineties Nascent Nihilism Martin Roth The Rationality of Being a "Sucker with No ­Self-Esteem" Cara Rei Cummings-Coughlin The Kids Aren't Alright (but They're Existentially Free) Alexander Crist Greek Philosophy and Pop-Punk Misogyny Tyler Chamberlain Shiny Happy People Index.