Other big acts include pop star Lady Gaga, the punk rock band Green Day, the alternative rock band from Canada called Arcade Fire and the nineteen eighties techno-rock band Devo.

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alternative rock act Silversun Pickups; and British pop duo The Ting Tings.

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Even the so-called alternative bands heavily blur the lines between rock and pop.

NPR: The Sounds of Finnish Musical Experiments

In 1994, the alternative rock group, the Flaming Lips, entered the pop mainstream after appearing on the T.

NPR: Flaming Lips Stay True and Reach Out with 'Mystics'

Though Sonic Youth never achieved mainstream pop-music success, its members are recognized as pioneers of the alternative rock scene a band that helped break ground for groups such as Nirvana and Hole.

NPR: Sonic Youth: Story of a 'Kool Thing'