Alternative sounds no where near nu metal, for unlike nu metal it does not have a hip hop influence. And there you go Alternative isn't hard rock, thus none of these bands I listed are hard rock. Anyway alternative metal isn't even a genre... You hear Mushroomhead sound like Disturbed, or any of those sound anywhere near GODSMACK? No... Bands within that genre experiment alot, for it to be a genre the bands did have to have some connection with each other. And if it is pop why they scream?