Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'music history'

Browse all alternate history scenarios about 'music history'.

What If Otis Redding Never Died in a Plane Crash?

Exploring the alternate timeline where soul legend Otis Redding survived the 1967 plane crash, potentially reshaping the landscape of popular music and extending the golden age of soul music for decades.

What If Ritchie Valens Lived Longer?

Exploring the alternate timeline where rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens survived the 1959 plane crash, potentially transforming Chicano music and American popular culture for decades to come.

What If Rock and Roll Was Never Invented?

Exploring the alternate timeline where rock and roll music never emerged as a distinct genre, dramatically altering the cultural landscape of the 20th century and beyond.

What If Seattle's Grunge Scene Never Emerged?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the influential Seattle grunge movement never coalesced in the late 1980s, dramatically altering the landscape of popular music, fashion, and youth culture through the 1990s and beyond.

What If Selena Was Never Murdered?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez survived the events of March 31, 1995, and continued her meteoric rise to become one of the most influential Latin crossover artists in music history.

What If South Africa's Kwaito Music Emerged Earlier?

Exploring the alternate timeline where kwaito music emerged in South Africa during the early 1980s rather than the 1990s, potentially reshaping the anti-apartheid cultural movement and South Africa's post-apartheid identity.