question: Are the bands Hole and Cage9 both American alternative rock bands?
answer: yes
context: Title: Failure (band)
  Passage: Failure is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles that was active from 1990 to 1997 and from 2014 onwards.  They are often compared to other alternative rock bands from that time that were similarly labeled as "alternative", such as Nirvana and Soundgarden, but are distinguished by their meticulous attention to textural sonic detail, inventive use of guitar effects and signal processing, and the overall expansive sound design of their later albums.  Failure reunited in 2014.
  Title: List of Pixies tribute albums
  Passage: A number of tribute albums to the Pixies, an American alternative rock band, have been recorded since the band's break-up in 1993.  Artists featured on the albums range from American rock bands, such as Weezer, OK Go and Eve 6, to lesser-known European bands.  The first widely released Pixies tribute album, "Death to the Pixies—We're Better!" , was released in February 1998 as the result of a Pixies cover contest in the Netherlands that was launched by the magazine Oor, the radio station VPRO and the record label Play It Again Sam.
  Title: R.E.M. discography
  Passage: American alternative rock band R.E.M. released 15 studio albums ranging from 1983 to 2011, three live albums, 14 compilation albums, one remix album, one soundtrack album, 12 video albums, seven extended plays, 63 singles, and 77 music videos. Formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry, the band was pivotal in the development of the alternative rock genre.  Their musical style inspired several other alternative rock bands and musicians, and the band became one of the first alternative rock acts to experience breakthrough commercial success.  R.E.M. has sold over 85 million copies of their studio albums worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all-time.
  Title: Beautiful Monsters Tour
  Passage: The Beautiful Monsters Tour was a North American concert tour co-headlined by American rock bands Hole and Marilyn Manson.  Launched in support of each band's respective third full-length studio LPs, 1998's "Celebrity Skin" and "Mechanical Animals", the tour was planned to run from February 28, 1999 until April 27, with 37 shows confirmed.  However, due to a highly publicized altercation between the bands' respective lead vocalists, the tour only visited arenas until March 14, for a total of 9 shows before Hole withdrew from the bill.  The tour garnered a large amount of media attention and was billed by MTV as a "potentially volatile mix" due to the public feud between each band's outspoken vocalist.
  Title: Retard Girl
  Passage: "Retard Girl" is a song by American alternative rock band Hole, written by vocalist and guitarist Courtney Love, and released as the band's début single in April 1990 by Sympathy for the Record Industry.  Recorded in March 1990, the single was produced by Love's then-husband, James Moreland.  Drawing on the influence of no wave and noise rock bands of the time, the song features distorted guitars, heavy bass, and unpolished, aggressive vocals from Love.
  Title: Hole (band)
  Passage: Hole was an American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989 by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson.  The band had a revolving line-up of bassists and drummers, their most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and Melissa Auf der Maur.
  Title: List of punk rock bands, L–Z
  Passage: This is a list of notable punk rock bands (letters L through Z).  The bands listed have played some type of punk music at some point in their career, although they may have also played other styles.  Bands who played in a style that influenced early punk rock—such as garage rock and protopunk—but never played punk rock themselves, should not be on this list.  Bands who created a new genre that was influenced by (but is not a subgenre of) punk rock—such as alternative rock, crossover thrash, grunge, metalcore, new wave, and post-punk—but never played punk rock, should not be listed either.
  Title: Cage9
  Passage: Cage9 is a Panamanian/American alternative rock band, formed in Panama City in 1993.  The group was founded by Evan Rodaniche (guitar/vocals) and is currently based out of Los Angeles, California.
  Title: List of punk rock bands, 0–K
  Passage: This is a list of notable punk rock bands (numbers 0–9 and letters A through K).  The bands listed have played some type of punk music at some point in their career, although they may have also played other styles.  Bands who played in a style that influenced early punk rock—such as garage rock and protopunk—but never played punk rock themselves, should not be on this list.  Bands who created a new genre that was influenced by (but is not a subgenre of) punk rock—such as alternative rock, crossover thrash, metalcore, new wave, and post-punk—but never played punk rock, should not be listed either.
  Title: Massacre (Argentine band)
  Passage: Massacre is an Argentine Alternative rock band, formed in 1986 in Buenos Aires.  It was formed by high school students influenced by American and British bands of the early 80s Alternative Rock movement.  Among his influences, artists like TSOL, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Nirvana, The Cure, Guns N' Roses, The Ramones, T. Rex, Sumo, Gustavo Cerati, Luis Alberto Spinetta, among others.  Taking cues from the Underground rock scene in the United States, they gained notoriety at the time for being an entirely independent group that self-managed its affairs, as well as producing and distributing its own records (attitudes which were still fairly foreign to Latin American rock bands of the era).  This helped pave way for the cult status that the band still enjoys within and outside their native Argentina.
citations: Hole (band) Cage9