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Originally Posted by Zero1986
Yes. The Smiths pretty much are the definition of 80's UK indie. If it wasn't for bands like The Smiths and Joy Division and pioneering indie record labels such as Rough Trade and Factory, indie as we know it would probably not exist today.
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I think you would have to throw My Bloody Valentine in there too. REM are another band I would consider as one of the forefathers of what we now have as indie
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