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Old 05-01-2008, 01:51 PM   #16 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen
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Originally Posted by Zombeels View Post
Great point. "Indie" replaced "alternative" when the mainstream hijacked the term for themselves.
And now "indie" is being hijacked by commercial marketing. UK bands like The Hoosiers (RCA, Sony) are being called "indie", although they were never ever indie and weren't even HEARD OF by the indie community when they first emerged.
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