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Old 04-26-2018, 04:01 PM   #51 (permalink)
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I think Steve Vai owns the publishing rights to his own music, so I guess he's independent in a sense, but none would call him indie, or underground for that matter.
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Old 04-26-2018, 04:28 PM   #52 (permalink)
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they're just alternative rock though

what's indie about them
*facepalm*

The Venn diagram of alternative rock and indie rock is a circle.

EDIT: Nevermind that was a stupid thing to say. They're still way more related than you're giving them credit for though.
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Old 04-26-2018, 04:34 PM   #53 (permalink)
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they're around the same genre as Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana and RHCP
With a healthy dose of college rock that makes them "indie."
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genres man

I google'd it and google doesn't see any indie that's as good an opinion as anything on this

college rock is in a lot of 90's rock bands if not all of them

https://www.google.com/search?ei=8VP...04.xMjQvFqfC4k
Your people say that it's indie
Indie rock legends Pixies and Weezer coming to Bay Area

Also check out this quote from wiki on the indie rock page

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Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s.
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genres man

I google'd it and google doesn't see any indie that's as good an opinion as anything on this

college rock is in a lot of 90's rock bands if not all of them

https://www.google.com/search?ei=8VP...04.xMjQvFqfC4k
Indie rock is indie rock, you ****ing retard. You know exactly what it means and if you pretend otherwise then that's your ****ing damage cause you know exactly what indie rock is and I'm not going to coddle you, idiot.
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if every 90's big rock band is now "indie" like Green Day is punk

not trying to be a gatekeeper (this time) it's just Weezer has none of the things Batlord doesn't seem to like about indie anyway, it's just fun pop bangers
Green Day is punk
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Old 04-26-2018, 04:45 PM   #57 (permalink)
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if every 90's big rock band is now "indie"
When did I say that? You also still seem to be sticking to the ignorant idea that indie means independent or underground.

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not trying to be a gatekeeper (this time) it's just Weezer has none of the things Batlord doesn't seem to like about indie anyway, it's just fun pop bangers
So they're pop? Seems off imo.
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If it feels suburban and thoroughly white, it's probably indie.
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pop rock imo
Nickelback
One Direction
Weezer

How does that make you feel?
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according to Allmusic.com

Genre:
Pop/Rock

Styles:
Alternative Pop/Rock
Alternative/Indie Rock
Punk-Pop
Emo

I tend to agree with their view on things. Trying to shoehorn a band into only one box is not always meaningful.
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