first indie band? what was yours?

Justthefacts · 11-17-2015, 10:17 PM

Arctic Monkeys

RoxyRollah · 11-18-2015, 04:17 AM

Its apparent most of you have no clue what indie actually is.......NMH was mine. GBV as well.

Terrapin_Station · 11-18-2015, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mitchell_stretch

well those people arent too bright then

A sense of "indie" that's been used for decades is the same as what Rolling Stone magazine used to call "college rock"--they used to have "college rock" charts at the back of the magazine (circa the late 70s or early-to-mid 80s). There are "family resemblance" musical characteristics to it--which isn't the case if you're using the term to strictly refer to artists not on major labels (and that's murky anyway, because just what counts as a major label isn't necessarily clear).

Black Francis · 11-18-2015, 09:27 AM

Does Nirvana back when they were on sub pop records count? If so Nirvana.

Charlemagne · 11-18-2015, 10:22 AM

Bloc Party back when they were on Wichita. Also Death Cab for Cutie when they were on Barksuk and The Decemberists when they were on Kill Rock Stars.

RoxyRollah · 11-18-2015, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlemagne

Bloc Party back when they were on Wichita. Also Death Cab for Cutie when they were on Barksuk and The Decemberists when they were on Kill Rock Stars.

I love it when you post

ambrosesunshine · 11-18-2015, 07:59 PM

definitely arctic monkeys!

RoxyRollah · 11-19-2015, 12:49 PM

Fml.

Tristan_Geoff · 11-19-2015, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah

Fml.

I hear ya.

Screen13 · 11-19-2015, 06:48 PM

Showing My Age Department - I would say Joy Division. Factory had a very short lived US branch for a while and my first listen to Closer borrowed from a library was that pressing.

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ambrosesunshine Groupie Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 1	definitely arctic monkeys!

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Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	Showing My Age Department - I would say Joy Division. Factory had a very short lived US branch for a while and my first listen to Closer borrowed from a library was that pressing.