first indie band? what was yours?

mitchell_stretch · 11-17-2015, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by a4m

We already know this, but people often call bands on major labels "indie" and it doesn't make sense. That's what I had asked.

well those people arent too bright then

Justthefacts · 11-17-2015, 10:17 PM

Arctic Monkeys

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).