Indie Rock History Books

Zombeels · 05-01-2008, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Now?

They were doing that 18 years ago with Blur

To me Blur always had the label "Brit Pop" attached to it.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-01-2008, 05:37 PM

This was pre-Britpop when they were doing their whole shoegazer thing.

Rainard Jalen · 05-02-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Now?

They were doing that 18 years ago with Blur

I may be mistaken but I believe they did at least begin as a band on the indie circuit and didn't go major until after Parklife.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-02-2008, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

I may be mistaken but I believe they did at least begin as a band on the indie circuit and didn't go major until after Parklife.

Nope

First album came out on Food Records , an EMI subsidiary.

Rainard Jalen · 05-02-2008, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Nope

First album came out on Food Records , an EMI subsidiary.

Eh, my mistake. So yeah, seems this little marketing technique's been in place for quite a while. BTW Urban do you know if Oasis were ever really indie?

Molecules · 05-02-2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips

not so much indie rock, but Julian Cope's Japrocksampler is well worth a read if you ever find yourself the slightest bit interested in the history of japanese psychedelic music...and let's face it, most people go through a Jap-psych phase at some point in their lives.

i'm trying to hunt down his Krautrocksampler, which looks at German experimental music. I imagine that's worth reading too.

go to the last page of the krautrock thread in avant garde/experimental, immediately.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 05-02-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

BTW Urban do you know if Oasis were ever really indie?

Oasis were signed to Creation Records just before Sony bought out half of the company. But without Sony's money the label would have gone under and Oasis would never have been able to make a record.

So they signed to an indie label but released records on a label that Sony owned 49% of.

Are they indie?

I don't have a clue , i'll let everybody else argue that one

sleepy jack · 05-02-2008, 06:20 PM

http://www.nothingindie.com/

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