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Old 04-29-2008, 09:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I'm looking for a written history of Indie Rock's evolution, impact, movement, and all that jazz. Preferably in published form. Anyone have any suggestions? I'd really really appreciate it, as I'm currently bored enough to count hair follicles. Really.
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Old 04-29-2008, 10:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I kind of think you'd be better off just look for books on noise, garage rock, post-punk, etc I mean "Indie Rock" is such a broad term nowadays it doesn't really hold much weight to it.
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Not sure if it's what you're looking for but My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize : The Story of Creation Records by David Cavanagh is a good one.

It starts right from the beginning starting out as a tiny label to being a cult indie label in the late 80s , to being made bankrupt waiting years for MBV & Primal Scream to finish Loveless & Screamadelica , and then onto becoming mainstream with Oasis , Primal Scream & others in the mid 90s , right to the end with their buy out from Sony and it's collapse.
It might only be about one record label but it really gives you a good picture of the climate & the music scene they were involved with at the time.
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'Our Band Could Be Your Life' is about 80's underground music - it obviously leads up to 90's Indie Rock. Seriously, really fun book to read.
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'Our Band Could Be Your Life' is about 80's underground music - it obviously leads up to 90's Indie Rock. Seriously, really fun book to read.
I really need to read this.
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I really need to read this.
it's a fantastic book, check it out for sure.

the chapter on the Butthole Surfers is particularly funny.
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'Our Band Could Be Your Life' is about 80's underground music - it obviously leads up to 90's Indie Rock. Seriously, really fun book to read.
This is actually the exact book I was looking for... I lost the name a while back, and retrieving it was the basis for this thread
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Old 04-30-2008, 02:55 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I kind of think you'd be better off just look for books on noise, garage rock, post-punk, etc I mean "Indie Rock" is such a broad term nowadays it doesn't really hold much weight to it.
Well I did that whole prog ed, and prog can be pretty broad too.

Maybe you guys could do an Indie ed thread. Or do we already have one?
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Hookers is did one but I think it could use revising.
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Ok, if you're looking for a definitive history of alternative music from 60s to present times (and this will include "indie"), look no further: this man, Piero Scaruffi (actually a real historian and not some moronic critic), has written the most comprehensive book I have personally ever seen. And the whole thing, all 550 or so pages, is up on his website:

The History of Rock Music
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