26-01-2013, 21:54
i read somewhere recently that UK band the smiths are regarded as the first so-called "indie" band, because they went to a small label(rough trade records) but had to finance their own sessions,promo's etc...ie"totally indipendant.
i think the term indi is used too much to describe 'alternative', and what is alternative anyway?, to my way of thinking it should mean 'away from the mainstream', yet so many of these artists are huge...so that is not alternative to me, and BTW, most of the artists out there now call themselves alternative, how can they be alternative if that is 'the norm' in music, that makes them mainstream IMO, and alternative bands are really those who were on the 'inner' but now on the 'outer', so that would make people like McCartney 'alternative' nowadays???
just a perception on my part....
a true indi band over the last decade would be Arctic Monkeys originally, but they would now be classed as 'mainstream'
i dont know its all too confusing, like the 'genre' term...a lot of artists cant be tied down to a genre but their songs can(Neil Young,classic example)
i think the term indi is used too much to describe 'alternative', and what is alternative anyway?, to my way of thinking it should mean 'away from the mainstream', yet so many of these artists are huge...so that is not alternative to me, and BTW, most of the artists out there now call themselves alternative, how can they be alternative if that is 'the norm' in music, that makes them mainstream IMO, and alternative bands are really those who were on the 'inner' but now on the 'outer', so that would make people like McCartney 'alternative' nowadays???
just a perception on my part....
a true indi band over the last decade would be Arctic Monkeys originally, but they would now be classed as 'mainstream'
i dont know its all too confusing, like the 'genre' term...a lot of artists cant be tied down to a genre but their songs can(Neil Young,classic example)
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.