A history of Indie

INDIE - - - The indie rock scene started in the 1960's, originating in great britain and across the atantic in  america. The Velvet Underground (band) have been branded the founders of the indie scene, starting off the anti - authority move in america. Their music and lyrics challenged the convention of societys standards at the time by creating and bringing nihilistic music about the world, as well as making it a way of life. People started to think for them selves and break traditionl society walls. It became a way of life that started to creep out into music, singing about things that mattered and what needed to be brought to peoples attention.  Back then the name for indie sounds would have been alternative rock. This has been associated with the beach boys fist album 'pet sounds'.

In britain however acts such as the Beetles and The Smiths were breaking into the music buisness and breakin society down and briniging communities closer together by dispersing there music.  In the 1990's alternative rock became more frequent in the form of punk and grunge, with bands such as Narvina and Alice in Chaines making there first apearance. Popular bands such as Good Charlotte and Green Day became very popular with early - late teens, and become very populer to the anti authority/experamentalis/ creatives and rebels, who the mian consumers of this type of music.

As we reach the 00's indie yet again branched off to re intoduce the emo scene, intoducing new fashion and new music but as we reached the end of the 00's indie music is starting to create yet again new sounds but still carrying on the same new way of life. The Artic Monkys brought back the origionality of the Beetles and many different acts followed. eg, florence and the machine, Marina and the Diomands, The Kooks, Mumford and Sond, Anya Marina and many more well established artists.

Indie had also collaberated music and fashion together. Meaning that this type of music has influenced EVERYONE's day to day lifestyle.

One of the main record labes that is signing indie artist at the moment are Island Records.
http://www.islandrecords.co.uk/