Indie Rock
By Lucas Acevedo
Definition
Independent artists of any style of music.
Independent would be implying that hasn’t been done with the help of a major label.
70’s and 80’s Punk music had exploded in New York.
Velvet Underground – Ramones – Sex Pistols – The Clash.
Ramones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGgfHZ02I2k
New wave More experimental and polished than punk
was. More clever and complex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo
Goth The Cure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xik-y0xlpZ0
No wave Mixed fil, performance art, and visual art.
Sonic youth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6K98woDRLk
Hardcore
Bad Brains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWWI2rGdda4
The smiths
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5HpeA_WSo
Manchester and Music
UK’s most important indie bands The smiths Elastica Pulp Franz Ferdinand The libertines The stone roses Oasis Arctic Monkeys The kooks Muse
US’s most important indie bands Pixies Interpol Sylversun pickups Kings of Leon Elephant Gun Modest mouse Arcade fire