Quote Originally Posted by NYCBlue View Post
As it has now been established that the term "indie" only applies to bands that Sludge thinks it should, would he care to elaborate? I'd appreciate a general definition and some examples. Please don't mention students. They're not a monolith and they don't all like the same bands.
Sugar are a guitar driven rock band , they are a rock band , stick em on 4AD , stick em on EMI , they are a rock band

The same goes for the pixies , buffalo tom , Jesus lizard , Butthole Surfers , big black , rollins band , throwing muses , shellac, dinosaur jnr , Melvins , rolling band

Everybody knows that indie is about floppy haired students

You can tell you are talking to an indie fan .....they read about rock bands like smashing pumpkins in the NME and go yeah great band man !

Next week they turn up in kerrang or rock sound etc and they don't like them because they don't like heavy metal

Indie bands are lightweight naff for students afraid of heavy riffs

It's got nothing to do with what label a bands on , it's to do with the sound

Have it