When did indie music come about??

Answer 1

It has been around much longer than you might expect. Of course you probably already know that Indie means Independent and free from the grasp of any record label. It probably came about in the early 50's when the general public was able to purchase the reel to reel 8 track recorders, and record their own tapes. Back then everyone used the vinyl disk to play their music, so anyone who could afford to purchase the reel to reel, and had the connections to have it pressed to a vinyl disk, were in luck, and could release their very own records. Getting someone to press these disks was very hard to do, as most all vinyl disk machines belonged to record companies, and they just weren't interested in doing outside disk for anyone, as their machines stayed tied up with their own music. If you were one of the lucky ones that had access to these high tech machines, you could release your own demo on what was called back then a white label record. Meaning the label was almost always printed in black and white, and done very cheap. So the quality of these recordings were poor, done fast, and could get no airplay. None of the record shops were interested in stocking these records, as they sold poorly and they didn't wish to take up the space with an unknown artist or band. It wasn't until the 60's that indie music started to get more popular, and was played mainly on college radio stations that had just enough power to get to the far side of the campus. Once the era moved into the digital domain in the late 70's and early 80's and the quality of these recordings reached red book standard, we saw many indie radio stations pop up across the U. S. thus making indie recordings more popular, and was a way for the public to here bands that would otherwise never gotten a chance to exploit their music into the main stream. It exploded in the late 80's with the new 24 track digital recorders coming onto the market at a more affordable price, and anyone with enough money to lay down 3-4 thousand bucks for one of these recorders, could put out studio quality recordings. By the 90's things really exploded as the price of these recorders became more affordable, and the recordable CD hit the market, making it within the reach of almost anyone who could play music. We can contribute this explosion to the internet, and sites that showcase indie music, and run their own top 100 list of the best of the bands that weren't signed to any lable. Now and for the future, it may very well turn into indie music becoming the only source of music, as it (the internet) has turned the music industry into almost a non-profit situation for Artist's, musicians, writers, producers, and many others who are involved in the making of music in todays world. I hope I have ansered your question. Good Luck!!!
Part 2:
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Answer 2

With the birth of punk in 1976-77 and the DIY culture.

Loads of Indy Record labels such as Stiff, Step Forward, Deptford Fun City, Small Wonder, Rough Trade and many others started up, some only released a single or two before folding.

Answer 3

You had independent labels set up during the pub rock and punk era, though it was only by the next decade that the term really took off.In the 80s it was a hard slog for bands who didn't look like Duran Duran, or who weren’t selling millions of albums world wide, to get anywhere near the top.Though many of these bands where similar to the Razorlights, Artic Monkeys, Oasis, Dirty Pretty Things type bands we have today.Most times though not all of the time, they where four white boys with guitars who wrote their music and wanted to be taken seriously as musicians, as most bands do, but they where content, sometimes happy, to sell a few thousand singles here and there. These bands tended to believe no matter how successful, they would always play smaller intimate venues. The influences ranged from the 60s up to New Wave, and the bands tended to be championed by the NME or (Now Defunct) Melody Maker. To cater for this growing music scene these magazine and weekly’s would publish the independent top 40, or the indie charts. A new genre was created, though really the sound was not radically different from the sounds that had preceded Indie.The genre for a while was against the 'sell-out' i.e. signing to a major, and tried to lose the trappings of the Massive bands of the time such as U2 or Dire Straits. Some of the bands or members of the bands where outspoken on many political issues and it wasn't unknown for many of the bands to play benefit gigs, such as racism and the miners strikes. Though by the 90s many bands rejected this way or strived to be as popular or important as the big major label bands that where around at the time or purposely seek out majors, such as The Stone Roses, Primal Scream and of course Oasis. The latter would go on to have the biggest selling Indie album of all time, Whats The Story (Morning Glory) whilst they where on the independent 'Creation' label.Also by the late80s/90s Indie was breaking off into sub-genres some names where based on the style or fashion, such as baggy, others on the sound and playing style, such as shoegazing, and others where crossovers, such as Indie-Dance. Many independent labels would eventually be brought up by the majors, so even when bands where called indie, they where never the less on a major label, these new 'indie' labels where subsidiaries of the majors allowing these bands to appear to the untrained eye as independent bands. So whilst a Band like Radiohead or Blur weren’t signed to an Independent label, they would still be consided Indie.Alternative rock is really no different from Indie, but Alt Rock is very much an American term used to describe the similar process as of the above, which of course occurred in America. The term should never be taken literaly as one could say that Kylie was indie, purely on the fact she was signed by a independent label, which she can't clearly isn't indie has become more about the method then the means.NME laid its indie chart to sleep as by the beginning of '00s, when the chart began to be dominated by pop acts signed to Independent labels, but far from being the death of indie, it still continues to this day, with many small bands living up to ideal placed in 80s, as opposed to the populist streak in the 90s. Whilst their are others who thrive in the instant recognition this style of music can now guarantee.

Answer 4

Indie as in the label has been around as long as artists have been. Indie just refers to what type of label: independent, unsigned, etc.

Indie the genre developed in the 80s with bands like The Cure, The Smiths, Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen. Even earlier then that with Velvet Underground and French Gall.
It was perfected in the 90s by early bands like Bright Eyes and Cursive that incorporated a DIY (do it yourself) attitude.
Today, Indie is all about bands like The Killers, Deathcab, Franz Ferdinand, all who were greatly influenced by 80s bands like Depeche Mode

Answer 5

Here's my take on it:

The 1990s music landscape saw Alternative Rock begin to basically become part of the mainstream music fold. However, Alternative Rock also began to produce many other off-shoots. This was because there was a perception that groups such as "Nirvana" and "Gin Blossoms" would "sell out" to commercial culture. As a result, a sub-movement within Alternative Rock began to form called "Indie Rock". The "Indie" stands for independent. It is a style of music that often covers a wide variety of genres, often working on independent record labels, but most importantly the artist maintains complete control of the music and their careers. However as Indie Rock stars gained popularity, even this term began to blur a bit. .

It's important to know that with commercial record labels consolidating, many artists now must go the "independent" route -and not deal with having a big distribution arm.

I also listed a wikipedia link below.

Answer 6

In the 80's. It started with the happy monday's,charlatan's joy division. It was really a Manchester thing to start with, basically indie means independent, and people started to realise they could make music and put it out themselves with out the big wigs at the big record companies telling them what to make and hence indie was born. It really came into its own with oasis and Alan ma gee and bands that were on his record label (creation) hope that clears that up!!!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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