Step inside if you're an Indie type girl!


NrrdGrrl! Discussion Forum: Music, Lit, and Pop Culture: Music-- who do you love?: Step inside if you're an Indie type girl!
By Sassy on Friday, May 8, 1998 - 09:53 am:

Anyone want to pay homage to brill bands like Oasis, Blur, Reef, Bluetones, Manic Street Preachers, Cast, Dodgy, The verve etc etc...


By YokoOno on Sunday, May 10, 1998 - 11:31 am:

i just wanted to say that i can't believe that noone's said anything here. Or something like that.


By Persephone on Monday, May 18, 1998 - 03:29 pm:

uhm,
I think there should be a promise ring page.
'dats all i gotta say.


By Angel on Tuesday, May 19, 1998 - 10:13 am:

Indie rocks quiete simply. Short n' sweet but now you know!!


By Becks on Tuesday, May 26, 1998 - 04:49 am:

Sassy- are you British? I agree with you by the way, all the bands you mentioned are tops. Why hasn't anybody else written on this page - are they all deaf, or just Spice Girls fans?!
Anyway, that's my contribution. See ya
luv Becks xxx


By Unt_ on Wednesday, May 27, 1998 - 01:14 am:

hmmm...indie...check out Daemon Records. Very diverse selection with kickass groups. From folkie to punkie to country to rockie...
Check out Danielle Howle (I'm not sure if she is still on this label...but she's not major.). Also...check out Michelle Malone...sexy voice & rocks good!!! She's not on this label any more, but she was in Band de Soliel....She has her own label now...Velvel.
anyway....
I feel funny being a fan of Atlanta area music when I live in cleveland, but....
Oh, and the New Mongels kick hiney too, because its a bunch of cool people getting together and jamming (Indigo Girls, Michelle Malone, Gerard Mchugh, Michael Lorant, and the master mind, Haynes Brooks).
thanks!!


By Anonymous on Friday, May 29, 1998 - 11:37 am:

if anyone her is from britain you should check some of the hot new Irish bands!The Hormones(they were on friends!) Juiper,Junkster ,the devlins .give them ago they're ace!!


By Anonymous on Tuesday, June 2, 1998 - 04:02 pm:

I'm from Ireland and our music rocks! I also tottally agree with Sassy. Radiohead are really cool too


By Elena Plaiter on Thursday, June 4, 1998 - 03:00 pm:

I am definitley a big fan of all things indie. It's not just music but a whole lifestyle now.
I love Oasis and went to see them at Maine road, Manchester but that was years ago.
I know this is a bit contradictory cos in Britain you ever like Oasis OR Blur, but not both.
I tried to get tickets for Blur when they play Bath but it had sold out
AAAAAAAAAAAARGH.
I also love Radiohead even if they are a little depressing, but i try not to take it to seriously.
I have recently discoverd the Bluetones and they rock.
My absolutlely favourite band is garbage but i don't think anyone really likes them anymore.


By Leila on Monday, June 22, 1998 - 02:12 pm:

Radiohead definately rock.So do Blur and Oasis. I've seen them both at Newcastle Arena and they kicked ass. What about Pulp? I've seen them too don't you know? Also I love Kenickie, Bluetones,Ash,Finley Quaye, The Verve etc.
Who likes boy bands? If the answer is yes, why?
If the answer is no,then you are my friend


By Blurred on Saturday, July 4, 1998 - 08:27 am:

Oh, I love indie music! I love Blur, Mansun, Super Furry Animals, Pulp, Supergrass, The Bluetones, Echobelly, Beck, The Wannadies, The Supernaturals, The Stone Roses, Idlewild, The Llamma Farmers, Ash, Radiohead, The Dandy Warhols...yeah, and theres a lot more. I know some of them might not be indie bands, but thats what i like and most of them are. Is anyone IN an indie band? I'm in a band called Margarine Fields, guitar/bass/vocals. Leila: Consider yourself my friend. Whats the point in boy bands?


By Marie on Sunday, July 5, 1998 - 07:38 am:

I love Radiohead-even if you don't know what there talking about sometimes-and I like garbage even if no-one else does, which i find hard to believe when Shirley Manson is like, the coolest girl in indie!


By Leila on Sunday, July 5, 1998 - 07:44 am:

hi blurred!
well here i am sitting in my blur t-shirt i bought at a blur gig feeling blurish this morning. oh, how i love indie music. i like everyone u like. what a suprise! i am not in a band, but this summer, me and my friend suzie are thinking of starting one. some guys in my school sixth form have a band called bean and they are really good.
i hate boybands, so just check out my messages on the 911 file. i am having an argument with a girl obsessed with 911 and it's really funny.
cheers darlin, youve made me day.
luv leila
ps. where are you from? i'm from newcastle, england.
pps. are you going to any festivals this year?
ppps. do u like the beastie boys?


By Punkgrrl on Saturday, July 18, 1998 - 10:37 pm:

indie indie indie indie!!! i love indie and punk!!! music keeps me alive.

let's see... some great bands... Nirvana, Bad Religion, Operation Ivy, Hole, Radiohead, Green Day, Ani Difranco, Supergrass, Superdrag, Tori Amos, DFL, Down by Law, The Descendents, Dead Kennedys, Bikini Kill, The Breeders, Crass, Pink Floyd... many, many more.

i love this page.


Punkgrrl


P.S. Leila, you're my friend. boy bands should go to hell! =)


By Elisabeth on Thursday, August 6, 1998 - 02:50 pm:

Just wanted to say i'm american and the bands you're discussing would all be called "alternative" or "brit-pop" here. most are on major labels, too... does "indie" in the U.K. refer more to sound than to what label a band is actually on or something? I'm studying there next year, so not looking stupid in conversations about music would be A Good Thing.


By DrunkenButterfly on Thursday, August 6, 1998 - 11:58 pm:

Whoever wrote the last post, I agree...these bands aren't really indie, but those
Brit rocker type guys are all hot! Especially with the accents. I have a thing for
European guys. I saw Blur at the Capital Ballroom in DC last year by the way.
He sprayed water on me! If we're gonna talk indie, anyone here like SOnic YOuth?
They're not indie anymore, but they were. I love them. They're my fav.


By Becks on Tuesday, August 11, 1998 - 03:16 am:

Maybe most of those bands are on major labels in the States, but most of them are on independent labels over here (U.K), although nowadays the term "indie" is usually used more to describe the sound. I absolutely LOVE Supergrass - have any of you heard their last album, In It For The Money? I think it's really good and much better than the first one. The thing that annoys me about them is how they seem to have completely forgotten about their roots in the meantime. I mean, when they were just starting to have big hits, they played a gig at a small theatre called the Apollo in Oxford, their home city, but on the tour for the second album, the nearest they got to Oxford was Leicester. I know they (or their management) wouldn't really want to play small venues in small cities, but for god's sake, it's their home town! They probably have a higher concentration of fans here than anywhere else in the country! If small venues in the small (but perfectly formed) city of Oxford are good enough for Radiohead (even if it was a secret gig), why the hell aren't they good enough for Supergrass? At least in that haze of paranoia, depression and profound thoughts, Thom Yorke and co. haven't frogoptten their roots (entirely)


By Sam on Saturday, August 22, 1998 - 04:15 pm:

I love indie music! My sister listens to stuff like Boyzone (no offence to any Boyzone fans by the way, I just really can't stand their music) and I really don't understand it. It's all slow, soppy love songs which basically sell because of a bands image or that they happen to be good looking. I mean, half of the fans buy the records because they're in love with the members face/body, not because they like the music that much. Personally, I would rather listen to the CD than drool over the people on the cover. The Verve, Cast, Dodgy, Ash etc. Rock, OK?!


By Ms.bass on Saturday, October 17, 1998 - 05:49 am:

hi! i'm a big indie fan and i think pop music should be banned! i mean, can you really call it music? (i mean you spice girls, aqua, steps, any boy band!)indie rocks and always will especially blur, oasis, electrosy, embrace, ash, placebo etc. anybody with any band tips please let me know! ta! p.s. look out for a band called jaded!


By Invisigoth on Friday, October 23, 1998 - 03:03 am:

well i listen to some really obscure indie music. pram, solid eye, pauline murray, biota, sws, etc are my type. if you've heard of any of them, well, wtg, chica.


By Ms.bass on Sunday, October 25, 1998 - 08:03 am:

EVERY NRRD GRRL OUT THERE, I NEED UR HELP!
there's a song by green day that i absolutely love but every time they play it on the radio, i never hear the title! can u help? the main lines in the chorus are;
'there's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right, i hope you had/have the time of your life'
if you know what album the song's on or even the title, e-mail me
cerian@cybergal.com
or write it here!!
Ta!
***


By Leila on Sunday, October 25, 1998 - 05:31 pm:

yay! it's actually called time of your life, and it's on the nimrod album. it rocks. dookie is better tho. glad to be of service.....my work is done.......


By Tori on Tuesday, October 27, 1998 - 12:16 pm:

Have u all forgotten about The Pixies ?


By Ms.bass on Thursday, October 29, 1998 - 01:24 pm:

thanks leila, it's good to know that theres someone out there that appreciates good music!
GREEN DAY ROCK!!!


By Caileen on Sunday, November 1, 1998 - 09:14 am:

why oh why has no one mentioned Sleeper?
they are the best by far, take my word


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