Greatest indie/alternative solo artist? (band)

RedEye · 01-24-2005, 07:51 PM

Jim O' Rourke, natch.

Since when was Nick Cave a solo artist?!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-24-2005, 08:21 PM

Last I checked it was Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds , Not Nick Cave fronting a band called The Bad Seeds.

Bruce Springsteen had the E Street Band , Cliff Richard had the Shadows , John Lennon had the Plastic Ono Band , Buddy Holly had the Crickets , Joe Strummer had the Mescaleros.Elvis Costello had the Attractions , Prince had the NPG.

Does that mean they are not solo artists too?

RedEye · 01-25-2005, 08:17 AM

If you like. What's in a name? Old Nick and the Bad Seeds write their songs as a band.

RedEye · 01-25-2005, 08:23 AM

PS. I'm talking bollocks but the line gets blurred dunnit?

The Supremes >> Diana Ross & the Supremes >> Diana Ross

Heh. Egoes realigning themselves.

TheBig3 · 01-29-2005, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

But there have always been singer songwriters around just as there have always been pop artists , I don`t think there`s anything 'alternative' about that.He made albums with his own material & covers for a major label in the same way that Bob Dylan did 30 - 40 years earlier , does that make Bob Dylan 'alternative' too?

I just think if you are going to make a thread like this at least leave out the more well known people for once & actually have someone who has recorded albums for independent labels.

This argument is dumb, but yeah i'd say bob dylan is alt. I mean, he was original, no one had his sound, today too many people aren't jacking it so, I'd give him alt status.

Ill say Tom Waits. He lords over the indie world like grizzled old grandfather who can still kick all his kids asses.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-29-2005, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

This argument is dumb, but yeah i'd say bob dylan is alt. I mean, he was original, no one had his sound, today too many people aren't jacking it so, I'd give him alt status.

So one of the biggest selling male solo artist ever is 'alternative' ?

riiiiiiiiight

Sneer · 01-30-2005, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

So one of the biggest selling male solo artist ever is 'alternative' ?

riiiiiiiiight

i see alternative as anything that cannot be typecast in the conventional genre brackets, regardless of success

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-30-2005, 04:41 PM

I was under the impression 'alternative' meant alternative to the mainstream.

Anyway I don`t know why I`m argueing I think it`s one of the dumbest terms ever.

Sneer · 01-31-2005, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I was under the impression 'alternative' meant alternative to the mainstream.

Anyway I don`t know why I`m argueing I think it`s one of the dumbest terms ever.

id agree with that

TheBig3 · 02-03-2005, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

So one of the biggest selling male solo artist ever is 'alternative' ?

riiiiiiiiight

No one argued against Nirvana being alternaitve, they sell huge.

01-24-2005, 07:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
RedEye Groupie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 38	Jim O' Rourke, natch. Since when was Nick Cave a solo artist?!

01-24-2005, 08:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Last I checked it was Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds , Not Nick Cave fronting a band called The Bad Seeds. Bruce Springsteen had the E Street Band , Cliff Richard had the Shadows , John Lennon had the Plastic Ono Band , Buddy Holly had the Crickets , Joe Strummer had the Mescaleros.Elvis Costello had the Attractions , Prince had the NPG. Does that mean they are not solo artists too?

01-25-2005, 08:17 AM	#13 (permalink)
RedEye Groupie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 38	If you like. What's in a name? Old Nick and the Bad Seeds write their songs as a band.

01-25-2005, 08:23 AM	#14 (permalink)
RedEye Groupie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 38	PS. I'm talking bollocks but the line gets blurred dunnit? The Supremes >> Diana Ross & the Supremes >> Diana Ross Heh. Egoes realigning themselves.

01-30-2005, 04:41 PM	#18 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I was under the impression 'alternative' meant alternative to the mainstream. Anyway I don`t know why I`m argueing I think it`s one of the dumbest terms ever.