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04-29-2008, 10:19 PM | #1 (permalink) |
pro-wuss
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Indie Rock History Books
CITIZENS OF MUSIC BANTER:
I'm looking for a written history of Indie Rock's evolution, impact, movement, and all that jazz. Preferably in published form. Anyone have any suggestions? I'd really really appreciate it, as I'm currently bored enough to count hair follicles. Really. |
04-30-2008, 12:48 PM | #3 (permalink) |
The Sexual Intellectual
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Not sure if it's what you're looking for but My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize : The Story of Creation Records by David Cavanagh is a good one.
It starts right from the beginning starting out as a tiny label to being a cult indie label in the late 80s , to being made bankrupt waiting years for MBV & Primal Scream to finish Loveless & Screamadelica , and then onto becoming mainstream with Oasis , Primal Scream & others in the mid 90s , right to the end with their buy out from Sony and it's collapse. It might only be about one record label but it really gives you a good picture of the climate & the music scene they were involved with at the time.
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04-30-2008, 03:55 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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04-30-2008, 03:55 PM | #8 (permalink) | |
Dr. Prunk
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Maybe you guys could do an Indie ed thread. Or do we already have one? |
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04-30-2008, 05:10 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Ok, if you're looking for a definitive history of alternative music from 60s to present times (and this will include "indie"), look no further: this man, Piero Scaruffi (actually a real historian and not some moronic critic), has written the most comprehensive book I have personally ever seen. And the whole thing, all 550 or so pages, is up on his website:
The History of Rock Music |
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