Gary Longest wrote on Fri, 23 April 2004 16:28 |
At what point does "indie rock" become "punk"?
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that's a tough one for me. punk is such a blurred line anymore. i mean, good charolette? gimme a break, dress em up for the "prom" and we call em punk. after the epitaph thing exploded in the mid late 90's the majors did their thing and gobbled "punk rock" up and turned right into corporate sludge for mass marketing to all angst ridden teens on mother earth.
we once had minor threat, the sex pistols, etc.....
now we have blink 182, and good charolette
i think real punk morphed into indie rock and what remained is now pop. i don't know man.
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I've talked with a few engineer's who were like this. The "underground" is MTV2 to them. They just don't get it.
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i'm glad they don't get it, seriously. one can't exist with out the other. i get sick of indie rockers complaining that more people aren't into it. WHY????? diversity is the fabric of life man. if every creed lover on the planet was a flag waving fugazi fan, what would be the point?
my favorite example of the dual meaining of indie rock is this:
i'm talking on the phone with a friend who works on major label records with a moderate amount of sucess. he says, "man, why don't you just transition into major label work, just move to the coast, and start going for it, you're doing indie projects now."
i say, "man, i'm not sure we are talking about the same thing here, no offense, but i don't think you understand the world i circulate in"
"hey, i do indie records too"
i just said, "that's cool man, i'll think about it"