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Jun 17, 2023 · Louder. A beginners' guide to UK 80s indie in five essential albums. By Stephen Hill. published 17 June 2023. The 1980s were a hugely fertile period for free-thinking, boundary-pushing British 'indie' bands. Here is the story of the genre via five essential albums.
The second generation of British post-punk bands that broke through in the early 1980s, in, tended to move away from dark sonic landscapes. Some, such as Gang of Four, shifted to a more commercial new wave sound, while others moved into gothic rock or became early examples of indie rock. Gothic rock
Feb 19, 2024 · As a counter-culture force, the UK underground scene actively rejected synth-pop traits and embraced a guitar-driven sound during the 1980s that was largely influenced by post-punk, leading to...
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- Trouble Funk. We’ve sifted through the cultural residue of the Noughties and 90s, so now it’s time to jog memories of the 80s, starting with hugely influential Washington Go Go crew Trouble Funk.
- The Woodentops. Named after a 1950s TV puppet series, The Woodentops were (indeed still are) a London ramshackle rock band with a sliver of potential.
- The Replacements. Totally not forgotten but somehow utterly excised from the cultural narrative (man), unless you’re American. They were semi-huge in America, always popping up in Rolling Stone polls and looking for all the world like rivals for REM, but none of that gave The Replacements any kind of profile over here.
- The Trash Can Sinatras. To give them their due, Scotland’s Trash Can Sinatras were forgotten in both the 80s and the 90s – and are still around, knocking about under the radar today.
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent record labels , by the 1990s it became more widely associated with the music such bands produced.
Apr 30, 2011 · Established in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, Factory is remembered for its highs – Joy Division and New Order, the halcyon days of the Hacienda nightclub, Peter Saville’s sleeve designs –...
British Indie Rock is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It is characterized by its use of guitar-driven melodies, often with a strong emphasis on melody and song structure.
