Indie History

The History Of Indie:
Indie is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the UK and partly the US in the 1980s. Indie rock is considered to be very diverse, with sub-genres such as indie pop. The typical instruments used in an indie band is guitars, bass, drums and keyboards. One of the very first bands to be considered to be 'indie' was The Smiths but the indie genre didn't become mainstream until the late 1990s and in the 2000s it made a huge impact on the music industry. The main thing that helped indie music get into the mainstream was the internet. Alot of indie bands use Youtube, websites and blogs to help them gain commercial success. 

A promo shot of The Smiths in the 1980s

Indie music has come from not very well known labels which normally have extremely low budgets but over the years the indie genre has grown into different sub-genres with the most popular being indie pop. The first indie band to originate in the UK would be said to be The Smiths who were a band from Manchester who started off making music in the 1980s. They were the first well known band to have a controversially different style of fashion and music and The Smiths were said to have 'shaped' the indie genre and would be huge influences on the indie bands who are still in the music business today. Nowadays the Indie genre has expanded massively and now range from bands like The Maccabees to Two Door Cinema Club.