
As if to confuse things, indie rock would eventually be attached to a set of bands with overlapping stylistic values, including Dinosaur Jr, Superchunk, Pavement, and Sebadoh. Eventually, that term begat indie rock, the more specific designator that rose up partly in reaction to the vagary of the term alternative rock. music press, at first) as a truncation of independent to describe the small labels that catered to the growing underground rock of the day. community (late 70s to present day) The term indie has been used since at least the mid- 80s (mostly in the U.K. Only so much context can be fleshed out across an entry-based survey of 500 albums, there s only so much space with which to provide that context, and there are better sources online and in book form (see below and in the appropriate section of the appendix) that will currently build, if combined, somewhat of a contextual narrative of America s DIY/individualism/outsider/underground rock-based/experimental and so on. Before long, keeping this book s introduction under control loomed as an unwelcome challenge.
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JOHNNY SWIRLIES TAD TSOL ULTRA VIVID SCENE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS APPENDICES INDEXĦ INTRODUCTION THEINTENTIONSBEHINDTHISBOOK, HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT, AND OTHER (HOPEFULLY) HELPFUL POINTS As I was writing these 500 entries, I regularly found myself removing fully formed statements and dumping them into another file that was saved as Bookintroductionandnotes.doc. 8 BABES IN TOYLAND BITCH MAGNET BLACK FLAG BUTTHOLE SURFERS CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN CRAYON DAG NASTY DWARVES EARTH FURTHER GALAXIE 500 THE GUN CLUB HALF JAPANESE HÜSKER DÜ JANDEK LYRES MALIGNUS YOUTH MINOR THREAT MINUTEMEN MY DAD IS DEAD NAKED RAYGUN OPAL PAIN TEENS PUSSY GALORE RAPEMAN RUN WESTY RUN SACCHARINE TRUST SILVER JEWS SLEATER-KINNEY SQUIRREL BAIT ST. ML156.4.R6E dc Acquisitions Editor: Dennis Pernu Project Manager: Madeleine Vasaly Art Director: Cindy Samargia Laun Cover Designer: John Barnett Layout Designer: John Sticha Cover photo: Jim Saah/ Printed in Chinaĥ CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FLOWERS AUTOCLAVE. Alternative rock music-united States Discography. Alternative rock music United States Discography. pages cm Summary: Music journalist Andrew Earles provides a rundown of 500 landmark albums recorded and released by bands of the indie rock genre Provided by publisher. Gimme indie rock : 500 essential American underground rock albums / by Andrew Earles. To find out more about our books, visit us online at ISBN: Digital edition: Softcover edition: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Earles, Andrew, 1973 author. For details write to Special Sales Manager at Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc., 400 First Avenue North, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN USA.

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