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wilbjammin · 01-11-2004, 10:50 PM

These "indie" bands have become too well known for me to feel like calling them indie. I know that might sound elitist, but when someone is well known and sells over 500,000 copies of their music with each release it doesn't seem all the independent... maybe just a smaller market than what you'd see with artists who frequent MTV.

Basically, I think these bands have emerged from the indie scene into the mainstream.

Beyond that, I still don't have a good example of what "indie" is... I think it might just be a dying term.

01-11-2004, 10:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
wilbjammin * * *	These "indie" bands have become too well known for me to feel like calling them indie. I know that might sound elitist, but when someone is well known and sells over 500,000 copies of their music with each release it doesn't seem all the independent... maybe just a smaller market than what you'd see with artists who frequent MTV. Basically, I think these bands have emerged from the indie scene into the mainstream. Beyond that, I still don't have a good example of what "indie" is... I think it might just be a dying term. __________________ Innominate.