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Originally Posted by matt74m
I agree, but the major labels caught on to this years ago, buying indie labels so they could put stuff out that had 'credability' or whatever they want to call it.
The one that winds me up is 'alternative', which by its nature should be something different to the main stream, but again its just used to give crap bands credibility.
Think Synth hit it on the head, you just buy what's good. Shame we can'y use indie or alternative as a pointer any more.
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Agreed, 90% of all rock now is branded as alternative, yet another contradiction.
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Originally Posted by swa(y)
i just wish "inDIE" would die off as a term describing musical genre or lable period. no, it doesnt mean what it used to. it no longer has anything to do with wether or not one is on an independent record lable or not. now it just basically describes any given pavement/pixies/dinosaur band.
who cares....
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Right on.