This is a powerpoint on a music genre which I like which we had to create for our A2 Media Coursework

1. The history of indie rock music

2. Overview
• Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States
and the United Kingdom in the 1970s/1980s. Indie rock was extremely
diverse, with subgenres that include indie pop and lo-fi among others.
Originally used to describe record labels, the term became associated with
the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with
alternative rock. As grunge and punk revival bands in the US, and then
Britpop bands in the UK, broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came
to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and
underground perspective. In the 2000s, as a result of changes in the music
industry and the growing importance of the Internet, a number of indie
rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its
meaningfulness as a term.

3. History
1970s
It is said that the first ever sign of indie rock forming was as early as 1977. An EP called
Spiral Scratch by Buzzcocks was the first ever piece of indie music as it was a self
publication.
1980s
In the 80s indie rock became more and more popular and also more artists started labelling
themselves as an indie act. Bands such as REM and The Smiths broke onto the music scene.
Other bands which were popular were The La’s and Pixies.
1990s
In the 90s there was a change in indie music. Major bands such as Pulp, Primal Scream,
Stone Roses and Happy Mondays were emerging. Also it was the era of Britpop. This was
then turned into a “Battle of Britpop" in 1995 when rivals Oasis and Blur released a single
each on the same day. Oasis released Roll with it and Blur released Country House. In the
end Blur won the battle as Country House went to number 1 in the charts, Roll with it was
2nd to it.

4. 2000’s and modern day artists
Nowadays Indie music is once again very popular between people of all ages. In the
00s there were a number of bands which became popular indie acts. These were
The Strokes, and The White Stripes. Then more and more indie artists started to
emerge. From the UK were; The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, Editors, The
Fratellis, Placebo, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs and The Kooks. Also from the US; The
Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Modest Mouse, The Killers, Interpol and
Kings of Leon. However by the late 2000s bands sales in their old and new music
started to decline with the high demand of pop music. However there had been a
few pieces of indie music to break through the barrier. Kasabian’s 3rs album “West
Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum” reached number 1 in the UK album charts. Also
Canadian band Arcade Fire received international praise and recognition for their
album “The Suburbs”. At the 2011 Grammys they performed and won the award
for Album of the year. Also at the Brit awards they won Best International Group
and Best International Album. However one band that didn’t feel the decrease was
Arctic Monkeys who's 5 albums went straight to number one in the albums chart.
Ranging from 2005-2013