Cultural Influence Of Specific GenreLOOKING INTO THE CULTURAL INFLUENCE

Indie RockIndie rock is a vague term used to identify rock artists that are or were

unsigned, or have signed to small record labels, rather than major record labels. It may also describe artists which have a specific "sound", and is

therefore a genre, although this label is contested by many.

Indie / Alternate rock is the type of genre that I would like my music video to have aspects of within it. For a start I know that my song choice will be from this particular genre. For example the types of artists that revolve around this genre are bands like:

The Kooks. The Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Kings Of Leon ect.

What Is Indie Rock? The term indie rock, which comes from "independent," describes the small and relatively low-

budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved. Although distribution deals are often struck with major corporate companies, these

labels and the bands they host have attempted to retain their autonomy, leaving them free to explore sounds, emotions and subjects of limited appeal to large, mainstream audiences. The influences and styles of the artists have been extremely diverse, including punk, psychedelic,

post-punk and country. The terms "alternative rock" and "indie rock" were used interchangeably in the 1980s, but after many alternative bands followed Nirvana into the mainstream in the early 1990s, "indie rock" began to be used to describe those bands, working in a variety of styles, that did not pursue or achieve commercial success. Aesthetically speaking, indie rock is characterized

as having a careful balance of pop accessibility with noise, experimentation with pop music formulae, sensitive lyrics masked by ironic posturing, a concern with "authenticity," and the

depiction of a simple guy or girl.

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