Indie rock is a sub genre of rock music which is often used to refer to bands that are
on small independent
or "indie" record labels or who aren't on labels at all. In the
1980s, these bands were referred to as "alternative
rock", since they were
quite different that the mainstream rock that dominated the radio at that time.
It was also interchangeable with the term
college rock which was
named after the main source of the music at the time was the college radio.
Indie rock became a separate movement when
Nirvana broke
into the mainstream along with several other bands, taking the "alternative"
label with them. Many musicians were disappointed with the label
alternative
because it had become so conventional that it seemed to be an inappropriate name
for these small independent bands who has no desire to be a part of a mainstream
movement. These bands slowly began to separate from the label
alternative rock
and garner their own place as a small underground movement more in touch with
the roots of its movement.
The term indie rock soon became the accepted label for
these bands who fell outside mainstream grunge
or alternative and wanted to establish a more underground sub genre of
alternative music more like the
college rock movement
which established the alternative movement. rock tends to be an general
term covering everyone from the Elephant 6 ]collective to the Pixies to the
Cocteau Twins. The main thing linking these bands together is their existence in
the underground as a grass roots popular movement and their indebtedness to
punk rock. Some related genres include
emo
rock, lo-fi,
post-rock,
college rock
and alternative rock.
Silver Dragon Records Presents the
History of Rock Music
Thank
you for your interest in
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records.
Below is some information on our
record label and website catering to rock fans and musicians.
Houston Rock Record Label Silver Dragon Records
presents
rock band Lazarus X
and the their latest independent CD release
Weapon of Love.
Lazarus X's combines determined hard hitting rock with haunting and soulful
melodies which struck a chord with many
underground
rock music fans. Some fans received a preview of the
publicity photos
and
underground
rock CD WOL at a
rooftop listening
party a day before it was released
and the response was amazing. Check out
Rock Band Lazarus X
merchandise like
The Weapon of Love Tour T-Shirt and
the
Weapon of Love CD
or preview one of their songs by
downloading a
free rock mp3.
Silver Dragon Records is a
Houston
rock record label
producing and promoting experimental, hard rock and alternative metal albums. We
provide 24 bit digital recording in a
quiet
private studio
free of distractions. If you think we are the label for you
submit a
demo to our record label and let us tell you how we can help your
band with
artist promotion,
publicity, marketing, recording, mastering, help in marketing a demo or shopping
for a major label deal. We are happy to offer musicians our online resources
like our
musicians
toolkit for recording audio, our
museum of rock
music history and our
Houston rock music resource.
Thank you for checking out
music history or rock genres and subgenres and enjoy the above links.
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