Indie Music Chatter

I’d like to fire off the first salvo of Indie Music Chatter by telling you guys why I love indie music.

I’ve been an avid music fan since I was a small kid. I remember listening to an aunt’s collection of Scorpions albums when I was just ten years old and my Dad’s prized Perez Prado albums. Not a particularly significant start to a life spent obsessively collecting albums, right? But I think it was wonderful that I got to experience a diverse range of music genres at an early age because it made me more open to listen to any type of music.

The real journey though started in high school when I got into punk and the so-called “New Wave” movement in the UK. The music that I got into then was so nonmainstream that I had to literally copy off friends’ cassette tapes (yes, I’m THAT old) because it’s the only source of this type of music I can get. The music of The Cure, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Comsat Angels, The Exploited, Blitz and Suicide Squad proved that great music can be found not on the radio or on television but among like minded friends who share the same passion for listening to great music – music that is not shackled by major label formulas or a conscious attempt to sell albums. This is music that is made to be heard.

I hope this blog will be that kind of friend to you.

The Cure, Siouxsie and The Banshees, UK