The History of Indie Rock: Part 3
b'There was a time when indie music was ignored by most people\\u2026the thinking was that if the music was any good, then it would have been picked up and released by a major label\\u2026\\n\\nAnd there was some merit to that argument\\u2026there was a time when the major labels\\u2014back when there were six or seven of them\\u2014scooped up all the best stuff\\u2026they could afford to take those kinds of chances back then\\u2026the indie labels were, for the most part, left with the dregs\\u2026\\n\\nI know, I know\\u2026that sounds shortsighted, elitist and unfair\\u2026but there really was that imbalance in quality\\u2014generally speaking, anyway\\u2026\\n\\nIndie and alternative music was looked upon as the domain of weirdos and outliers\\u2014stuff that just wasn\\u2019t good enough for everyone to enjoy\\u2026\\n\\nFor the musicians who made that kind of music, the labels that distributed it and the fans that enjoyed it, that was fine\\u2026they were penned off in their own little parallel universe, free to do things as they pleased\\u2026\\n\\nSo this music lived in its little petri dish and grew\\u2026and grew\\u2026and grew\\u2026and by the time we got to the early 90s, no one was in a position to ignore anything\\u2026\\n\\nThis is part three of the history of indie music\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'