History of my chosen Genre

History of indie pop music, it all started in the mid 1980’s originating in the UK., indie pop was inspired by Punk music’s ‘do it yourself’ ethic and the beliefs associated with punk culture. The key moment n the naming of indie pop as a genre was the release of NME’s C86 Tape in 1986. It featured other artists in the tape and soon because shorthand for a genre whose defining conventions were identified as jangling guitars, a lace of 60’s pop, and melodic power pop song structure. The C86 indie pop scene is now recognized as a moment for independent music in the UK. Indie pop still grows today, having a strong following and not just in the UK but around the world.

Examples of the Indie pop sound today;