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Indie rock

Rock from independent labels

Indie rock is a rock genre that grew out of independent record labels in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s. The word indie is short for independent.

Also spelled Indie

Origin & history

Indie rock grew in the 1980s around small, independent record labels in the United States and the United Kingdom.

It became a broad style of its own, and today indie rock bands come from many countries.

Where it lives

Where these artists come from

3,089 Indie rock artists are on TimTim.Live, and 3,014 of them have a public hometown. Here is where they come from.

Countries

Cities and places

Some of the artists

Questions & Answers

What is indie rock?+

Indie rock is a rock genre that grew out of independent record labels. The word indie is short for independent.

Where did indie rock start?+

Indie rock grew in the 1980s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Where do the indie rock artists on TimTim.Live come from?+

This page lists the countries and places that the indie rock artists on TimTim.Live come from, counted from their public hometowns.

References

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