10TH FEB 2012

I have decided to change the genre I want my final magazine to be to
                      INDIE ROCK.
This is because I believe this genre has a much more broad variety of artists and routes I can take with it. 


INDIE ROCK is a genre of rock and was born in the UK and USA in the 1980's. It has many different genres within it such as indie pop and grunge and includes artists like Ellie Goulding, The Fray, Snow Patrol etc. It was originally a term used to describe record labels however then went on to identify "outsider" artists, not many people had heard of. 
INDIE ROCK describes small and relatively low-budget labels which has a do-it-yourself attitude of bands and artists involved. 




HISTORY OF INDIE ROCK
In 1986 NME, the main music magazine producing indie rock articles, was a document of the UK indie scene. This then gave a major influence to the development of the British indie scene as a whole. Significant labels then included CREATION, SUBWAY and GLASS. In the 1990s major changes were bought into the alternative rock scene. A lot of the smaller bands of the sub-genres of indie rock like the grunge bands PEARL JAM, SOUNDGARDEN and ALICE IN CHAIRS broke into the mainstream achieving chart success on a widespread scale. Bands reviving the punk genre, like GREEN DAY and THE OFFSPRING, also became more popular and grouped in the "alternative" genre. 
Throughout the next few years different artists emerged and genres changed and more became grouped under the alternative grouping. 


Finally in the year 2000 to present day, indie rock presents its self in mainstream charts. Because the changing music industry has cause the decline in record sales, the growth of new digital technology and increased use of the internet as a tool for music promotion has allowed indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success.