Who is the BEST British indie band??!!

JAFO

SHACK... without a doubt in my mind, the Waterpistol album is fookin classic, NME said of them, "Shack are the band that the Stone Roses were never good enough to be" they broke up though, like the Roses, they denied us many fine tunes!!

the66electric

Doves aint bad. wouldn't go out and buy their album though. 'pounding' has its moments.

TriggerGene

pulp or supergrass

both manage to be progressive but not in nerdy way
they both rock
both have great vocalists
and both play a mean gig!



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johnnynolegs

blur or supergrass

JAFO

all agreed above... Shack can only be bought online nowadays, I think one must go to the Marina Records (based in Germany) site

the66electric

13 from Blur is in my top ten of all time. fantastic album.

JAFO

also, Oasis had some good moments (Def Maybe) BUT even the finest moments of that album can't hold a torch, not even a little candle to the artistry that was STONE ROSES!!.. it bugs me that Noel is now more world renowned than the Roses.. , and to make it even WORSE... he's a city fan, Ian Browns a united boy!!

polarbelly

stone roses

then

blur

then

doves

Deckchair

My Bloody Valentine, Stone Roses

JAFO

Shack
Stone Roses
The Verve (classed as Indie?)
Smiths
Inspiral Carpets

Thats my tuppence worth!!

JAFO

what are we classing as "Truly Independent"

rubyseyes

eh what about suede back in the day....dog man star & the debut ...class albums without a doubt....

Steve Conway

For me it has got to be "Radio Earth".

Distant Lands was a classic and I wish I could pick it up somewhere.

Steve

the66electric

I would class the Verve as being 'indie' if not signed to an independant label. Ashcroft is dull, dull, dull. remember, 'bitter sweet symphony' was sampled to f.u.c.k.

To many passed their sell by date mancs out there.

knobbles

Originally posted by Deckchair
My Bloody Valentine

....British my arse! there's a couple of english lasses in
there but Kevin Shields is MBV and came from these shores

DerekD Goldfish

Probably stone roses, pulp or the manic's(not sure if their classed as inde)

bandit

Manics are {i assume they're indie in music terms but not label terms}
and
The smiths , oasis {94 - 96 era} , the stone roses.

thedrowner

ah so many

the best ever-the smiths

also up there: blur, supergrass, manics, super furries, supergrass, stone roses, madness (is that indie? some of it is anyway) all that anyway, loads more, too many to name

acquiescefc

Hmm.

Manics(always been independent), 60ft dolls, Goldblade, Vitro, Groop dogdrill, Honeycrack.